Steuer in Elsfleth

Steuer means helm.

Christian Wilhelm Steur* (-) and Alhke Margarethe Bruns* (-)

Birth of Christian Wilhelm Steuer:

Marriage of Christian Wilhelm Steuer and Alhke Margarethe Bruns:

Children:

1. Otto Christian Steuer* (1818-) and Beke Margarethe (Auffahrt) Auffarth* (1823-)

   Birth of Otto Christian Steuer: According to his marriage certificate Otto Christian Steuer was born 5 October 1818 in Deichstüuken ¹ the son of Chrsitian Wilhelm Steuer and Alhke Margarethe Bruns.

   Marriage of Otto Christian Steuer and Beke Margareth Auffarth, Elsfleth 1849:

   Otto Christian Wilhelm Steuer born Deichstüeken 1818 October 5, ehrluher (?) son of Christian Wilhelm Steuer, workman and day lobourer, born in Deichstüken and Alhke (?) Margarethe, nee Bruns

   and

   Beke Margarethe Auffarth born Hohenboken (can't read word) Ganderkesee, 1823 May 30, ehrluher daughter and _____ daughter of Heinrich Auffarth (can't read) of Hohenboken and Sophie Hedwig, nee Hayen.

   married June 3 1849, Elsfleth

   The banns of marriage were read May 4, May 6 and May 13.

   Notes

   • Ruth Wedelich born in Elsfleth emailed in February 2006 to say that Deichstüeken¹ is a street in Elsfleth.
   • Hohenboken is a village near Ganderkesee

   No witnesses listed on the marriages of this time.

   Children of Otto Christian Steuer and Beke Margarethe Auffarth

   1. Christian Johann Gerhard Steuer (1850-) and Emma Johanna Mullerbollenhagen

      Birth: Christian Johann Gerhard son of Otto Christian Wilhelm Steuer -----mann of Deichstüken and Beke Margareth nee Auffarth born 18 April baptized June 2, 1850, Elsfleth. Witnesses: Christian Wilhelm Steuer, (can't read) Johann Diederich Borgstede*, Margarethe Elisabeth Borgstede, and Anna Metta Biet

      *Ruth Wedelich emailed February 2006

      There is still a family by the name of Borgstede living in Elsfleth. They have a store in the Steinstrasse. Similar to what we have in the US as an Ace Hardware.

      Marriage 1885:

      Steuer, Christian Johann Gerhard (can't read) of Elsfleth (can't read) son of Otto Christian Steuer, (can't read) of Deichstüken and Beke Margarethe nee Auffarth born 1850, April 18

      and

      Emma Johanna Mullerbollenhagen (can't read) daughter of Heinrich Gerhard Mullerbollenhagen (can't read) of Elsfleth and Johanne Hibbline nee Hagens, born 1858 October 8

      were married September 1, 1885.

      There is an additional line which I cannot read except for 1885 Elsfleth.

   Children:

   Christian Steuer on Ancestry.com: Listed under Christ Joh Gerk Steuer, German Sailors Registry. Under Joh and Johann on Bremen German Ship Crews, 1867, 1868, 1870 and 1871.

   2. Margarethe Helene Johanne Gerhardine daughter of Otto Christian Wilhelm Steuer (can't read occupation) in Elsfleth and Beke Margarethe nee Auffarth, born 8 July and baptized 1 August 1852. Witnesses: Ahlke Margarethe Steuer, Helene Vogelei, Gerhard Dieterrich Steuer (can't read) and Jurgen Roh-e.

   3. Heinrich Christian Steuer (1855-) and Milthelde Johanne Friedericke Mannich

      Birth: Heinrich Christian Albercht son of Otto Christan Wilhelm Steuer (can't read occupation) of Elsfleth and Beke Margarete nee Auffahrt, born March 22 baptized May 6, 1855. Witnesses Johann Heinrich Auffahrt, Claus Albert Koopmann, Catherine Marie Helene Steuer, Adelhaid Margarethe Catherine Bohle.

      Marriage: Steuer, Heinrich Christian Albreiht, (same occupation as Johann Petermann, whatever it was) of Elsfleth son of Otto Christian Wilhelm Steuer, (can't read three words) of Elsfleth and Beke Margarethe nee Auffarth, born 1855 March 22

      and

      Methilde Johanne Friedericke Mannich (?) daughter of Johann Hermann Mannich (can't read occupation) of Elsfleth and Ann Helen Alida nee Ostermann, born 1857 June 11

      were married November 1, 1883.

      Death of Heinrich Steuer: Heinrich Christian Alrecht Steuer (can't read) of Bremen born 1855 March 22, in Elsfleth died March 30 in Bremen and was buried in Elsfleth April 3, 1922, age 67 years and 8 days.

      Heinrich Steuer on Ancestry.com: As of June 2008, nothing

   4. Anna Sophia Steuer* (1857-) and Johann Berend Petermann*

      Birth: Anna Sophie Wilhelmine daughter of Otto Christian Wilhelm Steuer (can't read occupation) in Elsfleth and Rebeke Margarethe Sophie nee Auffarth, born 9 November baptized 20 December 1857. Witnesses: Anna Helene Steuer, Metta Catherine Meyer and Ernst Blumenberg.

      Marriage: Petermann, Johann Berend, steuermann (helmsman) of Elsfleth son of Johann Christopher Petermann (can't read word) heuerling (hired man) of Ganderkesee and Gesihe Margarete nee Engelbart, born in Ganderkesee 1843 December 9

      and

      Anna Sophia Wilhelmine Steuer, daughter of Otto Christian Wilhelm Steuer (Cannot read occupation) of Elsfleth and Rebecke Margarethe Sophia nee Auffahrt born 1857

      November 20 1879 Elsfleth, November 9

      Note: There is something else written at the bottom of this record that I cannot read. It refers to Ganderkesee. There is no similar notations on the other marriage records on the same page.

      Note: The records indicate that Johann was fourteen years older than Sophie and that Sophie and Johann had a son, Johannes Bernard, two months before the marriage, see baptism of Johann below.

      Emigration: Circa 1883 to Brooklyn, New York and subsequently to Hoboken, New Jersey.

      Children: Johann Petermann (1879), Christian August (1883), Wilhelm (1884), Meta (Margarethe?)* (1886), Sophia (1887)

      See Johann Berend Petermann now or at the bottom of the page.

   Otto Steuer on Ancestry.com: As of June 2008, nothing

   Death of Otto Christian Steuer:

   Death of Beke Margarethee Auffarth Steuer:

Death of Alhek Margarethe Bruns Steuer: After 1852

For more information on the Johann Petermann, click on the photo of Annie and Meta

To see more photos of the Petermann family, click on the photo of the Petermann children

To see pictures of Elfleth, click on the photo of the Rathaus, Elsfleth

To go to Petermann Introduction page, click on the photo of Helen Land and diana Wulpern