Steger

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

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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 is also her grandfather (her mother's father).

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Francis George Steger, 5th Great-Grandparent
1702 - 23 April 1769
b. London, London, England
d. Southam Parish, Cumberland, Virginia

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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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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. Unknown

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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

Children:

1. Paul Steger

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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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Steger Surname Lineage

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 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, 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, mother of Barbara Lou Tridle 1929-2001, mother of the author.

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  

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 ®. Ancestry. https://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 images.  https://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 Album. https://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.

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

Miscellanea

The original date of this post: 20 June 2023, the 138th birthday of Lenore Inez Steger.
Last Update: 6 September 2025

Day

Phedora Alice Day, Great-grandmother

1 Jun 1864 – 7 Aug 1918
b. Morgan County, Indiana
d. Broad Ripple, Marion, Indiana

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Dora Day and her family were members of the Broad Ripple Methodist Episcopal Church, later Broad Ripple Methodist Church, where I was baptized as an infant. Currently, the same church is a fully inclusive, affirming, and justice-seeking congregation that became St. Luke’s Midtown in 2022. The church is still located at the original address of 6185 Guilford Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana, and is a campus of the St. Luke’s United Methodist community. As a pastor of an inclusive, reconciling congregation, this historical connection gives me an added sense of confirmation that I am being faithful to the open, inclusive, and welcoming family, church, and community of my ancestral heritage.

The article, “W.C.T.U. Calendar,” in the 17 Mar 1917 Indianapolis Star includes an item about Dora Steger leading devotions on the subject of “Charity Extolled” at a union meeting (the Broad Ripple Union of the WCTU, Woman’s ChristianTemperance Union, of which my mother and her mother were also active members. As a child, I was a member of the LTL, Loyal Temperance Legion, a remnant of this heritage). The meeting was hosted by her daughter, my grandmother, Mrs. Elmer [Inez] Tridle. Their pastor from Broad Ripple M.E. Church, Rev. O.E. Allison, spoke on “Prohibition, Progress, and Prosperity.” 

Phedora Alice Steger was born during the Civil War. She was married to George Thomas Steger on 05 Jan 1882 at the age of 17. They were parents of 7 children. Dora was a homemaker. She died on 7 Aug 1918 at the age of 54 and was buried at Union Chapel Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Maternal Lineage
Marilda J Thompson  > Elizabeth Perry  >  Rebecca Pierce  > Ann Temple Tunstall  > Sarah Temple  > Anne Hannah Arnold  > Jannike Anne Bogardus

Children of Phedora Alice Day:

1. Mollie Bell Steger 1883-1959
2. Lenore Inez Steger 1885-1983
3. America May Steger 1886-1888
4. Jessie Hazel Steger 1889-1976
5. Louise Ocal Steger 1891-1979
6. Olive Icy Steger 1893-1974
7. Neva Esther Steger 1895-1950

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David Day, 2nd Great-Grandfather
8 July 1822 - 1880
b. Morgan County, Indiana
d. Morgan County, Indiana

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Parents:

Richard M Day Jr 1782-1859

Mary Worth 1799-

Maternal Lineage:
Mary Starbuck 1645-1717, mother of Elizabeth Starbuck 1665-1706, mother of Jemima Coffin 1695-1755, mother of Hephzibah Swain 1727-1785, mother of Mary Pinkham 1768-1830, mother of Mary Worth 1797-1870, mother of David Day

Spouse: Marilda J Thompson 1831-1870

Married: 3 Sep 1846

Children:

1. Elizabeth Day 1846-1880
2. Mary Day 1849-1926
3. Greenberry T Day 1852-1907
4. Martha Day 1855-1923
5. Millie Jane Day 1856-1920
6. Phedora Alice Day 1864-1918

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Richard M Day Jr, 3rd Great-Grandfather
18 February 1782 - 27 September 1859 (77)
b. Caroline County, Maryland
d. White Lick, Morgan County, Indiana

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Parents:

Richard M Day Sr 1755-1813

Deborah Day 1759-1817

Maternal Lineage
Deborah Day 1759-1817, mother of Richard M Day Jr

Spouse 1: Hannah Kendall 1784-1817

Married: 9 Feb 1803

Children:

1. Sarah Martha Day 1804-1857
2. Ann Day 1805-1870
3. John Day 1807-1874
4. William Day 1809-1868
5. Caleb Day 1810-
6. Nathan Day 1811-1837
7. Richard Day 1812-1864
8. Deborah Day 1814-1867
9. Thomas Day 1816-1829

Spouse 2: Mary Worth 1797-1870

Married 1817

Children:

