Ernst Walter STEINHAUS

  General Notes:

Walter was the youngest child of Antonette & Fritz Steinhaus, being only five months old when his father died in 1885. He was born and lived at the family roadside hostelry and tavern in Mosel Township until 1894 when he moved witht he family to Sheboygan. After grade and high school he entered the University of Wisconsin in Madison WI. In September 1908 he took up a homestead near Cooper SD. Then he operated several farms in WI and IL. In 1938 he became the Superintendent of Melody Estate near Lake Forest IL. He ws the president of the North Shore Horticulture Society for two years. In 1958 he retired to Santa Fe NM where he pursued his hobbies of gardening and wood carving. He died in an automobile accident returning from his son's home in Los Alamos to his home in Santa Fe, NM.

  Research Notes:

From David Steinhaus & Laura A Steinhaus family records, 1967.

Letters from Frederick Steinhause, 1987
Neilville, WI 1916
Tiskilwa, IL, 1920
Gunee, IL, 1928
Lake Forest, IL. 1933
Santa Fe, NM. 1958

  Death Notes:

On the road, north of Santa Fe, NM

  Noted events in his life were:

• Education. Elementary Schools in Sheboygam and soem classes ad Univeristy of Wisconsin.

• Occupation. Farmer, Horticulture expert

Ernst married Anna Laura STEINKE, daughter of Otto Herman STEINKE and Elizabeth Henrietta HEMBERLE, on 7 Aug 1912 in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. (Anna Laura STEINKE was born on 25 May 1880 in Prescott, Pierce, Wisconsin, USA and died on 19 Apr 1967 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, USA.)