Descendants of Maurice Steigmeyer

Generation No. 1

1.  MAURICE¹ STEIGMEYER¹ was born 22 Aug 1812¹, and died 01 Sep 1895¹.  He married MARIA MAGDALENA SENN¹ 01 May 1846², daughter of JOHANNES SENN and NOTHBURGA SCHIFFERLE.  She was born 16 May 1817³, and died 09 Apr 1895³.

Notes for MARIA MAGDALENA SENN:

[William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW, and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695, and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.]

Maria and Maurice left Attica, Seneca County, Ohio and settled in Indiana about the same time Maria's brothers settled there.  Two of the daughters married Michael Ruff and remained in the "home" area and so we have no trouble getting their record.

Children of MAURICE STEIGMEYER and MARIA SENN are:

2.                i.    CATHERINE² STEIGMEYER, b. WFT Est. 1835-1870; d. WFT Est. 1893-1956.

3.               ii.    SOPHRONIA STEIGMEYER, b. 17 May 1847; d. 02 Sep 1868.

4.              iii.    MARY STEIGMEYER, b. Abt. 1849; d. WFT Est. 1881-1943.

5.              iv.    ELIZABETH STEIGMEYER, b. Abt. 1851; d. 30 Aug 1914.

Generation No. 2

2.  CATHERINE² STEIGMEYER (MAURICE¹)³ was born WFT Est. 1835-1870³, and died WFT Est. 1893-1956³.  She married WAGNER³ WFT Est. 1856-1906⁴.  He was born WFT Est. 1839-1868⁵, and died WFT Est. 1894-1953⁵.

Notes for WAGNER:

[William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW, and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695, and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.]

Catherine was apparently the youngest of the four daughters of Maurice and Maria.  A letter from William J Wagner of Logansport, Cass County, Indiana indicates that he is a son of the same WAGNER but of a "different mother."  He indicates that there were children by the first marriage and that apparently Catherine died and Mr Wagner remarried.  The influence of the railroad industry entered here and the daughters married railroad men.  William J Wagner is a retired railroader.  The matter of religion also came into the picture for we find the basic unit was Roman Catholic and some of the daughters married Protestants.  Contact at church was thus lost and the method of travel prevented the getting together of the families.

Children of CATHERINE STEIGMEYER and WAGNER are:

                   i.    GEORGE W³ WAGNER, b. 17 Apr 1888; d. WFT Est. 1889-1978.

                  ii.    BERNARD A WAGNER, b. 12 Aug 1891; d. WFT Est. 1892-1981.

3.  SOPHRONIA² STEIGMEYER (MAURICE¹)⁵ was born 17 May 1847⁵, and died 02 Sep 1868⁵.  She married MICHAEL RUFF⁵ 23 Feb 1868⁶.  He was born 08 Aug 1840 in Ohio⁷, and died 18 Apr 1925⁷.

Notes for SOPHRONIA STEIGMEYER:

[William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW, and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695, and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.]

Fanny died in childbirth and her son died nine days later.  Her husband later married her sister, Elizabeth Steigmeyer.

Notes for MICHAEL RUFF:

[William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW, and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695, and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.]

Michael Ruff was born in Ohio from French ancestry.  When he came of age his father gave him a 162 acre farm.  He throughly improved this farm and kept adding to it until it totaled 490 acres.  For many years he was known as the largest wheat grower in the township.  In1865 he enlisted in the US Army and served to the close of the war.  He was an ardent democrat and he and his wife were devout Roman Catholics.

Child of SOPHRONIA STEIGMEYER and MICHAEL RUFF is:

                   i.    MICHAEL³ RUFF, JR., b. 02 Sep 1868; d. Abt. 11 Sep 1868.

4.  MARY² STEIGMEYER (MAURICE¹)⁷ was born Abt. 1849⁷, and died WFT Est. 1881-1943⁷.  She married (1) MARTIN KLING⁷ 07 Feb 1861⁸.  He was born Abt. 1847⁹, and died WFT Est. 1867-1938⁹.  She married (2) MICHAEL TIKFER⁹ 04 Jul 1876¹⁰.  He was born Abt. 1859¹¹, and died WFT Est. 1881-1950¹¹.

Notes for MARY STEIGMEYER:

[William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW, and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695, and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.]

Mary married Martin Kling and had eight children.  he died leaving her in somewhat desperate circumstances.  In some manner or other she got along and in due tiem met Michael Tikfer who was a widower with three children.  He was several years younger than Mary but they made a home for both families.  She had three more children.  All of these are deceased but the wife of the youngest still lives in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana and she has told us a random history of the family (1960).  It seems that with the expansion of the railroads some married railroad men and thus the family got scattered.
     Mary had three children by Tikfer, but records here are very misty and often do not tally out mathematically as is indicated by three different census records where the census taker permits a variation in age listings of up to nearly ten years...We also do not have the all the names of the children from her first marriage.

