Dear Cindy
Sowell, So glad to hear from you. What on earth are you doing up at 8:12 am on a holiday, "doing" genealogy?
Yes,
Sebastian came to
America from France. I believe his parents were born
German, however, they could have been living in the same house and be born
German, then their son,
Sebastian, could have been born in that same house and be born French. His papers from his passage state he was French and he boarded the ship from LaHave, France to come to
America.
My former husband, Gerald William Steltzlen, Jr. is the son of Gerald William Steltzlen, the son of William
Whitney Steltzlen, the son of
Sebastian Steltzlen. We have a son, Gerald William Steltzlen III and he has a son, Gerald William Steltzlen IV. That's 6 generations. Gerald William Steltzlen is 14 years old at this time.
The
Fuller and Steltzlen families were neighbors in
Nebraska, I think. Manley
Fuller married
Maude Mae Steltzlen and William
Whitney Steltzlen, Maude's brother married Mildred
Fuller,the sister to
Manley Fuller. A third
Fuller sibling, Vina
Fuller, married _____
Clark and lived in
Tulsa, OK. Willie and Mildred Steltzlen settled in
Louisiana and had Gerald William Steltzlen and Arthur Steltzlen. Mildred died when the boys were about 2 and 4 years of age. Arthur was raised by the
Sabin family (his maternal aunt and her husband) and took their last name.
Ultimately the
Sabins went to
Calif. Mildred's parents took Gerald William Steltzlen and raised him in Leslie,
Arkansas. I have lots and lots of "stuff" about the Steltzlen family, the
Fuller family and even quite a bit about the descendants of the other children of
Sebastian and
Hannah Elizabeth Steltzlen.
I am looking for Sebastian's birth certificate which names his exact birth place and the names of his parents. I know one person who has this, but she said she had to pay for that information and she was not willing to share it with me. She is dead now, so I guess that is lost until we find out who her heirs were and who has the stacks of genealogical papers that I know she had.
Send me an e-mail address and/or regular address and/or telephone number and I will be happy to communicate with you about the Steltzlen family. My former husband and I are on quite good terms and he helps me as much as he can, when he knows or can remember incidents of family history.
You can reach me at :
jgcmw@aol.com and at 918-495-1881. However, I still have to do my income tax and it is due this week, so I won't be able to communicate with you until next week. Sincerely,
Janelle H. Steltzlen
Sebastian Steltzlen married
Hannah Elizabeth
Whitney, a cousin of
Eli Whitney, the cotton gin inventor.
Their children were as your stated in your answer to inquiry.
