So far this is still in the beginning stages which I hope will grow in the coming weeks. From what I know the original Steinkes, which included five brothers and three sisters came over to the states via Canada circa 1900-1910. Most of them settled in the fruitbelt area of Southwestern Michigan and were farmers. Even though they were German they emigrated from a region called Vohlynia, which at that time was part of Czarist Russia and now I think is part of the Ukraine.

Ever since 1929 there has been a Steinke Reunion held annually each fall. At its height in the mid 1960's the attendance would be around 500 relatives at the reunion.

• Brian Rauh Family Tree (7 KB)
  

• Original Steinke brothers (20 KB)
  Here are the original Steinke brothers that emigrated from Volhynia, Russia. In order from left to right: August, Julius, Heinrich (my great grandfather), Edward, and John
• Heinrich Steinke Family (258 KB)
  Here is my great grandfather's family picture. My grandmother, Olga, was about 12 when this was taken around 1910. Front row from left to right: Pauline, Al, Ruth, Heinrich (my great grandfather), Art, Henrietta, Olga (my grandmother). Rear: Gusty, Wilhelmina (my great grandmother), Ed, Henry, Molly, Tilly
• Charles Rauh Family (199 KB)
  Charles Rauh is my great grandfather, my dad's grandfather.
• William Hartman Rauh Family (136 KB)
  This is a picture of my father as a young boy growing up in Benton Harbor, MI. Front row l-r, Elaine, William Harold, Carol, and Anita. Back row l-r, William Hartman,my grandfather, and Olga, my grandmother.

Brian William Rauh
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