Listed below is a record of the arrival of JOSEPH STEINEBACH and his sister, KATHERINE STEINEBACH, here from the old country. Katherine went on to marry, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH OCKERT, 18 Jan. 1870, in Allegan Co., and ended up in Mecosta Co., MI, where she died on the 30 April 1890. She is buried at St. Michael's Cemetery in Remus, MI.

Ship: SAXONIA
From: Hamberg and Southhampton
To: New York
Arrived: 19 August 1868

Name: JOSEPH STEINBACH
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Occupation: Laborer

Name: CATHARINA STEINBACH
Age: 19
Sex: Female
Occupation: Single

>>>LISTED TOGETHER

Glazier, Ira A. and Filby, P. William (Edited by), GERMANS TO AMERICA: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, Vol. 21, May 1868 - September 1868, Pg. 350

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ALLEGAN CO., MICHIGAN, MARRIAGE RECORDS (1874), Pg. 17, Record No. 8 - JOSEPH STEINBACK & ANNA M. VOGT, married 2 September 1874, North Dorr, Allegan Co., MI. JOSEPH (Farmer), 26, residing in Jamestown, b. Germany. ANNA, 22, residing in Jamestown, b. Canada. Married by John Thome, Minister. Witnesses: Theodore Mines(?) & John Landers, both of Dorr.

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The only information that I have on the character of JOSEPH STEINEBACH was given to me by his granddaughter, MARIE ROSINE (PETTIT) BROCKWAY, during a visit with her in Washington, D.C., in June of 1989. According to Marie, Joseph Steinebach dominated his family like a dictatorial Prussian. He was much older than his wife, Mary, and was a very jealous man. He died of a stroke while out in his fields in 1918.
~~Mike Cronk, 31 August 2011

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Joseph Steinebach had two known sisters in this country. BOTH of them came with Joseph aboard the Saxonia in 1868.
KATHERINE (STEINEBACH) OCKERT (1850-1890)
There was also another sister, Anna Mary.
ANNA MARY (STEINEBACH) FASEL (1839-1918).