Children of MARY STEIGMEYER and MARTIN KLING are:

                   i.    MARY³ KLING¹¹, b. WFT Est. 1861-1870¹¹; d. WFT Est. 1887-1962¹¹; m. LEWIS MATLOCK¹¹, 15 Sep 1881¹²; b. WFT Est. 1829-1861¹³; d. WFT Est. 1886-1948¹³.

Notes for MARY KLING:

[William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW, and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695, and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.]

Records come from the Indiana State Library.

                  ii.    ELIZABETH KLING¹³, b. WFT Est. 1861-1874¹³; d. WFT Est. 1891-1965¹³; m. JOSEPH C SNEIDER¹³, 22 Sep 1885¹⁴; b. WFT Est. 1833-1865¹⁵; d. WFT Est. 1890-1952¹⁵.

Notes for ELIZABETH KLING:

[William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW, and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695, and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.]

Records come from the Indiana State Library.

                 iii.    MAGDALENE KLING¹⁵, b. WFT Est. 1862-1875¹⁵; d. WFT Est. 1892-1966¹⁵; m. JOHN C BRANHAM¹⁵, 25 Sep 1886¹⁶; b. WFT Est. 1834-1866¹⁷; d. WFT Est. 1891-1953¹⁷.

Notes for MAGDALENE KLING:

[William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW, and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695, and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.]

Records come from the Indiana State Library.

                 iv.    JOHN KLING¹⁷, b. WFT Est. 1864-1883¹⁷; d. WFT Est. 1901-1968¹⁷; m. ELIZABETH SCHLOSS¹⁷, 05 Jun 1895¹⁸; b. WFT Est. 1851-1878¹⁹; d. WFT Est. 1900-1968¹⁹.

Notes for JOHN KLING:

[William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW, and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695, and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.]

Records come from the Indiana State Library.

                  v.    PETER KLING¹⁹, b. WFT Est. 1864-1884¹⁹; d. WFT Est. 1902-1968¹⁹; m. CLARA SPITANOGLE¹⁹, 06 Oct 1896²⁰; b. WFT Est. 1852-1879²¹; d. WFT Est. 1901-1969²¹.

Notes for PETER KLING:

[William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW, and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695, and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.]

Records come from the Indiana State Library.

Child of MARY STEIGMEYER and MICHAEL TIKFER is:

                 vi.    LAURA³ TIKFER²¹, b. WFT Est. 1873-1905²¹; d. WFT Est. 1878-1986²¹.

5.  ELIZABETH² STEIGMEYER (MAURICE¹)²¹ was born Abt. 1851²¹, and died 30 Aug 1914²¹.  She married MICHAEL RUFF²¹ 05 May 1870²².  He was born 08 Aug 1840 in Ohio²³, and died 18 Apr 1925²³.

Notes for MICHAEL RUFF:

[William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW, and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695, and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.]

Michael Ruff was born in Ohio from French ancestry.  When he came of

age his father gave him a 162 acre farm.  He throughly improved this farm

and kept adding to it until it totaled 490 acres.  For many years he was

known as the largest wheat grower in the township.  In1865 he enlistedin

the US Army and served to the close of the war.  He was an ardent

democrat and he and his wife were devout Roman Catholics.

Children of ELIZABETH STEIGMEYER and MICHAEL RUFF are:

                   i.    FRANK FRANCIS³ RUFF, b. 03 Apr 1871; d. 15 Nov 1948.

                  ii.    JOHN MAURICE RUFF, b. 16 Mar 1873; d. 02 Nov 1942.

                 iii.    MAGDALENE RUFF, b. 27 Nov 1874; d. 05 Jan 1950.

                 iv.    MARY ELIZABETH RUFF, b. 27 Feb 1877; d. 08 Sep 1948.

Endnotes

1.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695 and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

2.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 34 Tree 1695), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

3.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695 and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

4.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 34 Tree 1695), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

5.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695 and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

6.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 34 Tree 1695), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

7.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695 and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

8.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 34 Tree 1695), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

9.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695 and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

10.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 34 Tree 1695), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

11.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695 and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

12.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 34 Tree 1695), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

13.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695 and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

14.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 34 Tree 1695), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

15.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695 and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

16.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 34 Tree 1695), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

17.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695 and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

18.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 34 Tree 1695), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

19.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695 and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

20.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 34 Tree 1695), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

21.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695 and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

22.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 34 Tree 1695), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

23.  William R. Livengood, v34t1695.FTW and v56t2507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submissions Volume 34 Tree 1695 and Volume 56 Tree 2507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

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