The second son was lost in the wars during the early nineteenth century. The third was my grandfather Christian Seidlein.
He was born on the 6th April 1803. On the 13th May 1817 he was apprenticed to a master decorator called Loescheit and on the 23rd May 1820 qualified as a decorators mate. From the 27th 0ctober 1820 to exactly two years later he was called up and was given leave of absence for his military service as was the custom. He first served in the Ninth Line Infantry Guards. His height on leaving was said to have been 1.83m, very suitable for a guard.
On the 29th January 1828, he was granted citizenship in Bamberg and a permit to get married, ‘in view of the fortune owned by him and more so, by his wife-to-be, guaranteeing a safe subsistence.’ For this he had to pay 35-fl 87 ½ Xr - out of this 8 fl 45 Xr was a contribution to the fire brigade and 1 gulden for tree money.4 His bride was Elisabeth Tritt, daughter of a road engineer. The parents of my grandmother were Peter and Margarethe Tritt.
Great grandfather Peter Tritt was born in Bamberg, the son of a Taylor, in 1776. An Imperial Councillor, Freiherr von Schrottenberg, originally employed him. After the Councillors death he got the job of road engineer for the department of buildings in Bamberg.