Steuben History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Early Origins of the Steuben family

The surname Steuben was first found in Saxony, where the name could be considered to make a great early contribution to the feudal society. The name became prominent in local affairs and branched into many houses which played important roles in the tribal and national conflicts, each group seeking power and status in a fluctuating territorial profile.

Early History of the Steuben family

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Steuben Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Steuven, Stoeven, Steuben, Staeuber, Staiber, Steubing, Steube and many more.

Early Notables of the Steuben family

Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben (1730-1794), who was a famous German soldier from Magdeburg, Prussia...
Showered with honors, he retired in the city Steubenville in New York State...

Steuben migration to the United States +

Steuben Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Frederick William Steuben, who landed in New York in 1784 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Steuben (post 1700) +

Fritz Steuben (1898-1981), pen name of Erhard Wittek, a German author who wrote popular novels and stories about romanticised Native Americans
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730-1794), Prussian officer who aided the colonials in the American Revolutionary War
John Steuben, American politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1932 2
Charles de Steuben (1788-1856), German-born French Romantic painter and lithographer active during the Napoleonic Era
Kuno von Steuben (1855-1935), Prussian military officer, and a general in the First World War
Baron Steuben Doty, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from St. Lawrence County, 1826-27
Steuben Jenkins, American politician, Member of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from Luzerne County, 1857-58, 1883-84 3

Sources +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html