Anne's obituary stated Urphershofen (no "t"), which is a tiny hamlet 2km ENE of Steinsfeld, where the church was/is.  But the obituary comes from "der Christliche Botschafter" in far-away Wisconsin, which would have known only whatever they were told by ???. 

Mike and his ancestors attended church in Obernzenn, which is 17 km from Steinsfeld.  Urphertshofen (w/"t") is about 2km SSW of Obernzenn.  Because of Urphertshofen being mostly likely, I searched hard there, and Mani Hertlein went again to Obernzenn and searched for some Anna from Urphertshofen born about 1823.   Well, no Anna was found that seems to fit, but now we have on this webpage some of the pictures of Urphertshofen gathered during that search.

"Mike" was "single" and living with his married sister (Margareta Barbara Walz) in Oberaltenbernheim (over 20 km from Urphershofen b.Steinsfeld) when he received his "Permission to Leave" on 21 March 1853, traveled to Hamberg, boarded the ship Celle, and landed in New York less than 3 months later on 13 June 1853.  The debarkation record does not appear to show Mike and Anna together on that ship Celle, but we have only a transcript and have not been able to obtain a copy of the actual list.

Mike & Anne began their family with son Fredrick born probably early 1854.  We still seek where they were married and from that to learn Anna's birthname.  Noo marriage record is found in Mike's church in Obernzenn, nor in Wisconsin (in early Wisconsin such things were not necessarily recorded!).  So we don't (yet) know when/where they were married.  If somehow it was somewhere on that very long trip across Germany, the Atlantic Ocean and then across several states to Wisconsin, but now that's another needle in a haystack!

So obviously Urphershofen bei Steinsfeld will be searched now. The real story of how this marriage came about would be most interesting!

Mani Hertlein, 2003