Re: STEIGER line any help????
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Re: STEIGER line any help????
6/13/00
John Sponberger and I have traded information about the jacob Steiger family tree.He had extensive info on the family of Anna Catherine Steiger Lanich, daughter of jacob and Olive.with the help of Jim Street, we have added many names of Steigers from Oklahoma.Ken Klotz has added a very extensive genealogy of Eva Zerbe Steiger's family. anyone wishing this info contact me at [email protected] read the following for possible relatives.
Jacob Steiger (1823-1904) was born in Rohrbach, Germany.His father was Johann Jakob Steiger, also from Rohrbach. Jacob's mother was Gertraude Slauer.Jacob emigrated from Germany in 1846. He had the choice of either immigrating to America, or going to jail for some political problem while attending Heidelberg University. He chose the former.
Jacob settled in Beamsville, Ohio where he married Eva Zerbe, who had been born in Pennsylvania to David Zerbe and Elizabeth Keller.Jacob and Eva had eleven children: Herbert, George Calvin, Sarah Ann, Mary Louise, John William, Levi, Andrew J., Anna Catherine, Oscar, Charles David, and Sabina.He served in the Union army. Jacob Steiger's Union Army service record in a book printed by the 94th Ohio is as follows: “Jacob Steiger, Private 94th Ohio Company C. enrolled Aug. 4,1862, missing on march near Lexington, KY., Sept. 1,1862, was POW Camp Chase, Ohio, returned to duty March 1863. Left sick Sept.1863, mustered out May 18,1865 Nashville, TN.”In the fall of 1863, Jacob served under General Joe Hooker during the siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee.In a spectacular battle, General Hooker’s men made a successful assault on the steep slopes of Lookout Mountain.During this battle, Jacob lost his eyesight.After the war, he had a productive life, and had many children.
The family burial plot is in BEAMSVILLE, OHIO, DARKE COUNTY, which is just outside Greenville, Ohio.
Jacob had elevem children, four of which (Herbert, John William, Andrew J., and Charles David) went to Oklahomain the 1890's for the Cherokee Land Rush. He, along with his brothers got a section of land. The brothers stayed in Oklahoma,Family history is known about about Herbert, Andrew, Charles, and Anna Catherine; however, no information is available about JohnWilliam, Sarah Ann Steiger Fishback, and Mary Louise Steiger Fine, .
Herbert, only about 19,was too young to hold the land claim, so he traded his section of land in Oklahoma for a wagon, some horses, and a cow. Then, he went back to Beamsville, Ohio to marry Olive Wolfe. They had two boys, Carl, the elder, and Jacob Ralph. my father.
Herbert had the wanderlust and returned to the west with his family. He was a "wheelwright", fixed broken wagon wheels and other handyman activities. Herbert, Olive, Carl, and Ralph lived in a covered wagon and followed the harvest from Texas, directly north to the Dakotas.
Herbert visited his Steiger kin in the West as late as 1948 in his 1930 Model A Ford while towing an aluminum trailer built by my father, Jacob Ralph, and assisted by Gene Steiger.
Carl had five children, Margaret (Peggy), Richard, Dorothea, and daughters, Carlotta and Gloria, with his second wife, Hilda. Carl worked in St. Louis, and built a home out of natural stone in rural Missouri, and died in Cuba, Missouri.
Jacob Ralph, known as Ralph, settled in Dayton, Ohio, Married Helen Reese, and had three boys, Robert Leroy, Jack Ralph, and Gene Paul.
Robert had two children, Philip and Barbara.
Philip had two children, Matthew and Brittany. Barbara had three children, Nathan, Amanda, and an another boy.
Jack had four children, Robert Francis, Kenneth, Jacquelyn, and with his second wife, Debra Lynn. Kenneth had three boys, Christian, Benjamin, and Robert.
Gene had one daughter, Sandy Lynn, who has two boys, Michael Gavin McElroy, and Kyle Steiger McElroy.
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Re: STEIGER line any help????
Eva Snell 10/22/00