Vera Anne-Seidel-Hemphill

Title

Vera Anne-Seidel-Hemphill

Description

This Collection contains images and documents from the Seidel family from Tipton, Nemaha County, Kansas. Xaverius Seidel was born in Baden, Germany and moved to New York City where he died young. Charles Seidel was born in New York City on August 27, 1861 and around 1884 moved with his mother and step-father to Kansas. There Charles met and married Sophie F. Boehner who was born in Wuerttemberg, Germany. Seven sons were born to Charles and Sophie F. Seidel.

Source

Anne Hemphill; Lincoln German History Harvest 2014

Date

1851-1960 circa

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Language

German; English

Coverage

Germany, New York City, Tipton (Kans) and Lincoln (Nebr)

Collection Items

Thank you letter of German POW, December 21, 1944
Handwritten letter of German POW Arthur [family name unknown] to Seidel family in Tipton, Kansas, where we worked briefly as a farm laborer.

Charles (CJ) and Esther Seidel (1919)
Charles (CJ) and Esther in a field in 1919.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Building a Pond
The CCC building a pond in the west pasture.

Seidel Family Picture (1924)
Seidel family picture taken in 1924. Left to right, top: Charles M. Seidel, unknown, Charles J Seidel, Esther Seidel, Don Seidel, Sophie F. Seidel; bottom: Walter Seidel, Elna Seidel.

Walter (Walt) Seidel (1942)
Walter (Walt) Seidel in Army Air Corps uniform in 1942.

Walter (Walt) Seidel Next to a C-47 in World War II
Walter (Walt) Seidel next to a C-47 during the Second World War.

Charles (CJ) Seidel in Uniform
Charles (CJ) Seidel in uniform during the First World War.

Charles (CJ) Seidel
Portrait of Charles (CJ) Seidel in uniform.

Seidel Children on a Horse
Seidel children taking a picture with the family horse, Dotty. Left to right; top row (Vera Anne Seidel, Jerry Brummer, Charlotte Brummer, Eugene (Gene) Seidel), bottom row (Walter (Walt) Seidel, Elna Seidel, Donald (Don) Seidel, Nola Seidel).
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