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AUGUST SEITZ
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AUGUST SEITZ was born in Kay, near Herrenberg, Wurtemberg, Germany, November 24, 1815. He studied for the ministry, but owing to the
war of 1830 was obliged to give up his studies. In 1836 he went to Paris,
engaging in business until 1848, when he came to the United States,
locating at New Orleans, and one year later in New York. In 1852 he settled in Hoboken, N.J., and resided there until his death, May 13, 1899. He
was a Mason for more than forty years. and for twenty-two years held a
responsible position in the Astor House in New York.
He married, April 22, 1843, at Paris, France, Miss Athenias J. A. Grivel, daughter of Joseph and Rose (Rottier) Grivel. She died in Hoboken, February 23, 1899. Mr. Seitz was an Elder for many years in the German Luther an Church of Hoboken, one of the organizers of the Hoboken Academy, and a member of the old Volunteer Fire Department. Of his seven children two are living. His brother Charles was knighted for services to the king of Wurtemberg. Another brother, William, succeeded his father as keeper of the king's forests, was recently retired, and is still living. His nephew was one of the Government architects at Stuttgart, Germany. Israel Seitz, father of August, Charles, and William, was descended from an old and honored Lutheran family of Wurtemberg, Germany, who had held the office of king's forester for several generations. Their integrity of character and honesty of purpose made them conspicuous in the Fatherland.
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