Anton Stiefvater

Anton Stiefvater

• Father: (?) Stiefvater
• Mother: Scholastica (?) b. February 1817, d. 11 May 1903

• Anton Stiefvater was born in January 1858 in Germany.
• Anton Stiefvater arrived in the Port of New York on 28 August 1874, aboard the SS Main from Bremen, traveling in steerage class.
• He married Anna Maria Ziehl on 30 December 1883 in Kings County, New York.
• Anton Stiefvater appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at 171 Scholes Street. Other members of the household included Anthony Stiefvater, Louise Stiefvater, John Stiefvater, Josephine Stiefvater, Joseph Stiefvater, Scholastica (?) and (?) Stiefvater.
• He was a tailor, according to the 1900 census.
• A photographic portrait was made about 1907 of Anton and Anna Maria Stiefvater and their children John, Josephine, Louise, Anthony and Joseph.
• Anton Stiefvater and Anna Maria Ziehl appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at 90 Hamburg Avenue. Other members of the household included Louise Stiefvater, John Stiefvater, Josephine Stiefvater, Joseph Stiefvater and Augusta Josephine Stiefvater.
• He was employed as a presser in a tailor shop, according to the 1910 census.
• Anton Stiefvater and Anna Maria Ziehl appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at 382 Bleecker Street. Other members of the household included Louise Stiefvater, Joseph Stiefvater and Augusta Josephine Stiefvater.
• He was employed as a warehouse watchman, according to the 1920 census.
• Anton Stiefvater and Anna Maria Ziehl appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, at 382 Bleecker Street. Other members of the household included Augusta Josephine Stiefvater, Joseph Stiefvater, Eleanor L. Stiefvater and Joseph Anthony Stiefvater.
• Anton Stiefvater died on 9 October 1942 at age 84 in New York.

• Last Edited: 18 Nov 2010