Edward and Marie had 10 children. There are still members of their family in the area. One of their ggrandshone, Marcus Steck, Jr. recently passed away. His brother Dean still lives in Bellville. The Meinecke side of that family is still a part of the area. I come from one of Marie Wilhelmine's brothers (JFAugust Meinecke) My greatgrandfather was the first born child of August.