Generation No. 3

Heinerich SEITER was born around 11 November 1821 in Annweiler, Pfalz, Bayern according to Christening records. He married Katharina DIETZ.

Children of Heinerich SEITER and Katharina DIETZ are:
a. Henry Seiter (1851 – 1924)
b. Jacob Seiter (1853 – 1904)
c. Katie Seiter (?1855)

More about Heinerich SEITER:
AKA: At some point, Heinerich Americanized his name to Henry. He appears as Henry in the 1860 census, on his naturalization papers and his death certificate.

Died: May 23, 1884 at age 63 from Apoplexy (a stroke) suffered 2 months before his death.

Buried: St Michel’s Cemetery, Queens NY in unmarked grave with son Jacob and ? grandson Rudolph.

Naturalized: December 12, 1865. His character reference in his naturalization petition was Philip Seibel.

Occupation: painter (death certificate)

Residences:
The 2nd Division, 13th ward, county of New York (1860 census)
54 Orchard Street (naturalization papers)
1876 3d Avenue (on his son, Jacob’s, marriage certificate)
Abbott township, County of Potter, PA – 1880 census (moved there around 1877)


Military Service: the naturalization papers list service in the 58th Regiment of New York Volunteers from his enlistment on January 4, 1864 in New York, to his discharge on October 1, 1865 in Nashville Tennessee. I was unable to obtain any of his military records, but found this information about his unit at this website - http://dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/58thInf/58thInfMain.htm

Immigration: Heinerich/Henry’s death certificate says that in 1884 he was a resident of the USA for 27 years, suggesting he came to the USA in 1856 or 1857. The Castle Garden website lists a 35 year old farmer arriving on November 18, 1856 on the ship Volant, arriving from the port of Havre, France. This is how old Heinerich/Henry would have been in 1856 or 1857.


Castle Garden, today known as Castle Clinton National Monument, is the major landmark within The Battery, the 25 acre waterfront park at the tip of Manhattan. From 1855 to 1890, the Castle was America's first official immigration center, a pioneering collaboration of New York State and New York City
(http://www.castlegarden.org/)



More about Katharina DIETZ:
Died: May 9, 1880 from Dropsy in Abbott township, county of Potter, PA. (moved there around 1877)


I can trace the family tree back to Heinrich Seiter [1821 – 1884] definitely, but then I have to do some guess work and speculation.
Heinerich’s [Henry’s] death records note that he was born in Germany around 1821 and that his father’s name was “Henry”, so I looked up births for boys named Heinrich Seiter in 1821 in Annweiler, Germany and found that there was a child named Heinerich born to Heinrich Seiter and Juliana Becker.............. I could not find a marriage record between a Heinerich Seiter and a Juliana Becker, but I DID find a marriage record between GEORG Heinerich Seiter and a Juliana Becker, so I think that the Georg Heinerich Seiter that married Juliana Becker later went by just "Heinerich Seiter" and that is why his name is listed as "Henry" in the death certificate of his son Heinerich "Henry" Seiter (1821-1884)(instead of George). Georg Heinerich's parents were easier to find once I finished wading through all of that.

I decided to look in Annweiler, Germany, by the way, because when Heinrich’s (1821-1884) son, Jacob, was married in New York City in 1879, his marriage records indicate that he was born in Annweiler, Rhenish Bavaria.........