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So the Lord isn't the God of the dead, but of the living. This means that everyone is alive as far as God is concerned. Jesus, Luke 20:38 CEV

Monday, June 19, 2023

Steger





Steger Surname Lineage
Johann Christoph Steger 1540-1600, father of Johann Paul Steger 1561-1639, father of George Steger 1609-1681, father of Paul Steger 1637-1704, father of John Steger 1659-1737, father of Francis George Steger 1702-1769, father of John Perratt Steger, Sr 1738-1810 and father of Elizabeth Steger 1742-1826, father of John Perratt Steger, Jr 1792-1872, father of John Samuel Steger 1817-1880, father of George Thomas Steger 1859-1943, father of Lenore Inez Steger 1885-1983

Steger Migration
Bösleben, Sachsen, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany > Stein, Mittweida, Saxony, Germany > Stein, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany > Borna, Chemnitz, Sachsen, Germany > London, England > Christ Church,Middlesex,Virginia > Southam Parish, Cumberland, Virginia > Goochland, Powhatan, Virginia > Cumberland, Powhatan, Virginia > Gallatin, Kentucky > Montery, Owen County, Kentucky > Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana > Broadripple, Marion, Indiana > Manatee, Florida > Hamilton County, Indiana > Superior, Wisconsin > Broadripple, Marion, Indiana > Franklin, Johnson, Indiana  

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Lenore Inez Steger, Grandmother
20 June 1885 – 28 January 1983 (97)
b. Broadripple, Marion, Indiana
d. Franklin, Johnson, Indiana



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Inez was affectionately known by her grandchildren as MawMaw. After she was excluded from Holy Communion in my grandfather's denomination early in their relationship, they decided he would join her church because of the Open Communion policy of the Methodists. In my family, Open Communion remains a central, vital, and profoundly emotional aspect of spiritual life as a powerful sign of God’s love for all humanity. My grandmother was a lifelong member of Broad Ripple United Methodist Church, where I was baptized as an infant (now the fully-inclusive St. Luke's Midtown congregation). She and her sisters were members of the Broad Ripple Chapter 315, Order of Eastern Star. 

Lenore Inez Steger was married to George Elmer Tridle on 23 June 1907 at the age of 22. They were parents of 4 children. Inez was a homemaker. She died on 28 January 1983 at the age of 97 and was buried at Union Chapel Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Parents:
George Thomas Steger 1859-1943
Phedora Alice Day 1864-1918

Maternal Lineage
Jannike Anne Bogardus, mother of Anne Hannah Arnold, mother of Sarah Temple, mother of Ann Temple Tunstall, mother of Rebecca Pierce, mother of Elizabeth Perry, mother of Marilda J Thompson, mother of Phedora Alice Day, mother of Lenore Inez Steger

Spouse: George Elmer Tridle 1886-1956
Married: 23 Jun 1907

Children of Lenore Inez Steger:
  1. Robert Brosier Tridle 1910-1981
  2. Mary Maxine Tridle 1914-1972
  3. George Elmer Tridle, Jr. 1923-1989
  4. Barbara Lou Tridle 1929-2001
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George Thomas Steger, Great-Grandfather
11 January 1859 - 26 August 1943 (84)
b. Owen County, Kentucky
d. Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana


Parents:
John Samuel Steger 1817-1880
America Ann Valentine Melvina King 1821-1900

Maternal Lineage
Hannah Jones 1771-1863, mother of Mary T Burke 1796-1850, mother of America Ann Valentine Melvina King, mother of George Thomas Steger

Spouse: Phedora Alice Day 1864-1918
Married: 8 Jan 1882

Children:
  1. Mollie Bell Steger 1883-1959
  2. Lenore Inez Steger 1885-1983
  3. America May Steger 1889-1976
  4. Louise Ocal Steger 1891-1979
  5. Olive Icy Steger 1893-1974
  6. Neva Esther Steger 1895-1950
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John Samuel Steger, 2nd Great-Grandfather
19 February 1817 - 1800
b. Owen County, Kentucky
d. Montery, Owen County, Kentucky 

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Nickname: Jack, Jake

Parents:
John Perratt Steger Jr 1792-1872
Susahnnah Webster 1790-1900

Maternal Lineage:
Fanny Walker Woodson 1756-1792, mother of Susannah Webster, mother of John Samuel Steger

Spouse: America Ann Valentine Melvina King 1821-1900
Married: 29 Jan 1838

Children: 9
  1. Sidney Steger 1840-1900
  2. John Samuel Steger Jr 1842-1911
  3. Pendleton G Steger 1845-1930
  4. James William Steger 1848-1908
  5. Valentine Steger 1852-1893
  6. Jacob Wesley Steger 1853-1915
  7. Martha I Steger 1856-1936
  8. George Thomas Steger 1859-1943
  9. Sarah Catherine Steger 1861-1934
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John Perratt Steger Jr, 3rd Great-Grandfather
19 December 1792 - 13 April 1872
b. Powhaten, Virginia
d. Gallatin, Kentucky

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Parents:
Francis George Steger 1715-1769
Ann Barabara Perratt 1701-1773

