While in the Philippines, he met a Spanish-Filipina woman. Though not married, he and this woman had 4 children together. His children were Carlos, Emilia, Anna, and Arturo. Johann took Carlos to Germany when he was 5 years old. Carlos was raised by a German couple. Johann returned home to Switzerland after leaving Carlos in Germany, and married a woman with the last name Raschli. They had 9 chldren.
Carlos became a sailor and by 1923 was living in Hamburg with his wife Mathilde and several children. We know from letters sent by Carlos to his sister Emilia that his son Henri went to New York and that Carlos' daughter Olga was living in Switzerland.
The descendants from the Philippines include people with the surnames Steffan, Rius, Pool, Llanos, Ferreira, Crame, Barrios, Arellano, Lararte, Rivero, Llora, Ruffner, Newstead, O'Leary, Burnham, Andia, Tortosa and many more.
Two sisters of Carlos went to Australia. They married British men. A couple of surnames there are Higgins and Young.
Arturo Steffan is the Philippine ancestor. He married Sylvia (or Sylvina) Bustillos. One descendant claims that Sylvia was the daughter of General Bustillos, a Spaniard living in the Philippines at that time. A plaza in Manila is named after General Bustillos. Sylvia had many children, and some of them died before they were five years old. Names of some of the children include Amparo, Augusta, Araceli, Aurelia, Antonio and Alberto. Two sisters - Amparo and Augusta are the known descendants who have children still living.
We would like to have relatives known and unknown to please leave posts with information. We are a big family and it would be fun to know each other.
