Simon Selling (abt. 1810 - 1887)

Born about 12 Apr 1810 in Georgensgmünd, Roth, Bavaria, Germany

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Biography

Simon was born in about 1810 in Georgensgmünd, Bavaria to Joseph and Leah Selling.^[1]

He immigrated to the United States from Bavaria in 1852, arriving in New York on the ship Sarah and Louisa from Liverpool. His family (wife Jeanette, children Heinrich (16), Rebecca (13), Rosala (12), Lew (Louis?, 11), and Zacharias (Zachariah, 9) came with him.^[2][3]

He declared his intention to become a citizen on 30 October 1852, and became a naturalized citizen on 24 Feb 1858 in Connecticut. At that time he lived in Hartford.^[4][5]

In 1860 at age 52, he was an innkeeper and lived in Hartford with his wife Jennie (50), sons Louis (18) and Zachariah (16), daughter Rosa Wolf (19), son-in-law Moses Wolf (30, born in Darmstaalt), grandson Bernie Wolf (1), and a domestic servant, Caroline Karnes^[6]

In 1870 at age 60, he lived in Hartford, Connecticut with Jeanette (62) and sons Henry (34) and Zachariah (27). He was a tobacco manufacturer and his sons were tobacco and liquor dealers/wholesalers.^[7]

Jeanette died in 1871 in New York, and was buried in Hartford.

In 1880 at age 70, he lived in Hartford with his wife, Amelia (age 42, born in Hesse D.), and ran a cigar store.^[8]

He died in Detroit in 1887 at age 78 of liver disease. His death record lists his parents as Joseph and Leah Selling.^[9][10] A Hebrew inscription on his gravestone has been translated as follows:

Here Lies

The Elder Simon

Son of the Rabbi Joseph Zelling

Born on day 3 of Nissan 5570 [3rd of April 1810]

Died day ... [no date given]

Buried day [no date given]^[11]

In his will^[12][13], he leaves $50 each to his 20 grandchildren, listed as follows:

$350 to 7 children of daughter Rose Selling Wolf,

$250 to 5 children of Albert Hartman (possibly daughter Rebecca?),

$150 to 3 children of Louis,

$150 to 3 children of Zachariah,

$100 to Helena (widow of Henry) to hold for her children or use as she sees fit.

He also leaves some belongings and property in East Hartford, Connecticut to Louis and Zachariah, and gives a transcription of Hebrew text to be inscribed on his gravestone.

Research Notes

The family history written by Louis Selling's granddaughter Diana Selling^[14] states that Louis and Zachariah were brought to the United States by their uncle Simon (1818-1880). However, written contemporary records (their death certificates, Louis's marriage record, Simon's will, etc.) name Simon as their father.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Steve Harris at the G2G forum for assistance with the gravestone translation.[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60872/images/44471_355343-00602?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=MAZ21663&_phstart=successSource&pId=215742
2. ↑ "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2754-Z2P : 11 March 2018), Simon Selling, 1852; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 175,473.
3. ↑ New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7488/images/NYM237_117-0222?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=3e873ee318160770320a46f83b387568&usePUB=true&_phsrc=MAZ21663&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.9442806.23729161.1598391566-1263752453.1598391566&pId=968137
4. ↑ "Connecticut Naturalization Records, 1795-1942", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CVDQ-X5ZM : 4 June 2020), Simon Selling, 1858.
5. ↑ "United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX5T-7LT : 11 March 2018), Simon Selling, 1858; citing , NARA microfilm publication M1299 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 34; FHL microfilm 1,429,704.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHR7-YV1 : 18 March 2020), Simon Selling, 1860.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7C-5NB : 19 March 2020), Simion Selling, 1870.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFCF-L7Z : 29 July 2017), Simon Selling, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district ED 16, sheet 344D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,098.
9. ↑ "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHR4-6T5 : 16 January 2020), Simon Selling, 1887.
10. ↑ "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3F9-4FQ : 2 April 2020), Simon Selling, 11 Feb 1887; citing p 226 rn 4, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,634.
11. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVD-LCMC : 27 July 2019), Simon Selling, 1888; Burial, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States of America, Woodmere Cemetery; citing record ID 12809986, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
12. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8793/images/005570232_00237
13. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9SC-B6T9?i=235&wc=QD9Y-R1Z%3A376683801%2C380110201&cc=2013878
14. ↑ Oberlin, Diana Selling. 1986. The Horkheimers, Sinns, and Sellings of the United States. 87 pages. Spiral-bound. Copy in possession of her grandson Tim Lynch.

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