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A brief history of the Steeves family name

13/5/2016

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Heinrich and Regina Stief left their homeland Germany in 1749 and settled in Pennsylvania. From there, in 1766, they and a small group of fellow settlers migrated to the rough terrain around New Brunswick's Petitcodiac River.

Faced with starvation, frigid winters, and abandonment by their sponsors-‐among them Benjamin Franklin‐-the settlers defied the odds by not only surviving, but prospering. The Stief family finally settled in what is now Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick.

In the Return of Inhabitants of the Township of Hillsborough taken in 1783 the Stief name disappeared and was anglicized into Steeve. The Walling Map of 1862 records the name as Steves and after a couple other subsequent ‘clerical errors’ the name has become Steeves. Steeves descendants now number upwards of 300,000 worldwide.

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Learn more about the Steeves family history through the Albert County Museum's “Steeves: 250 years in Albert County” exhibit, which coincides with the Steeves 250 reunion, and will be on display until 2018. 

A full gallery of the museum has be dedicated to this theme and includes displays of ‘all things Steeves’. The exhibit has been carefully selected from over 700 Steeves related artifacts in the museum collection, with each artifact on the display having some special historic significance.

The highlight of the exhibit is the original 18th century clock that Heinrich and Regina Stief brought from Germany.

5 Comments
Joan Debly
12/1/2018 09:20:47 pm

We are descendants of Frederick, 4th son of the Steif’s. My grandfather Jay Bunnell’s mother was Emma Steve’s.

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Douglas (Doug) Steeves
13/1/2018 11:10:02 pm

I am decendant of Son Christian. Whose grandson Aaron immigrated with family to Minnesota and settled in Princeton Minnesota in 1866. Aaron is my gr-gr-gr-gr grandfather.

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Heather Lynn Holdgate
6/7/2019 08:29:06 pm

I descend from Johannes 'John' Stief (1751-1821) through his son David Steeves and his 2nd marriage to Susannah 'Susan' Lutz (1791-1876) and their only child, Wilhelmina Steeves (1834-1920) ... she is my great-grandmother,

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James knowlton
18/7/2019 08:52:30 pm

I'm doing my family tree,Knowlton,hopper,hall,steeves,steif and many more my family is from this region and on my grandmother's side(Mabel Hall Knowlton)I've gotten to my 6th great grandfather Johann H Steif who was around mid 40s when he died around the 1780s and is buried in Grey,Island cemetary,Hillsborough NB.

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David Campbell
18/1/2021 04:14:47 pm

Hopefully this isn’t too late for you. Johannes (John) Stieff was my 5th Great-Grandfather, married to Anna Margaret Lutz. My tree runs Thomas Steeves md. Judith Wilson, Margaret Steeves md. James Mooney, Wilson Marshall md. Laura Belle Mooney, Harry Stanley Dunham md. Idia Marshall, Gerald McIntyre Kirwin md. Myrtle B. Dunham, Helen T. Kirwin md. Leroy C. Campbell, and last but not least David L. Campbell md. Cheryl A. Snell.

Wilhelmina would be my 4th cousin 3 times removed, whatever that means. I don’t know if you ever go into Family Search (It’s free) but if Wilhelmina was an only child from a 2nd marriage, they have it really messed up.

Not knowing your political affiliation but with the Dunham name in my family tree, if your familiar with the name Stanley Ann Dunham, well she is the mother ‘Barack Obama’. She happens to be my 9th cousin, once removed. So most likely you can either brag you’re related to a President or hang your head in shame. 😎. Hope some of this info helped you in your families search, cousin.

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