Ernst R. Seidel^[1]

1867 - 1917  (49 years)

• Name	Ernst R. Seidel  [2]
  Birth	Sep 1867	Germany   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1887  [3]
  Residence	Mar 1889	Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Census	1900	Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  Naturalization	10 Mar 1900	Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA   [5]
  Census	1910	Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  Cause of Death	Suicide by hanging  [6]
  Occupation	Weaver (Renfrew Mill)  [4, 6]
  Occupation	Zylonite operative  [2]
  Research Notes	Age given as 48 years in obituary, which would put his death in about 1868.  [6]
  Death	12 May 1917	Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA   [6]
  Burial	15 May 1917  [6]
  Person ID	I15644	Mohr-Whalen
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry Seidel             d. Bef 1900
  Mother	Anna Kuhnert           b. May 1846, Germany           d. 2 Mar 1935, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F10518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Louise Augusta Schoelzel           b. Sep 1867, Germany           d. 13 May 1939, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	23 Mar 1889	Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3]
  Children	1. George Henry Seidel           b. 29 Dec 1892, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 22 May 1977, North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 84 years)   2. Richard Henry Seidel           b. 30 Jun 1895, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 20 Jul 1962, North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 67 years)   3. Elsie Seidel           b. Aug 1897, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 23 Feb 1922, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 24 years) + 4. Lena A. Seidel           b. 19 Dec 1903, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 29 Oct 1989, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F10516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Sep 1867 - Germany Residence - Mar 1889 - Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 23 Mar 1889 - Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA Census - 1900 - Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA Naturalization - 10 Mar 1900 - Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA Census - 1910 - Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA Death - 12 May 1917 - Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Described as a “Zylonite Operative” in his marriage registration. The American Zylonite Company was a manufacturer of cellulost nitrate products. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S6199] Obituary of Gustave R. Schoelzel. [S6200] Marriage Registration of Ernst R. Seidel and Annie L. Schoelzel. [S6266] 1900 US Census - Household of Ernest [Ernst] Seidel. [S6267] 1910 US Census - Household of Ernest [Ernst] Seidel. [S6296] Naturalization Papers for Ernest R. Seidel. [S6256] Obituary of Ernest Seidel - “Hangs Himself in Woodshed”.