This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Steidemann/Wilshusen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WMB.2ACE/3072.1 Message Board Post: Julius Steidemann was the brother to my husband's grtgrandfather, Martin Steidemann. I've completed Steidemann and Wilshusen family histories. A copy can be found in the St. Louis Public Library - downtown branch- in the Genealogy Dept. The Steidemann name was originally spelled Steudemann. Julius was born as Johann August Julius Steudemann Dec. 28, 1828 in Altenburg, Germany to Johann Heinrich Steudemann and Johanna Sophia nee Jope. Julius was baptized at St. Bartholomew Church in Altenburg on Jan. 11, 1829. Julius married Eva Maria Adam on July 28, 1855 at Holy Ghost Evangelical Church, St. Louis, MO. Witnesses were Franz Martin Steidemann and Emilie Steidemann. The record showed Julius born Altenburg, Sachsen Altenburg and Mary born Sibillesville, Maryland. Eva Maria went by the name of Mary. The Steidemann family came to St. Louis in 1835. Mary's mother was Maria Wilshusen who came to the US in 1833 with her brother, Heinrich Claus Wilshusen. Note: Claus' daughter, Mary Ann, married Martin Franz Steidemann. Julius died Dec. 28, 1908 in St. Louis. Mary died Jan. 15, 1893 in St. Louis. They had one son, Philip Heinrich Julius Steidemann b. July 5, 1857 in St. Louis. I have this family traced to present day Steidemanns in St. Louis.