August George Christian Adam (Jarchow) Sievert (1850 - 1922)

Born 30 Nov 1850 in Rogeez, Mecklenburg, Germany

Husband of Caroline (Dobler) Sievert — married 17 Sep 1879 in Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin

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Died 9 Mar 1922 at age 71 in Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin

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Baptized at the Evangelische Kirche Satow on 8 Dec 1850. Baptism listed him as "Unehelich" which is illegitimate. Baptism record lists Philipp Ernst Adam of Rogeez as the father, Elisabeth Marie Friederike Jarchow of Rogeez as the mother, August George Christian Adam Jarchow, unehelich (illigetimate) as the child being baptized. Witnesses are Wilhem Georg Kamenz, Christiane Christine Elise Jens and Adam Johann Christian Jarchow, all of Rogeez. He was adopted by Johann Joachim Sievert when Johann married Elisabeth Jarchow and surname was changed to Sievert.

Emigrated to the U.S. in 1870 with his parents Johann & Fredericka, and sister Wilhelmina. They arrived in the port of Boston on Nov 14, 1870 aboard the "Tarifa" which had sailed from Liverpool. All info matches later family data except his age, which is listed as 15 instead of 20 on the passneger list. WI marriage records show he married Caroline Dobler 17 Sep 1879 in Outagamie Co, WI.

1880 Federal Census shows as age 29 living in Freedom, Outagamie with wife Caroline; his parents John & Fredreka; and his sister Minnie. Occupation is farmer. Surname is misspelled as Siebert.

1885 Wisconsin Census shows him as head of household living in Freedom, Outagamie Co, WI. Household included 4 males & 5 females. 6 members of the household were U.S. born, 3 were born in Germany. 1885 Census also shows Wm. Jens & Ferdinand Jens on the same page.

1895 Wisconsin Census shows him as head of household living in Freedom, Outagamie Co, WI. Household included 4 males & 5 females. 6 members of the household were U.S. born, 3 were born in Germany.

1900 Federal Census shows him as age 49 living in Freedom, Outagamie, WI with wife Caroline, sons Albert & Herman; daughters Emma & Alma: and his mother Frederica. Year of immigration is 1870. Occupation is farmer. Surname is misspelled as Seivert.

1905 Wisconsin Census shows him living in Freedom, Outagamie Co, WI, with his wife Caroline, daughters Emma & Alma, son Herman & mother Fredrica.

1910 Federal Census shows him as age 69 (should be 59) living in Freedom, Outagamie, WI with wife Carrie (married 31 years), daughters Emma & Alma, and son Herman. Appears eldest son Albert is a neighbor.Lists emigration as 1861, should be 1870.

Naturalized on 23 Sep 1912 in Outagamie County Circuit Court. Birth was 30 Nov 1850 in Germany, residing in Freedom, Wis.

1920 Census shows him as age 69, living in Freedom, Outagamie Co, WI with his wife Caroline, daughter Alma, and a boarder, Hazel Smith. It shows Mecklenburg as place of birth and year of emigration as 1870 and naturalization in 1912. Ancestry.com spelled the name as Sivert.

Article from http://www.foxvalleymemory.org Excerpt from "History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin" by Thomas Henry Ryan. AUGUST SIEVERT, a prominent retired citizen of Outagamie county, who for many years was engaged in agricultural pursuits in the town of Freedom, was born November 30, 1850, in Germany, and is a son of John and Frederica Sievert, natives of the Fatherland, who came to the United States in 1870, with their two children, August and Wilhelmina. The family came direct to Freedom, this county, where John and August Sievert bought land in partnership and John Sievert was engaged in farming here until his death in 1891, his widow surviving him until 1907, when she passed away on the farm. August Sievert received his education in the schools of his native country and was twenty years of age when he accompanied the family to America. He was married in 1879 to Carolina Dobler, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of John Dobler, and five children were born to this union: Helena, Albert, Emma, Herman and Alma. Albert Seivert married Meta Fiesteadt, of Freedom, and has one child, Clark. Herman, who is engaged in general farming and dairy work on the homestead, married Mabel Groat. Helena married Emil Jentz, of Center. Emma married Arnold Muenster of Osborn. Mr. and Mrs. Sievert belong to the Moravian Church of Freedom, and Mr. Sievert has held the office of school director. On May 1, 1911, he retired from activities, selling his farm to his son, Herman, and built a new residence on land one mile west from the homestead. He was very successful in his farming venture, and now that he has retired can reap the fruit of his early years of labor and look back over a useful, well-spent life. He has always had the interest of his home community at heart, and any movement that has for its object the betterment or advancement of his township or county can be sure of his hearty and active support.