Wilhelm Frederick Seidler1

M, #521, * 22 Jun 1831, + 27 Mar 1883
FatherHeinrich Wilhelm August Seidler1,2 * 4 May 1798, + 5 Apr 1866
MotherMartha Elizabeth Happel1,2 * 25 Nov 1801, + 27 Apr 1862
The "Admiral", the ship William Fredrick immigrated on

Family

Amalia Deizsler * 8 Jun 1835, + 28 Dec 1903
Children
     Wilhelm Frederick Seidler was born on 22 Jun 1831 in Ziegenhain Festung.1,3,2,4 Wilhelm Frederick was baptized (Ev. Luth.) on 17 Jul 1831 at Ziegenhain Festung.2 He married Amalia Deizsler, daughter of Gabriel Deizsler and Eleanora Feszenmayer.1,5 He died on 27 Mar 1883 in Newark, New Jersey,1,6, and was buried on 29 Mar 1883 in the Fairmount Cemetery at Newark.7

Other information:
Wilhelm Frederick Seidler was a stonecutter (1852), marblecutter (1870.)4 His last residence before emigration was in Ziegenhain. according to the passengerlist.4 Wilhelm immigrated on 3 Feb 1852 on the Admiral to New York City from Bremen.4 He was naturalized on 24 Oct 1859 in the Court of Common Pleas in New York City8 He filed his petition on 4 Oct 1853 in the Superior Court of New York.8 There was a news story in the Newark Daily Advertiser on 28 Mar 1883.
The death is also mentioned in Newark (NJ) Sunday Call, Apr 1 1883, pg. 8 in the death notices; and in the Paterson Daily Press, Mar 28, 1883, pg. 2 and the Paterson (NJ) Weekly Press, Mar 29, 1883, pg. 2. It was also picked up by the German papers (this one from the Deutsche Correspondent (Baltimore, MD), 31 Mar 1883. Apparently he was the fourth German to commit suicide within a week.9


He is listed in the following census:
1870 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Fred. Seidler, 10th Ward, Newark, Essex County. Household consists of Fred., his wife Emily and their children William, Henry, Fredrick, August and Lillian.10
1880 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of William F. Seidler, 47 Nichols, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. Household consists of William F., his wife Amalia and their children William A., William F., August, Lillian, Alexander and Mary.11,3

Name variants: William F. Seidler (in the 1880 census.)11 Fred. Seidler (in the 1870 census.)10 Wilhelm Seidler (in the passengerlist.)4

Citations

  1. [S181] Seidler Family, Papers, Seidler Family Tree. Held by Afina Broekman.
  2. [S181] Seidler Family, Papers, Letter from Gerhard Stubing (Kirchliches Rentamt, Kirchenkreis Ziegenhain, Postfach 2170. D-34606 Schwalmstadt), 5 Aug 1999, to William Seidler. Held by Afina Broekman.
  3. [S108] Fed. Census: Soundexcard 1880 Census William F. Seidler (S346).
  4. [S669] Admiral Passenger Manifest, 3 Feb 1852; M237, Roll 109, Volume 6840.
  5. [S181] Seidler Family, Papers. Held by Afina Broekman.
  6. [S1089] NJ Deaths, Wm. F. Seidler, 28 Mar 1883, Newark; Familysearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVB-D5Y>). Index and/or images online at https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1675445. Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.
  7. [S842] William F. Seidler. Section M, Lot 170, Center Row, Grave 2. Information by mail from Cemetery Office, Fairmount Cemetery, 620 Central Ave, Newark, NJ 07107-0194.
  8. [S129] Naturalization Certificate, New York Court of Common Pleas. Bundle 236, record 141. Wm. F. Seidler, 24 Oct 1859.
  9. [S857] Newark, NJ, Daily Advertiser, 28 Mar 1883, pg. 2.
  10. [S108] Fed. Census: 1870. New Jersey, Essex County, Newark, 10th Ward, page115, line 30-36. (NARA: M593, Roll 881, Page 363). Household of Fred. Seidler.
  11. [S108] Fed. Census: 1880. New Jersey. Essex County. Newark, ED 61, pg 22D, line16-23 (NARA: T9, Roll: 778, Page: 319). Household of William F. Seidler.
  12. [S1057] NYC Marriages, August Seidler and Clara Huck, 03 Sep 1894; FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24CZ-K77> : 10 February 2018), cert#10653, FHL microfilm 1,493,122.. Index also at Italian Genealogy.org. <<https://www.italiangen.org>>