William Seltzer1

M, #549, b. 12 August 1794, d. 25 August 1872
Last Edited: 6 Sep 2021

Parents:

Father: Jacob Seltzer1 b. 5 Sep 1764, d. 27 Feb 1825
Mother: Catharine Kaufman1 b. 5 Sep 1766, d. 25 Oct 1842

Family:

Catharine Ruth d. 10 May 1872

Notes

  • Note*: See one paragraph biography.2
  • Note: 1850 US Census - Lower Heidelberg, Berks, Penn.
    William Seltzer b. abt 1794
    Catharine Seltzer b. abt 1798
    Elizabeth Seltzer b. abt 1828
    Daniel Seltzer b. abt 1830
    Sarah Seltzer b. abt 1839
    Susan Seltzer b. abt 1842

    1860 US census - Reading, Berks Co., Penn.
    William Seltzer     b. abt 1794
    Catherine Seltzer b. abt 1798
    Elizabeth Seltzer b. abt 1830
    Sarah Seltzer b. abt 1840
    Susan Seltzer b. abt 1842

    1870 US Census - Spring, Berks, Penn
    William Seltzer 74
    Catharine Seltzer 68
    Elizabeth Seltzer 28, b. abt 1842
    Susan Ruth 26 , b. abt 1844, widow4
  • Note: Children named in probate:

    The account filed April 6 1874 includes the distribution of $2809.14 3/6 each to Daniel Seltzer, Susan A Saylor wife of Benjamin Saylor, Elizabeth Seltzer, Sarah Krick wife of Jacob B. Krick, Hannah Bower wife of William Bower, and Jonathan R Seltzer. And "The remaining child Mary Ann Keohr (late Seltzer)" owed money to the estate, was insolvent, and did not receive a distribution.5

Citations

  1. [S156] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196 Berks County, "Estates 1800-1850 Seibert, Henry-Shade, Frederick"; Folder: "Seltzer, Jacob WD 1825"; images 2106-2162; Will, image 2109.
  2. [S131] Montgomery, Morton L., Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County In Pennsylvania (n.p.: Publ. J. H. Beers, 1909. [Sutro Lib.] [URL: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9DF-1NGP]), Vol. 2, p. 824, sketch of Jonathan R. Seltzer..
  3. [S64] FindAGrave.com, online , Memorial ID 28767372, William Seltzer, b. 1794. Legible gravestone photo, husband & wife..
  4. [S211] US Census, accessed on Ancestry.com
  5. [S156] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196, Berks Co., "Estates 1850-1915 Sell, Elizabeth-Shafer, Benneville", Folder: "Seltzer, William SP 1873", image 1028.