Re: zumSteidlewit
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Re: zumSteidlewit
Glenda Vance Stadley 11/20/04
My "Steidley's" came through southern Germany.Jacob Steidley (nee Steitle) came to Pennsylvania from Germany in the mid-1700's.His son, Frederick, also born "Steitle", went to Virginia/Maryland (the borders were unsettled then) and got married.Apparently, the Anglo JP phoneticized his name to "Steidley" (per the marriage record - he was illiterate), and that has stuck ever since.