Charles J. Steltzer b: 12-13-1822 in Kunzendorf, Schlesien, Prussia came to America between 1822 and 1850.He married an Edith (Eckman) Starry b: 1-25-1826 in Carroll County Maryland between 1850 and 1855.Edith conceived a child, "Elias Eckman" prom her first husband Levi Eckman.Elias was born in 1847 in Carroll County, MD.They relocated to Jordan Township, Whiteside County, Illinois between 1850 and 1855. Their children were:Nettie Jane b: 8-8-1857, Charles Waldo b: 3-1860, Christine F. b: 8-30-1860, Henry Malen b: 1862, Edith Irene b: 1864, and George Malen b: 1866.All six children were born in Jordan Township.Nettie married a James A. Capp on 9-10-1874 in Sterling, Illinois, Charles W. married Addie Bilter and relocated to Iowa, Christine married Mathias Wolber in Jordan Township, Henry Malen married Carrie Emma Hazel Kugel on 2-25-1888, Margaret E. Morrissey, and Bertha E. Werderman on 7-7-1919, Edith Irene married William Henry Guinther in Sterling, Illinois, and George Malen married Minnie R. Johnson on 10-18-1888.Henry Malen's children were George Malen II, Harry Leroy Sr, Charles Henry, Helen Josephine, Margaret I, all of Sterling, Illinois.Other children of Henry Malen were Edith P., Hazel J, Lizzie, William, and a step daughter Jennie Meadows.
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