Brief Life History of Maria Elizabeth
When Maria Elizabeth Seedorf was born on 21 December 1919, in Erlenbach, Neckarsulm, Württemberg, Germany, her father, Ernst August Heinrich Julius Seedorf, was 35 and her mother, Maria Regina Bender, was 35. She married Walter Jelonnek on 3 May 1946, in Erlenbach, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She died on 1 December 2002, in Kochendorf, Bad Friedrichshall, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at the age of 82.
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Sources (2)
- Legacy NFS Source: Maria Elizabeth Seedorf - Church record: Christening record or certificate: birth: 21 December 1919; Erlenbach, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Legacy NFS Source: Maria Elizabeth Seedorf - Memory of Someone: My memory: death: 1 December 2002; Kochendorf, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Spouse and Children
World Events (8)
1933
Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg.
1933
The Third Reich rises to power.
1945 · Nuremberg War-Crime Trials
On June 7, 1945, the Nuremberg trials begin, and last into the following year. The tribunal tried 24 Nazi officials and put 12 to death by hanging. In total, there were 216 court hearings.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Helmuth, Matthias.
German: habitational name from any of numerous places so named, from See ‘lake’ + Dorf ‘village’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Story Highlight
2000 Phone Interview with Maria Jelonnek
Nicole Hall interview of Maria Jelonnek by phone in March 2000: We talked about her parents (Ernst August H.J. Seedorf and Maria Regina Bender) She didn't know how they met. Her mother was a cook in Northern Germany (she had moved there for the job) and her father was a coachman. Her maternal grandparents weren't too happy that their daughter had married a non-Catholic. In 1914, her mother (Maria Regina Bender) came with her two children to visit her parents in Erlenbach. Two or three weeks later, WW I broke out and she couldn't return North. Her father (Ernst August) volunteered for the army and was in the cavalry in German- Southwest Africa. When he came to Erlenbach after the war, he was infested with lice and had to stay in the barn until he was thoroughly clean. They burned his uniform, because it was lice infested and horribly dirty. Her father was always very good to her and she had a great childhood.
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