Lauren, My STEFFEN line began with John Barnard in 1860 in Sweden. He died in Litchfield, Minesota, USA in 1891. His son Roscoe STEFFEN was born in Great Falls, MT, USA d. in Berkeley, CA, USA. I understand Steffen is typically Swedish. Wish I had more family for him, but that's it for now. Patricia SCHUBERT Zippin >Hello All >I'm new to this list and stabbing in the dark a >bit. >All I know from the 1881 UK Census is that >Margaret & John STEFFENS and >their eldest daughter Annie were born in >"Germany". Based on reported ages, John & >Margaret were born in the mid-1830s. Annie around >1864. >The family emigrated to E London around 1865. >My question to the list is: >Can the surname STEFFEN(S) be narrowed down (based >on occurences of the surname) to certain "states" >or kingdoms in the area of now-Germany? >Since I've not been able to find anything more >than a reference to Germany >as to their birhtplace, I'm hoping to narrow down >my search area! >Any ideas? >TIA > >-- >Kind Regards, >Lauren Fearncombe Brockman >Click here to email me - >mailto:mslauren@bellsouth.net > >S

Calvin Zippin wrote: > Lauren, > My STEFFEN line began with John Barnard in 1860 in Sweden. He died in > Litchfield, Minesota, USA in 1891. His son Roscoe STEFFEN was born > in Great Falls, MT, USA d. in Berkeley, CA, USA. I understand > Steffen is typically Swedish. Nay, there are many typical German surnames in Sweden. That's why Pomerania and the German speaking Baltic regions belonged to the Swedish kingdom in the 16th and 18th century. I was astonished how many people of my name still today live in Scandinavia and Estland. * Dieter