Hello from Pennsylvania: Albert Seifert lived on Orianna Street near my grandparents’, the Kligges. I have large photographs of the accident. It shows the car, the road, the field, the tracks and local residents looking on.
Mr. Seifert is likely that man named Carl Albert Seifert, locksmith and iron molder, born 8 September 1889 in Meerane, Germany. He left Hamburg, Germany 14 June 1913 and arrived in the United States 4 July on the ship Prince Oskar. Albert stood 5’ 7” tall weighed 160 pounds, had a fair complexion with blonde-brown hair and grey-blue eyes.
He declared his intention to be a US citizen 3 August 1914 in the District Court of Philadelphia. The declaration was filed 17 July 1919 because he had to have resided in the US at least 5 years.
The couple had at least one child, Marie born 9 August 1908 in Germany.
The family moved to 3008 Philip Street, Philadelphia, before moving to Orianna Street where my grandfather and uncle (both named Fred Kligge) lived.
He appears in the World War I draft registration in 1917 and it shows he had had previous military experience in the cavalry for three years in Germany. At the time of his World War I registration he was employed as a cement worker.
In 1920 Albert was still living on Philip Street not far from Orianna Street. He was residing there with his wife Martha. This census record shows that he was born in Munich, Germany and she was born in Berlin, Germany. Albert was shown as a gas welder in an automobile works and Martha was a knotter in a lace mill. There is no mention of daughter Marie who would have been about twelve years old. Sometime after this the family moved to Orianna Street (according to the newspapers). Albert was of course killed 29 July 1927 in New Lisbon, New Jersey and is probably that Albert Seifert buried in Northwood Cemetery, Philadelphia. His stone reads: “FATHER / ALBERT SEIFERT / 1889 – 1927”.
On Martha’s immigration index card of 1913, she is shown as a 24-year-old housewife, with a fair complexion, black hair and brown eyes. Her mother (still living in Meerans, Germany) is shown as “Seifert – M.” which is likely her mother-in—law. Martha or “Helene Martha” arrived in the US 29 October 1913 on the Neckar out of Bremen. Martha was born 22 December 1889 in Meerans, Germany.
It is likely that Albert arrived first to get things settled and Martha followed, probably with daughter Marie.
