Wilhelm Stephan

b. 8 March 1828
  • Wilhelm Stephan was born on 8 March 1828 in Spiesheim, Rheinhessen.
  • Wilhelm Stephan, accompanied by Anton Diefenthäler, Valentine Diefenthäler, Valentine Jung, Jean? Jung, Wilhelm Gerlach and Anna Elisabetha Gerlach, departed on 28 April 1852 from the Port of Le Havre and arrived in the Port of New York aboard the Ship Charles Crooker on 30 May. According to the diary of Andreas Stephan, it appears that the group left Spiesheim on 31 March. "1852 (den) 31t Mertz ist mein Sohn Wilhelm Stephan nach Amerika abgereißt mit Wilhelm et Elisabetha Gerlach Andon Diefenthäler Valentin Diefenthäler Johann Jung und Valentin Jung diße waren seine Reise geselschaft, Andreas Stephan Schmitt Meister." [Thanks to Ingolf Jung for the diary entry.]
  • He married Christina (?) circa 1853.
  • Wilhelm Stephan and Christina (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Kewaskum, Washington County, Wisconsin. Other members of the household included Hanna Stephan and Emma Stephan.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
  • Wilhelm Stephan and Christina (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Kewaskum, Wisconsin.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
  • Photographs of present-day Spiesheim.
  • Last Edited: 23 May 2013

Family: Christina (?) b. circa 1827