lehigh co. frank m. stephen, son of jacob and sophia (yeager) stephen, was born at east texas, sept. 19, 1847. he married march 10, 1867 to ellen c., d/o samuel and hettie (steininger) bortz. bortz family there were 3 bros. who emigrated from germany before the rev. henry, john jacob and george. the 3 bros. settled in oley, berks co. later one of them moved to millerstown, now macungie, and another to longswamp. henry bortz was married to lydia reintzheimer in germany. they had a child who died at sea, and was buried in phila. his family consisted of 9 children; john, jacob, george, philip, henry, christopher,, maria, margaretha, magdalena, and eva, w/o john michael mosser. philip bortz married lydia steininger and in 1805 moved to ohio. after residing there 6mos he moved to ellsworth twp. in the same county. Best Wishes, Geri