Maternal Lineage:
Ann Barbara Perratt 1719-1773, mother of Elizabeth Steger 1742-1826, mother of Elizabeth Davenport 1771-1816, mother of John Perratt Steger Jr

Spouse:   Elizabeth Davenport 1767-1816
Married:   16 Feb 1792

Children:  5
  1. John Perratt Steger Jr 1792-1872
  2. Thomas Steger 1795-1848
  3. William Steger 1805-1869
  4. Samuel Steger 1809-1864
  5. Mary Ann Steger 1814-1880
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John Perratt Steger Sr, 4th Great-Grandfather
1738 - 1 October 1810
b. Goochland, Powhatean, Virginia
d. Cumberland, Powhatan, Virginia

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Parents:
Francis George Steger 1715-1769
Ann Barbara Perratt 1701-1773

Maternal Lineage:
Elizabeth Hales, mother of Ann Barbara Perratt, mother of John Perratt Steger Sr

Spouse:   Elizabeth Davenport 1767-1816
Married:   16 Feb 1792

Children:  5
  1. John Perratt Steger Jr 1792-1872
  2. Thomas Steger 1795-1848
  3. William Steger 1805-1869
  4. Samuel Steger 1809-1864
  5. Mary Ann Steger 1814-1880

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His wife is his niece. His father Francis George Steger 1702-1769 is also his wife Elizabeth Davenport's grandfather (her mother's father).
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Francis George Steger, 5th & 6th Great-Grandparent
1702 - 23 April 1769
b. London, London, England
d. Southam Parish, Cumberland, Virginia

His son John Perratt Steger Sr 1738-1810 married his niece Elizabeth Davenport 1771-1816, whose mother is Elizabeth Steger 1742-1826, the daughter of Francis George Steger. 

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Parents:
John Steger 1659-1737
Elizabeth Reynolds 1683-1743

Material Lineage:
Elizabeth Reynolds, mother of Francis George Steger


Spouse:   Ann Barbara Perratt 1719-1773
Married:   1 Sep 1734

Children:  9
  1. John Perratt Steger Sr 1738-1810
  2. Thomas Hales Steger 1739-1798
  3. Martha Steger 1740-1787
  4. Hans Steger 1741-1812
  5. Elizabeth Steger 1742-1826
  6. Ann Steger 1744-1765
  7. Francis Steger 1746-1818
  8. Samuel Steger 1752-1823
  9. Marianne Steger 1754-1793
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Elizabeth Steger, 5th Great-Grandmother
1742 - 16 February 1826
b. Powhatan, Powhatan, Virginia
d. 
Amber County, Virginia

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Parents:
Francis George Steger 1715-1769
Ann  Barbara Perratt 1719-1773

Maternal Lineage:
Ann Barbara Perratt 1719-1773, mother of Elizabeth Steger 1742-1826

Spouse:   Absalom Davenport 1736-1821
Married:   1764

Children:  
  1. Richard Davenport 1765-1825
  2. Ann Davenport 1766-1815
  3. Elizabeth Davenport 1767-1816
  4. Thomas Davenport 1770-1791
  5. Lucy Davenport 1777-1824
  6. James Steger Davenport 1779-1830
  7. Martha Davenport 1781-1847
  8. Sally Davenport 1783-1831

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John Steger, 6th Great-Grandfather
17 July 1659 - 30 January 1737
b. Borna, Leipzig, Germany
d. Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia

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Parents:
Paul Steger 1637-1704
Maria A Heitzschelts 1640-1700

Maternal Lineage:
Maria A Heitzschelts, mother of John Steger

Spouse:   Elizabeth Reynolds 1683-1743
Married:   20 Apr 1704
Children:  3
  1. John Steger 1705-1705
  2. Sophia Steger 1706-1729
  3. Francis George Steger 1715-1769
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Paul Steger, 7th Great-Grandfather
20 November 1637 - 1704
b. Borna, Chemnitz, Sachsen, Germany
d. London, England

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Parents:
Georg Steger 1609-1681
Anna Walther 1610-1682
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Maternal Lineage:
Anna Walther, mother of Paul Steger

Spouse:   Maria A Heitzschelts 1640-1700
Married:   8 May 1655

Children:  1
  1. John Steger 1659-1737
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Georg Steger, 8th Great-Grandfather
17 April 1609 - 13 August 1681
b. Stein, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
d. 
Mittelsachsen, Sachsen, Allemagne

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Parents:
Johann Paul Steger 1561-1639
Dorothea Reimers 1570-1609

Maternal Lineage:
Dorothea Reimers, mother of Georg Steger

Spouse: Anna Walther 1610-1682
Married: 13 January 1635
Children:
  1. Paul Steger 1637-1704
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Johann Paul Steger, 9th Great-Grandparent
10 August 1561 - 15 September 1639
b. Bösleben, Sachsen, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany
d. Stein, Mittweida, Saxony, Germany

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Parents:
Johann Christoph Steger 1540-1600

Maternal Lineage Unknown

Spouse: Dorothea Reimers 1570-1609
Married: 1590, Wiederau, Mittweida, Saxony

Children: 
  1. Georg Steger 1609-1681

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Johann Christoph Steger, 10th Great-Granfather
1540-1600
b. Unknown
d. Unknown

Parents: Unknown

Maternal Lineage Unknown

Spouse: Anna Catherina Scheits 
Marriage 19 May 1560, Witzleben, Thüringen

Children: 
  1. Johann Paul Steger 1561-1639
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Narration

My known ancestors in the Steger lineage are from my grandmother, Lenore Inez Steger, who lived from 1885-1983, back to my 9th great-grandfather, Johann Paul Steger, who lived from 1561-1639.

