| Title |
Steffan, Edward W. |
| Date |
1841-November 7, 1914 |
| Description |
Edward W. Steffan, lithographer, printer and wool manufacturer, was born in Philadelphia in 1841. He worked as a lithographers'
apprentice in 1860 before enlisting in the 121st Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1862. After his discharge in 1865
he continued to reside near the regiment's base in Chestnut Hill and worked at a "segar" shop at 107 East Girard Avenue. From
1868 to 1871, Steffan worked as a lithographer and engraver for H. J. Toudy & Co. at their 505 Chestnut Street establishment.
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By 1872, Edward had joined his late brother's cloth and worsted goods business, F. Steffan & Co., which had two locations,
1349 Hope Street and 1344 North Front Street. Edward remained a proprietor of this business until it closed in the early 1880s.
From 1886 to ca. 1890, Edward was a clerk for an unidentified establishment, and resided at 2222 Christian Street. In the
1890s, he managed Hallowell Co. Ltd., a printing business, at 14 South Fifth Street.
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His German-born wife, Louisa W. (b. 1847), also worked for the company as a printer. With Louisa, who immigrated to Philadelphia
in 1850, he had six children: Sarah E. (1866-1922), printer Martin John (b. 1867), Ella (b. 1869), artist Edward T. (b. 873),
August (b. 1875), and Herbert R. (b. 1885). The family moved to New Jersey in the 1890s, then to Baltimore, Maryland by 1910,
where Steffan died on November 7, 1914.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See H. J. Toudy & Co. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1920 |
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Groce & Wallace, 601-602 |
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Philadelphia City Directories 1867-1895 (intermittently) |
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Philadelphia Inquirer November 10, 1914 |
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Veterans Schedules, 1890 |
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WWWAA, 3154 |
