Esther Annie Freed Seifert (1906 - 1966)

Born 13 Jan 1906 in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Jul 1966 at age 60 in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Esther Annie Freed Seifert was born in January 1906, a daughter of Isaac Theodore Seifert and Elsie R. Harvey. She was baptized on 27 January 1906 at Christ Lutheran Church in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania. Esther was given two middle names which was not uncommon a hundred years ago.^[1]

When she was only age 15, she married William Robert Reber (1898-1960) on 08 June 1921 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.^[2] Their home was on Garfield Avenue in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania. They had at least seven children, including:

1. Thorne V. Reber (1922-1969) - married Willis E Woomert^[3]
2. Earl Edward Reber (1926-2016) - married Elaine A Reedy^[4]

Esther worked as a machine operator in a mill.^[5]

She passed away from cancer at age 60 in July 1966 in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.^[5] She was buried with her husband in Schuylkill Haven Union Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.^[6], ^[7]

• Fact: Residence (1910) Schuylkill Haven, , Pennsylvania
• Fact: Residence (1940) North Ward, Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Haven Borough, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
• Fact: Burial Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 499. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMZM-V71 : 11 March 2018), William Robert Reben and Esther Annie Freed Seifert, 08 Jun 1921; citing Marriage, , Schuyl, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
3. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMZ4-CMX : 11 March 2018), Esther Seifert in entry for Willis E Woomert and Thorne V Reber, 22 Jun 1940; citing Marriage, , Schuyl, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
4. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMZC-4H1 : 11 March 2018), Esther A Seifert in entry for Earl E Reber and Elaine A Reedy, 29 Apr 1946; citing Marriage, , Schuyl, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates 1906–1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11; Box Number: 2487; Certificate Number Range: 074101-076950. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137621977 : accessed 08 November 2019), memorial page for Esther A. Seifert Reber (1906–1966), Find A Grave Memorial no. 137621977, citing Schuylkill Haven Union Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Big Ern (contributor 46620889); Photo added by Paul Makely.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1MZ-3TP : 20 May 2014), Esther Reber, Jul 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 24 June 2020, 13:47), entry for Esther Annie Freed Seifert(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LVYR-SYQ); contributed by various users.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGZY-C2P : accessed 8 November 2019), Esther A Seibert in household of Isaac T Seibert, Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 81, sheet 12A, family 264, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1419; FHL microfilm 1,375,432.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQNN-76Y : 28 July 2019), Esther A F Reber in household of William R Reber, North Ward, Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Haven Borough, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-141, sheet 8A, line 15, family 166, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3606.
• Her birth record, baptismal record, marriage record, death record.