Moses Seller 1835-1915

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1835 . Moses Seller was born on 6/3/1835 to F/Veis Seller 1800-1848 & Telzele/Theres Heimann 1800-1879 in Altenmuhr, Bavaria - this 40 k SW of Nurenberg- see Jewish Gen website .Jewish population there in 1837 was 250

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Above 1876 application for a passport gives his date of birth

~1865. Moses Seller married Rosa Dilsheimer in Frankfurt- Ancestry tree

1865. His first son, Frederick M / Freddy, was born 26/5/1865 in San Francisco California 1865-1925.

~1868/ Daughter Laura was born in Oregon.

1870. Rachel Seller was born Portland, Oregon on 6/6/1870 to Moses & Rosa

The female infant, alias Rachel, has June entered as her birth month!! . Against Moses: Value of real estate: 2000. Value of Personal Estate 9000 . Both parents of Moses and of Rosa were of foreign birth

Moses Seller 36 born Bavaria Crockery Dealer
Rosa Seller 23 born Bavaria
Freddy M Seller 5 born California
Laura Seller 3 born Oregon
Infant Seller 1/12 born Oregon
Mary Allen 35 born Ireland domestic
A Frankman 21born Bavaria bookkeeping

Look for above on FMP!

1877. Their last child, Omi Gabriele Seller born on 3/1/1877 in Frankfurt- b.c. exists, from an Ancestry tree-

1895. The following form shows he had been naturalised as an US citizen in Portland and held a passport, number 3485 issued in September 1895. It states that his wife was born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria - this ~ 180 k NW of where he was born in Altenmuhr

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1912 On a ship from Bremen via Southampton to New York, aged 76

1915. Moses Seller died 12/2/1915 in Frankfurt am Main. He was buried in the Alter Judischer Friedhof Cemetery, Frankfurt

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Frederick Joseph Seller likely his eldest son; Oskar Dilsheimer his brother in law??

 

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I think there might have been an obituary in the Portland press, with this photo- from an Ancestry tree , BRegenstein- thanks

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The above an enlargement of the names of his parents and his address in Frankfurt

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