Re: Seifert to Sifers - Missouri to Oklahoma
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In reply to:
Seifert to Sifers - Missouri to Oklahoma
3/16/01
I don't know if our Seiferts are connected or not. My g-g-grandfather, Franz L. Seifert, supposedly from Prussia, married Katherine Ellen Rhodes Gabhart in about 1875. She was from Indiana. They settled in Diamond, MO and had two children: Mary Elizabeth (my g-grandmother) and Edmund/Edward. The 1880 census lists "Ellen Seifert" as head of household with the two children and her 3 children from a previous marriage (Isaac, Martha, Thomas Gabhart). We know that at age 3 Mary was taken in by the Fox family in Diamond. We have just recently discovered Edward--Mary never knew she had a brother. Edward was adopted by the Buttram family and moved out of state. Family legend has it that Franz and Katherine Ellen were killed in a tornado, but we have no record of this. If you find any more info on the Missouri Seiferts, please let me know. Thanks!