Steinbach's - Honnef, Germany area
My Steinbach relatives came from the Honnef, Germany area in 1884. The farthest back I go is:
1. Anton Steinbach (5th gr-grandfather) & wife, Gertrud Plentz.
2. Johann Heinrich Steinbach & wf. A. Ursula Lehmacher.
3. Johannes Steinbach & wf. Gertrude Anna Mehlem.
4. My gr-gr-grandfather, Herman Hubert & two sons, Bertrum (my grandfather)& Herman Joseph came to the US in 1884, they took a train west, stopped in Chicago, saw a job poster for the railroad, took the railroad to a small southern Iowa town to work.They had no money, no food, found railroad work not to their liking.Found a person from Germany who had a meat market, they settled down and sent for rest of family in 1886.Would like to hear from anyone descending from this line.