Steil Family History
From Neuerburg, Germany to Detroit, Michigan
 

 
Children of Valentine Steil:
Eric, Gerhardt, John, and Henry
 

Valentine married Frances Seidel in 1901.  They had four children: Eric (1902), Gerhardt Walter (1904), John Arthur (1910), and Henry George (1913).

Gerhardt married Ethel Pearl DeWolf and they had three children: Shirley, Geraldine, and Eric Walter.

John Arthur married Emma Praether and they had one child: Marcella.

Gerhardt Walter (left) and Henry George Steil, children of Valentine and Frances.
Photo supplied by Renee Steil-Sandoval.

Gerhardt (left) and Henry.  Gerhardt was a Marine.

Frances (right) with her sons Gerhardt (left), Eric, John Arthur (front left)
and Henry (front right).  Valentine (not in photo) died in 1919.

Gerhardt and his wife Ethel (1955)

Eric Walter Steil


Ethel and Geraldine

Gerhardt and Ethel Wedding

Ethel