1. William Day 1820-1898
2. David Day 1822-1880
3. Infant Day 

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Richard M Day Sr, 4th Great-Grandfather
1755-1813
b. Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England
d. Guilford, North Carolina

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Parents:

William Day 1730-1790

Elizabeth Cooke 1730-1790

Maternal Lineage:
Elizabeth Cooke 1730-1790, mother of Richard M Day Sr

Spouse:   Deborah Day 1759-1817

Married:   1 Sep 1773

Children:   5

1. Mary Day 1774-1834
2. Rhoda Day 1776-1824
3. Deborah Day 1778-1842
4. William Day 1780-1870
5. Richard M Day Jr 1782-1859

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William Day, 5th Great-Grandfather
1730 - 1790

b. Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England
c. Guilford, North Carolina

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Spouse:   Elizabeth Cooke 1730-1790

Married:   18 Jun 1753

Children:  5

1. William Day 1753-1759
2. Richard M Day Sr 1755-1813
3. Mary Day 1755-1759
4. John Day 1757-1806
5. Thomas Day 1761-1761

Richard M. Day and Mary Day share the same birth year, possibly indicating they were twins. 

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Day Surname Lineage

My known ancestors in the Day lineage are from my great-grandmother, Phedora Alice Day, who lived from 1864 until 1918, back to my 5th great-grandfather, William Day, who lived from 1730 until 1790.

William Day 1730-1790, father of Richard M Day Sr 1755-1813, father of Richard M Day Jr 1782-1859, father of David Day 1822-1880, father of Phedora Alice Day 1864-1918, mother of Lenore Inez Steger 1885-1983, mother of Barbara Lou Tridle 1929-2001, mother of the author.

Day Migration

England > North Carolina > Maryland > North Carolina > Indiana

William Day married Elizabeth Cooke in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, and they had five children together, of whom my 4^th great-grandfather, Richard M. Day, Sr., was their second. They immigrated to North Carolina, USA. Richard M. Day, Sr. married Deborah from North Carolina, where they both returned after living in Maryland, where their son and my 3^rd great-grandfather, Richard M Day, Jr., was born. Richard and his first wife, Hannah Kendall, moved to Indiana. After the death of Hannah, Richard married Mary Worth. Their second son and my 2^nd great-grandfather, David, married Marilda J. Thompson, also of Morgan County, Indiana. Their sixth daughter and my great-grandmother, Phedora Alice Day, married George Thomas Steger who had moved to Boone County, Indiana from Owen County, Kentucky, with his mother. They moved to Broad Ripple in Indianapolis, where my grandmother, Lenore Inez Steger, was born. She married George Elmer Tridle. After my mother, Barbara Lou Tridle, was born, they moved to a farm near Home Place, between Broad Ripple and Carmel. She and my father, William Harris Lawson, Sr., grew up about a mile apart and began their married life in Broad Ripple, where I was born.

Acknowledgments

"Phedora Alice Day," ca. 1910. Family Photo. 

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Ancestry ®.  “Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011.” Phedora A. Steger, 1918. Indiana Archives and    Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 19  18; Roll 14. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4325150:60716?ssrc=pt&tid=10075800&pid=-701322984. 31 May 2023.

---. “Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001.” Phedora A. Day, 1882. Provo UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1057189:60282?ssrc=pt&tid=10075800&pid=-701322984 31 May 2023.

---. “Public Member Trees Database.” © 1997-2023 Ancestry ®. Ancestry. Web. Lawson-Robertson Family Tree person record for Phedora Alice Day. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/10075800/person/-701322984/facts  User profile for William Harris Lawson, Jr., user Livingweb. 31 May 2023.

Bloom, Linda. “Reaction Continues on Indiana Religious Freedom Law,” 2015. United Methodist News Service. https://www.umnews.org/en/news/reaction-continues-on-indiana-religious-freedom-law 31 May 2023.

FamilySearch. “Family Tree Database.” © 2023 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family Search. https://www.familysearch.org/en/. Person record L6X-YX7  https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LK6X-YX7 for Phedora Alice Day. User William Lawson. 31 May 2023.

Find a Grave, database and images. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201601169/phedora-alice-steger  Accessed 31 May 2023), memorial page for Phedora Alice “Dora” Day Steger (1 Jun 1864–7 Aug 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 201601169, citing Union Chapel Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by HSB (contributor 46982770).

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

Indianapolis Star Editor. “Speaks at Zion Park” The Indianapolis Star, 05 Aug 1916, page 24. via Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/39561741  Accessed by user Livingweb 31 May 2023.

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Miscellanea

The original date of this post: 1 June 2023, the 159th birthday of Phedora Alice Day.

Most recently updated: 6 September 2025

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