1930 census - Henry Seiter

This is the 1930's census for Henry Seiter and his family. Click on picture to enlarge.

Henry was living with his second wife, Elizabeth and their 2 daughters, Elizabeth and Lucille in a house he owned in Bellerose ,Queens on 41st avenue. The value of the house was $6000.

Notably, in column 9, they are listed as owning a Radio Set!

Also listed is a son of Henry, named Peter E Seiter. I have never heard of a reference to a Peter Seiter before and can find no other information on him. He is listed as a clerk at a newspaper.

I knew Lucille and she told me that Henry and Elizabeth only had 2 children [Elizabeth & Lucille], so Peter is not actually Henry's son. Elizabeth's three children from a previous marriage included one son named Emile Myers [who is listed as Henry's son in the 1920 census], therefore it is unclear who Peter Seiter actually is.

Lucille and Elizabeth Seiter were the half siblings of my grandfther, James Seiter and his siblings, Anna, John, Henry [#2], Dorothy and Edward [whose mother, Catherine (Marr) Seiter died in 1914]

The ages are listed as:
Henry 48
Elizabeth 49
Peter 20
Lucille 12
Elizabeth 6

Henry Seiter and Catherine Seiter 1910 census

This is the 1910 census from Henry Seiter and Catherine (Marr) Seiter and their kids. Click on picture to enlarge.

The Seiter's are on lines 24 - 30

Catherine died in 1914. Henry & Catherine's youngest son, Edward, has not been born yet.

It says they lived in Queens although I cannot make out the street name, which is all the way to the left and written sideways.

Henry's father is now correctly mentioned as being born in Germany.

Henry and Catherine had been married 7 years, so they got married in 1902 or 1903 - I cannot find a marriage record, though. Apparently, a lot of Catholic churches didn't report weddings to NY City back then.

Catherine's father is listed as born in Germany and her mother as born in NY.

Henry was out of work the date of the census.

The ages are as follows:

Henry 27
Catherine 26

Anna 7

John 7

Henry 5

James 2

Dorothy 5 months

Henry Seiter 1920 census

This is the 1920 census form which shows that Henry Seiter was living with his family at 300 78th street in Manhattan, New York City. Click on the picture to enlarge.

The family is listed in lines 28 – 36. Henry’s second wife, Elizabeth had three children from a previous marriage – Elsa [born in Germany], Eva and Emile Myers who are listed in lines 34 – 36.

On this form, Henry reports that his father was born in NY, but we know from other records that his father actually came from Germany. Henry’s children James and Anna are not listed as living with him – they are included in the 1920 census as living with living with Elizabeth Beresheim, their aunt – sister to Catherine [Marr] Seiter – I have been told that James and his father did not get along that well.

The form shows that he was a painter. It notes his 17 year old son, John, was a dentist and says that his adopted daughter, Eva, worked in a “Beader factory” even though she was only 15 years old.

Henry Seiter death certificate

This is the death certificate for my great grandfather, Henry Seiter [2/8/1883 - 8/19/1959]. He lived in Bellrose, Queens at the time of his death and was survived by his second wife, Elizabeth. Click on picture to enlarge.

The birthdate on the death certificate appears to be wrong, as his grave stone and the 1900 census both say that he was born in 1883.

He was the father of Anna, John, Henry, James, Dorothy and Edward [with his first wife, Catherine (Marr) Seiter], as well as Elizabeth and Lucille, with his second wife.

He was a painter by trade and was a higher up in his union. I have a picture of him with his union buddies which I will post later.

His parents were Jacob Seiter and Katharina Hess [whose name is listed incorrectly on the death certificate]. He is buried in Flushing Cemetery in Queens [I will add the plot number later].

His siblings were Phoebe [Josephine] Seiter [married name Callahan] and Susan [Susie] Seiter [married name Weber]. I think he also had a younger brother named Rudolph, because an infant is buried with Henry's father, Jacob, in St. Michael's Cemetery in Queens.

Directly below this post is another post with a picture of him.

Henry Seiter as a boy

This is a picture of my great grandfather, Henry Seiter. Click to enlarge image.

This was probably taken in 1890 or so - Henry Seiter was born in 1883. He grew up to marry Catherine Marr. He was the father of Anna, John, Henry, James, Dorothy and Edward [as well as Elizabeth and Lucille, with his second wife, Elizabeth].

Welcome to my blog

Hi - my name is Ed Seiter. Welcome to my little genealogy website. I am in the process of setting this up now and will fill it up with a lot of stuff starting in August 2008.

Basically - just to get you started: this is a blog for the Seiter branch located in NY City. From research, I note that there are a lot of Seiters in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois, but to the best of my knowledge, they are no relation to the branch of Seiters that came to New York and settled here.

The branch of the family from which I am descended came to New York in 1857 in the persons of Heinrich Seiter, his wife Katarina [Dietz] Seiter, and their children Jacob and Henry.

I will explain how I know what I know - if that bores you, skip over it. I will also post as much documentation as this website will allow. If you want any of the documents you see, email me [rpaccptjd@gmail.com] and I will be happy to send them.

If I have made any mistakes, I will be very grateful for anyone who can correct information that I have gotten wrong.

I will also be VERY grateful if anyone can provide me with any more information than I already have, because I have come to a dead end on many paths.

So, I will post again in August -I hope you find this stuff fun or useful, or at least interesting.


Ed