Johann Paul Steger of Bösleben, Sachsen, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany married Dorothea Reimers in Wiederau, Mittweida, Saxony, Germany. Their son Georg Steger married Anna Walther. Their son Paul Steger married Maria A Heitzschelts, and they immigrated to England, apparently after the birth of their son John Steger, who had been born in Germany and immigrated to the United States with his wife Elizabeth Reynolds after their marriage in England and settle in Virginia. Their son Francis George Steger also immigrated to Virginia with his wife Ann Barbara Perratt. Their son John Perratt Steger, Sr., married Elizabeth Davenport. After his death, she moved to Gallatin County, Kentucky, with their son John Perratt Steger, Jr. He married Susannah Webster, and they moved to Owen County, Kentucky. Their son John Samuel Steger married America Ann Valentine Melvina King, who moved to Boone County, Indiana, after his death, along with their son (my great-grandfather) George Thomas Steger. He married Phedora Alice Day. Their daughter was my maternal grandmother, Lenore Inez Steger, who married George Elmer Tridle. Several years after his death, she married Earl Sullivan and moved to Superior, Wisconsin. After his death, she returned to Broad Ripple, and then to Franklin in Johnson County, Indiana. 

Europe

  • England
    • Middlesex | London
      • Steger, Francis George
      • Steger, John
      • Steger, Paul 
  • Germany
    • Sachsen | Saxony | Leipzig
      • Steger, Georg
      • Steger, Johann Paul
      • Steger, John 
      • Steger, Paul 
United States
  • Florida
    • Manatee County | Manatee
      • Tridle, George Elmer
      • Steger, Lenore Inez
  • Indiana
    • Boone County
      • Steger, George Thomas 
    • Johnson County | Franklin
      • Steger, Lenore Inez
    • Marion County | Indianapolis | Broad Ripple
      • Steger, George Thomas  
      • Steger, Lenore Inez 
  • Kentucky
    • Gallatin County
      • Steger, John Perratt, Jr. 
    • Owen County
      • Steger, George Thomas
      • Steger, John Perratt  Jr.
      • Steger, John Samuel 
  • Virginia
    • Cumberland County
      • Steger, Francis George 
    • Middlesex County
      • Steger, John
    • Powhaten County
      • Steger, John Perratt, Jr.
      • Steger, John Perratt, Sr.
  • Wisconsin
    • Superior
      • Steger, Lenore Inez

Acknowledgments

Family Photo. "Lenore Inez Steger," ca. 1950. 

Odell, Colleen. “Woman Reading,” 2019. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/vectors/women-reading-writing-transpose-4109213/ 11 May 2023. Drawing.

Bibliography

Ancestry ®.  “Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2017.” Lenora I. Sullivan, 1983. Indiana Archives and    Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1983; Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3878680:60716?ssrc=pt&tid=10075800&pid=-701365734 12 June 2023.

---. “Indiana Marriages, 1800-1941.” Lenore I Steger, 1907. Provo UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2755686:5059?ssrc=pt&tid=10075800&pid=-701365734 12 June 2023.

---. “Public Member Trees Database.” © 1997-2023 Ancestry ®. Ancestryhttps://ancestry.com/ Lawson-Robertson Family Tree person record for Lenore Inez Steger.  https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/10075800/person/-701365734/facts  User profile for William Harris Lawson, Jr., user Livingweb. 16 June 2023.

Find a Grave, database, and imageshttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179408818/lenore-inez-tridle Accessed 12 June 2023), memorial page for Lenore Inez Steger Tridle (20 Jun 1885 - 28 Jan 1983), Find a Grave Memorial ID 179408818, citing Union Chapel Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Vicki (contributor 47580791).

Indiana Album. “Broad Ripple Methodist Episcopal Church,” ca. 1912. Riley Case Collection. Indiana Albumhttps://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/2C7B9947-A8B2-40D0-94DC-298691638220 31 May 2023.

Manatee County, Florida. "Welcome to Manatee County, Florida." Manatee County.  https://www.mymanatee.org/  20 June 2023.

Order of the Eastern Star. "General Grand Chapter." Order of the Eastern Star. https://easternstar.org/ 12 June 2023.

St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. “Midtown.” St. Luke’s United Methodist Churchhttps://www.stlukesumc.com/midtown  31 May 2023.


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Miscellanea

The original date of this post: 20 June 2023, the 138th birthday of Lenore Inez Steger.
Last Update: 27 September 2025

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