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• WHAT: Portrait of the Claus and Margaretha (Cordes) Korte Family
• FRONT ROW: Claus Heinrich Korte
• BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Anna Christine Korte, daughter of Claus Heinrich and Margaretha (Cordes) Korte; Heinrich Mangels Steffens, son of Michael and Hedwig “Hattie” (Katt) Steffens and husband of Margaretha Sophia Korte; Margaretha (Cordes) Korte, daughter of Johann Peter Hermann and Margaretha (Lüdemann) Cordes and sister of Heinrich Cordes
• WHEN: Circa 1895 – Possibly at the time of the marriage of Margaretha Sophia Korte to Heinrich Mangels Steffens – Margaretha Sophia Korte is wearing the same dress as in her marriage portrait.
• WHERE: Perryville, Missouri – as per photograph.
• SOURCE: Source: Ella (Kirmse) Krueger shared this photograph December 30, 2003.

• WHAT: Margaretha (Korte) and Mangels Steffens marriage portrait
• LEFT TO RIGHT: Margaretha Sophia Korte, daughter of Claus Heinrich and Margaretha (Cordes) Korte; Heinrich Mangels Steffens, son of Michael and Hedwig “Hattie” (Katt) Steffens
• WHEN:Circa October 24, 1895 – the date of their marriage
• WHERE: Farrar, Missouri – where they were married
• SOURCE: Ella (Kirmse) Krueger shared this photograph December 30, 2003
• NOTES: Margaretha Sophia Korte was born on 5 Apr 1875 in Germany. She died on 22 Aug 1948. She married Heinrich Mangels Steffens on 24 Oct 1895 in Farrar, Perry, Missouri, USA. He was born on 11 Feb 1870 in Farrar, Perry, Missouri, USA. He died on 24 Nov 1932 in Perry County, Missouri, USA.

Marriage Documents

Marriage: Groom: Mangels H. Steffens, from here. Bride: Margaretha S. Korte, from here.[2]

Notes

1. Source Information – Ancestry.com. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.
2. Source: Marriage Records. Salem Lutheran Church, Farrar, Missouri. Copied September, 2003.

• WHAT: Anna (Korte) and Martin Steffens marriage portrait.
• LEFT TO RIGHT: Anna Christine Korte, daughter of Claus Heinrich and Margaretha (Cordes) Korte; Joachim Martin Steffens, son of Michael and Hedwig “Hattie” (Katt) Steffens
• WHEN: Circa 1905 – date of their marriage
• WHERE: Farrar, Missouri – where they were married
• SOURCE: Ella (Kirmse) Krueger shared this photograph December 30, 2003.
• NOTES: Anna Christine Korte was born on 9 Oct 1881 (probably at sea). She died on 23 Jan 1969 in Perryville, Perry, Missouri, USA . She married Joachim Martin Steffens on 9 Nov 1905 in Farrar, Perry, Missouri, USA. He was born on 15 Aug 1882 in Farrar, Perry, Missouri, USA. He died on 18 May 1928 in Perry County, Missouri, USA