Elizabeth (Engel) Selzer (1806 - 1888)

Born 15 Mar 1806 in Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire

Wife of Jacob Selzer — married about 1830 in Germany

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1888 at age 82 in Walnut Creek, Holmes County, Ohio, USA

Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1806 in Jeckenbach, Hesse, German Empire to Jacob Engel and Maria Catherine Schneider (1773-). She married Jacob Seltzer in Germany. They had a family. They emigrated to the United States between 1836 and 1839 (Francisca was born in Germany in 1836 and Catherine was born in Ohio in 1839).^[1][2][3] She died in 1888.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQ6-GNT : 22 December 2020), Elizabeth Selzer in household of Jacob Selzer, Walnut Creek, Holmes, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCPM-QJ6 : 18 February 2021), Elizabeth Selzer in entry for Jacob Selzer, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M839-1Z4 : 14 January 2022), Elizabeth Celser in household of Charley Renner, Auburn Township, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94791482/elizabeth-selzer: accessed 9 March 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Engel Selzer (14 Mar 1806–28 Aug 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94791482, citing Saint Johns German Reformed Church Cemetery, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Doug Oltmanns (contributor 47645815).

Acknowledgments

• This profile was started by Doug Oltmanns on 29 April 2012.