Joseph Wenzel STEFL
Ancestry World Tree Project: Fonferek Families
Internet IGI, Sep 2007
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RESEARCH NOTES:
1. FamilyTree shows a first marriage to Franziska Lokey, 8 November 1853, in Eichen, Kllattau, Bohman, Osterreich.
NAME:
Joseph (John) Wenzel STEFL or STEFFEL
NOTES:
Birthplace of this family listed as Klatovy, Boehmen Koenigreich, Austria on the Ordinance Index.
NAME:
Mary Katherine KADLEC or KADLETZ
BIRTH:
Birthplace also listed as Klatovy, Bohemia.
NOTES:
1. Stephen arrived in the US 24 Feb 1867.
2. Intent to Naturalize, 29 Jun 1875.
3. Stephen came to the US before the rest of the family, in New York. He lived in Seneca, Shawano County. When he raised enough money he sent for the rest of the family in 1882.
4. According to the Wisconsin Land Records, Stephan was granted 120 acres on 10 Nov 1879 for Section 34 located in Township 27 North and Range 13 East.
NOTES:
1. Naturalized in 1874.
DEATH:
Died during World War I, of a malignant growth in his stomach.
NOTES:
1. Arrived in the US in 1884
2. Naturalized in 1898
NAME:
Dorothea (Dora) STEFL or STEFFEL
BIRTH:
Birthplace also listed as Prague, Czechoslovakia.
NOTES:
Dora arrived onboard the SS Braunschweig in New York on 26 May 1882.
NOTES:
1. Arrived in the U.S. in 1881
2. Naturalized in 1909.
He married Mary Katherine Kadlec Abt 1842 at Bohemia . Mary Katherine Kadlec was born at Klatovy, Czechoslovakia 1822 daughter of Josef Kadlec and Marie Ann Kamen .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Joseph Stefl
born Abt 1842.
Stephen Stefl
born 26 Dec 1843.
Mary Katharine Stefl
born 16 Apr 1845.
Anna Stefl
born 6 May 1849.
Frank Stefl
born 10 Jan 1857.
John William Stefl
born Apr 1862.
Dorothea Stefl
born 30 Oct 1864.
Marguerite Stefl
born Apr 1868.
Joseph Wenzel Stefl died 1895 at Leopolis, Shawano, Wisconsin .
Mary Katherine Kadlec died 16 Oct 1889 at Leopolis, Shawano, Wisconsin .