Anna Barbara Steffens, daughter of Mathias Steffens and Barbara Anna Hilt, married Nicolaus Gaeb, son of Johann Stephan Gaeb and Maria Heimer, in Feb 1802 at St Kastor Catholic Church in Weiler. Their son Nicolaus Gaeb emigrated from Germany to America and arrived at Port of New York on 2 August 1841, aboard the ship Albany. He settled in Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois, it is unknown when or where he died. Their daughter Susanna Gaeb, and husband Nicholas Adams, emigrated from Germany along with Susanna's brother Nicolaus. Nicholas Adams was one of three founders' of Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois and helped to establish the parish and church, St John the Baptist Catholic Church. They traveled from New York to Chicago by rail and from Chicago to Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois by oxen-drawn wagon, along with Jacob Schmitt and his family, and Nicholas Frett and his family. It is said that "their original destination may have been Johnsburg, (Mower County) Minnesota", along with the Jacob Schmitt and Nicolas Frett families ~
Anna Barbara Steffens, daughter of Mathias Steffens and Barbara Anna Hilt, married Nicolaus Gaeb, son of Johann Stephan Gaeb and Maria Heimer, in Feb 1802 at St Kastor Catholic Church in Weiler. Their son Nicolaus Gaeb emigrated from Germany to America and arrived at Port of New York on 2 August 1841, aboard the ship Albany. He settled in Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois, it is unknown when or where he died. Their daughter Susanna Gaeb, and husband Nicholas Adams, emigrated from Germany along with Susanna's brother Nicolaus. Nicholas Adams was one of three founders' of Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois and helped to establish the parish and church, St John the Baptist Catholic Church. They traveled from New York to Chicago by rail and from Chicago to Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois by oxen-drawn wagon, along with Jacob Schmitt and his family, and Nicholas Frett and his family. It is said that "their original destination may have been Johnsburg, (Mower County) Minnesota", along with the Jacob Schmitt and Nicolas Frett families ~
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