Moses Seller 1835-1915
Ancestry trees: Levey-Dannenbaum
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
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
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
Frederick Joseph Seller likely his eldest son; Oskar Dilsheimer his brother in law??
I think there might have been an obituary in the Portland press, with this photo- from an Ancestry tree , BRegenstein- thanks
The above an enlargement of the names of his parents and his address in Frankfurt