Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whanau a Steiner i Bavaria ki a Francisca () me Wolfgang Steiner. I uru atu ia ki te hurihanga
ki te Emepaea o Austria i te tau 1848, ka wehe atu ki Amerika ki te Raki i muri tata mai. I noho ia ki New York me Buffalo i mua i tana noho ki Toronto i te tau 1852, i whakatu i tetahi pakihi tapahi kohatu me te hokohoko maamaa. I riro ia hei kaiwhakawa mo te rangimarie i te 1870, a i te 1880 i pootihia ia hei kaitiaki o St. John's Ward, he tuunga i mau ia mo nga wa e rima.