Seyfferth, Michael

1902 - 1986  (84 years)

• Name	Seyfferth, Michael
  		Johanna and Michael Seyfferth Wedding Photo 1939 or 1940 Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  Birth	13 Jun 1902	Oberpreuschwitz, Oberfranken, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	SEYF.M002
  Military Service	World War II, Feldwebel (Sergeant), German Army  [1]
  		German Flag, World War II, National Flag (1935-1945) This was the national flag of Germany during World War II. All who served were NOT members of the Nazi Party. A red field, with a white disc with a black swastika at a 45-degree angle. Disc and swastika are exactly in the center.
  		German Army (1935–45)
  		Ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945)
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  Death	20 Nov 1986	Bischofsgrün, Germany
  Burial	Südfriedhof, Bayreuth, Oberfranken, Germany
  		Südfriedhof and Crematorium, Bayreuth, Oberfranken, Germany Final resting place of: Michael Seyfferth (1902-1986) Konrad Bauer (1927-1989) Margarete Kunigunde (Seyfferth) Bauer (1925-2014) This video is in the German Language
  		Entrance, Südfriedhof, Bayreuth, Oberfranken, Germany Final resting place of: Michael Seyfferth (1902-1986) Konrad Bauer (1927-1989) Margarete Kunigunde (Seyfferth) Bauer (1925-2014)
  Person ID	I596	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Seyferth - Ganzleben Baltasar Seyferth and Anna Katharina Ganzleben Descendants
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Seyfferth, Georg,   b. 8 Feb 1877, Dörnhof, Bezirksamt Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany d. 31 Oct 1928, Oberpreuschwitz, Oberfranken, Germany (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Schill, Margarete,   b. 29 Nov 1882, Tröbersdorf, Oberfranken, Germany d. 1963 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Family ID	F633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Adler, Katharina,   b. 10 Sep 1896, Dreschenau, Kulmbach, Bayern, Germany d. 5 Aug 1977, Bayreuth, Oberfranken, Germany (Age 80 years)
  Children	+ 1. Adler, Ida,   b. 21 Jun 1932, Neudrossenfeld, Kulmbach, Bavaria, Germany d. 21 Mar 2020, Schirradorf, Kulmbach, Bavaria, Germany (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F18569	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Pfeiffer, J.
  Children	1. Seyfferth, M.   2. Seyfferth, R.
  Family ID	F632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

  Family 3	Düngfelder, Dorothea,   b. 12 Nov 1898, Mengersdorf, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany d. 1927 (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	1923	Germany
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 20 years and 6 months - She : ~ 24 years and 1 month.
  Children	+ 1. Seyfferth, Thomas,   b. 28 Feb 1924, Oberpreuschwitz, Oberfranken, Germany d. 17 Sep 2004, Oberzinkenflur bei Neudrossenfeld, Oberfranken, Germany (Age 80 years) + 2. Seyfferth, Margarete Kunigunde,   b. 1 Apr 1925, Oberpreuschwitz, Oberfranken, Germany d. 5 May 2014, Bayreuth, Oberfranken, Germany (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 20 Nov 1986 - Bischofsgrün, Germany  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Carl Wayne "Charley" Gray, Personal Recollections of Carl Wayne "Charley" Gray, (Carl Wayne "Charley" Gray) (Reliability: 2). [S723] The Daily Clay County Advocate Press (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), Obituary, Harris, Lucille E., (The Daily Clay County Advocate Press (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), date unknown), none. (Reliability: 2).