John Stiefvater
b. 6 July 1889
- Father: Anton Stiefvater b. January 1858, d. 9 October 1942
- Mother: Anna Maria Ziehl b. May 1860
- John Stiefvater was born on 6 July 1889 in 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 John Stiefvater, Anthony Stiefvater, Louise Stiefvater, Josephine Stiefvater, Joseph Stiefvater, Scholastica (?) and (?) Stiefvater.
- 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 John Stiefvater, Louise Stiefvater, Josephine Stiefvater, Joseph Stiefvater and Augusta Josephine Stiefvater.
- He was employed as a repairer of pocketbooks, according to the 1910 census.
- He married Bertha Meury on 17 November 1912 in Kings County, New York.
- John Stiefvater registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in New York while living with his wife at 81 Irving Avenue in Brooklyn, and employed there as a BR motorman 25, Haklsey Street Depot.
- John Stiefvater and Bertha Meury appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at 81 Irving Avenue.
- He was employed as an electric tram motorman, according to the 1920 census.
- John Stiefvater and Bertha Meury appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Ozone Park, Queens County, New York, at 1107 106th Street.
- He was employed as a BRT motorman, according to the 1930 census.
- Last Edited: 18 Nov 2010