William Augustus Seidler1

M, #541, * 26 Jun 1857, + 30 Dec 1939
FatherWilhelm Frederick Seidler1 * 22 Jun 1831, + 27 Mar 1883
MotherAmalia Deizsler1 * 8 Jun 1835, + 28 Dec 1903

Family

Catherine Matthes * 19 Jul 1866, + 11 Jun 1931
Children
  • Victor Seidler1 * 24 Apr 1887, + Jun 1961
  • Fred Seidler1 * 20 Dec 1889
  • John W. Seidler1 * 15 Nov 1892, + 10 Aug 1893
     William Augustus Seidler was born on 26 Jun 1857 in New York.1,2,3,4 He married Catherine Matthes on 4 Nov 1885 at Newark, New Jersey.1 He died on 30 Dec 1939 in South Orange, New Jersey, (121 Ward Place). Victor Seidler registered the death. He died of broncho-pneumonia and old age5,4, and was buried on 2 Jan 1940 in the Fairmount Cemetery at Newark.6,4

Other information:

William Augustus Seidler was a jewelry manufacturer (1900, 1910), and a vice-president of a wholesale chemical company (1920.)7,8,9,10 He lived in 1895 with his mother Amalia and his brother Alexander at 82 Pacific Street in Newark.10
William A. Seidler made a will on 16 Sep 1931. His sons Victor and Fred were named as heirs, and Fred was named as executor.11 His will was probated on 19 Jan 1940 at Newark.11

He is listed in the following census:
1870 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Fred. Seidler, 10th Ward, Newark, Essex County.12
1880 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of William F. Seidler, 47 Nichols, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.13,2
1900 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of William A. Seidler, 82 Pacific Street (Ward 10), Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. Household consists of William A., his wife Catherine and their children Victor and Fred, and a niece Louisa Griffin, 18 (Dec 1881), b. NY.3
1910 Fed. census (15 Apr): Household of William A. Seidler, 74 Hillside Ave (Ward 9), Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. Household consists of William A., his wife Catherine and their children Victor B. and Frederick A.8
1920 Fed. census (1 Jan): Household of William Augustus Seidler, 121 Ripp Place, Village of South Orange, South Orange Township, Essex County, New Jersey. Household consists of William Augustus, his wife Catherine and their son Frederick Arnault.9
1930 Fed. census (1 Apr): Household of William A. Seidler, 121 Ward Place, South Orange, New Jersey. Household consists of William A., his wife Catherine and their son Frederick A.14
1895 New Jersey census: Household of Amalia Deizsler, Ward 10, District 2, #282, Newark, Essex County.15

Name variants: William Seidler (in the 1870 census.)12 William A. (in the 1880 census.)13

Citations

  1. [S181] Seidler Family, Papers, Seidler Family Tree. Personal Files.
  2. [S108] Fed. Census: Soundexcard 1880 Census William F. Seidler (S346).
  3. [S108] Fed. Census: 1900. New Jersey, Essex County, Newark, ED100, sheet 14A, line 26-30. (NARA: T623, Roll 965, Book 1, Page 318). Household of William A. Seidler.
  4. [S92] Death Cert., William A. Seidler, South Orange, Essex County, NJ. 1939, 3#128.
  5. [S181] Seidler Family, Papers. Personal Files.
  6. [S842] William A. Seidler. Section M, Lot 170, Front Row, Grave 2. Information by mail from Cemetery Office, Fairmount Cemetery, 620 Central Ave, Newark, NJ 07107-0194.
  7. [S108] Fed. Census: 1900. New Jersey, Essex County, Newark, ED100, sheet 14A, line 26-30. (NARA: M653, Roll 965, Book 1, Page 318). Household of William A. Seidler.
  8. [S108] Fed. Census: 1910 Census, New Jersey, Essex County, Newark City, SD 7, ED 75, Sheet 11B-12A, line 99-100, 1-2 (NARA: T624, Roll 877, Book 1, Page 286-287). Household of William A. Seidler.
  9. [S108] Fed. Census: 1920. New Jersey, Essex County, South Orange Township, Village of South Orange, ED315, sheet 26A, line 20-22. (NARA: T625, Roll 1039, Book 1, Page 234). Household of William A. Seidler.
  10. [S366] Newark Directory, 1895/1896. Wm A Seidler, Seidler Drug Co., jeweler, h. 82 Pacific Street.
  11. [S365] NJ Probate: Essex County, G48092, William A. Seidler, Jan 19, 1940. Online at http://tinyurl.com/9mcmnu3
  12. [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.
  13. [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.
  14. [S108] Fed. Census: 1930. New Jersey, Essex County, South Orange Village, ED 611, sheet 9A, line 40-42. (NARA: T626, Roll 1343, Page 258). Household of William A. Seidler.
  15. [S107] State Census: 1895. New Jersey. Household of Amelia Seidler. "New Jersey State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFQ-CNX8> : 17 October 2017), Essex > Newark, Ward 10, District 2 > image 33-34 of 42; citing New Jersey State Archives; New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.