Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Caauwe and Sommerfeld Families
Frederick "Fred" Steffen
1849 - 1907 (58 years)
Generation: 1
1. Frederick "Fred" Steffen was born on 25 Jul 1849 in Dubuque, Iowa (son of Wilhelm Steffen, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Venk); died on 30 Aug 1907 in New Vienna, Dubuque, Iowa. Family/Spouse: Anna Clara Bohnenkamp. Anna (daughter of William Bohnenkamp and Maria Catharina Gertrud Noethe) was born on 29 Jan 1851 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 24 Dec 1886 in Dubuque, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Maria Elizabeth Steffen was born on 2 Jan 1872 in New Vienna, Dubuque, Iowa; died in 1911 in Boone, Ne.
2. Wilhelm Steffen, Sr. was born on 13 Mar 1813 in Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; died on 10 Jun 1887 in New Vienna, Dubuque, Iowa. Wilhelm + Mary Elizabeth Venk. Mary was born on 8 Mar 1821 in Recklinghausen, Kreis Recklinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland; died on 8 Feb 1892 in New Vienna, Dubuque, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Elizabeth Venk was born on 8 Mar 1821 in Recklinghausen, Kreis Recklinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland; died on 8 Feb 1892 in New Vienna, Dubuque, Iowa. Children:
- 1. Frederick "Fred" Steffen was born on 25 Jul 1849 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 30 Aug 1907 in New Vienna, Dubuque, Iowa.