Seyfferth, Michael

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• Reference Number: SEYF.M002
• Military Service: World War II, Feldwebel (Sergeant), German Army

Notes:

Michael fought in Austria in World War II and rose to the rank of Feldwebel (Sergeant).

He told the following stories to Carl Wayne Gray:

He said that he would cry whenever he lost a soldier. He had gotten false teeth while in the army. When the war was over, German units were disbanded and the soldiers got home by any means necessary. As he prepared for the long trek from Austria to Bayreuth, Germany, he put his false teeth in his mess kit so that they would not get broken. The farther he walked, the heavier his military equipment became. Slowly, he began to discard t the uncomfortable gear. One of the first items to be tossed was his leather equipment belt and harness. Eventually, he threw away his heavy overcoat as the weather got warmer. After he safely arrived home, he wanted to show his false teeth to his relatives. Only then did he realize that he had lost them when he threw away his mess kit.

We always got a chuckle out of that story.

He lived for many years at Holbein Strasse 6, Bayreuth, Germany. Due to ill health, he later lived in a nursing home in Bishofsgruen, Germany.

Family/Spouse: Adler, Katharina. Katharina (daughter of Adler, Friedrich and Huebner, Luise Charlotte) was born on 10 Sep 1896 in Dreschenau, Kulmbach, Bayern, Germany; died on 5 Aug 1977 in Bayreuth, Oberfranken, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Adler, Ida was born on 21 Jun 1932 in Neudrossenfeld, Kulmbach, Bavaria, Germany; died on 21 Mar 2020 in Schirradorf, Kulmbach, Bavaria, Germany.

Family/Spouse: Pfeiffer, J.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Seyfferth, M.
2. Seyfferth, R.

Michael married Düngfelder, Dorothea in 1923 in Germany. Dorothea was born on 12 Nov 1898 in Mengersdorf, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany; died in 1927. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Seyfferth, Thomas was born on 28 Feb 1924 in Oberpreuschwitz, Oberfranken, Germany; died on 17 Sep 2004 in Oberzinkenflur bei Neudrossenfeld, Oberfranken, Germany.
2. Seyfferth, Margarete Kunigunde was born on 1 Apr 1925 in Oberpreuschwitz, Oberfranken, Germany; died on 5 May 2014 in Bayreuth, Oberfranken, Germany; was buried in Südfriedhof, Bayreuth, Oberfranken, Germany.

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• Reference Number: SEYF.G001
• Military Service: World War I, German Army, Bavarian Reserve Infantry, Regiment Number 7

Notes:

Lived in Oberpreuschwitz. Died from wounds he received in World War I.

Georg + Schill, Margarete. Margarete (daughter of Schill, G. and Holl, A.M.) was born on 29 Nov 1882 in Tröbersdorf, Oberfranken, Germany; died in 1963. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: SCHI.M001

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• Occupation: Maurer
• Reference Number: SEYF.B001

Baltasar + Ganzleben, Anna Katharina. Anna was born in 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: GANZ.A001

G. + Holl, A.M.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

W. + Seyferth, Margaretha. Margaretha (daughter of Seyferth, Friedrich and Schill, Kunigunda) was born on 25 Jan 1827 in Dörnhof, Bezirksamt Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany; died in yes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: SEYF.M005