Christoph Albert Selle (1809 - 1854)

Born 18 Sep 1809 in Schlipruthen, Westfalen, Prussia

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Died 26 Jul 1854 at age 44 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, United States

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• SELLE GEDCOM ID#I507828320, found at rootsweb.com

Note: ST. GEORG CATHOLIC CHURCH BIRTH RECORDS, SCHLIPRUTHEN, PRUSSIA: Chritsoph Albert Selle was born September 18, 1809 at 11:30 A.M., Schlipruethen, Prussia. Father: Caspar Selle (shoemaker). Mother: Anna Catharina Schelle. He was the sixth child of this marriage and the third son. Baptized September 19, 1809. Sponsors: Christopher Martens (farm servant of Schelle's household in Meinkenbracht) and Maria Anna Pape.

Christoph Selle was a dyer of leather. He was married in a catholic ceremony in Eslohe Prussia. He and his family left Arnsberg Prussia and took the ship "Europa" from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool, England to New York City, New York arriving on June 7, 1852. He died two years later in Detroit Michigan of cholera. At the time of his death, he lived on Centerline Road, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

RELEASE PAPER FROM PRUSSIAN GOVERNMENT (WRITEN IN OLD GERMAN), ARNSBERG, DATED MARCH 20, 1852: "The undersigned royal Prussian government herewith certifies that it has granted the petition of the dyer, Christoph Selle of Schlipruethen for release from the union of Prussian subjects for the purpose of emigrating to America, along with his wife - nee Maria Franzeska Dunnebacke with the following minor children under paternal authority: Ferdinand 10 years Maria Elisabeth 8 years Franz Anton 5 years Johann Kaspar 3 years Joseph 1/2 year old This release document applies only to the persons expressly named therein, with the date of its delivery is the loss of the status of Prussian subjects. Arnsberg, 20th March 1852"

GERMANS TO AMERICA, LISTS OF PASSENGERS ARRIVING AT U.S. PORTS 1850-55, VOLUME 3, JUNE 1852 - SEPT 1852, BY IRA A. GLAZIER AND P. WM. FILBY: "Why was there such a great mass of people wishing to quit their homeland for the unknown U.S.? Emigration from Germany was spurred by a variety of factors, including crop failures, a lack of industrial employment, overpopulation, social discontent, and political repression and upheaval, as well as the lure of cheap land and the chance to make a fresh start in a new country. The most important ports of arrival in the U.S. were New York, from which the immigrants dispersed via Albany and Troy throughout the western part of the country."

SHIP EUROPA FROM ANTWERP TO NEW YORK, ARRIVED JUNE 7, 1852: NAME AGE SEX OCCUPATION FROM TO Selle, Christopher 42 Male Farmer Germany USA Selle, Franzeska 39 Female Farmer Germany USA Selle, Ferdinand 7 Male Child Germany USA Selle, Elisabeth 6 Female Child Germany USA Selle, Frantz 5 Male Child Germany USA Selle, Johan 3 Male Child Germany USA Selle, Joseph .06 Male Infant Germany USA Selle, Ferdinand 39 Male Farmer Germany USA Kno., Maria Anna 24 Female Germany USA

Maria Anna Knoche (born April 8, 1826 in Schlipruthen, Prussia) traveled with Christoph Selle's family to America. Her parents were Christoph Heinrich Knoche (born November 29, 1789 in Schlipruthen, Prussia and died May 16, 1837 in Prussia) and Anna Maria Elisabeth Selle (born January 10,1797 in Schlipruthen, Prussia and died December 16, 1849 in Schlipruthen, Prussia). All the Knoche family died except Maria Anna before passage to America. She was 24 years old in 1852 with no husband or immediate family. Her baptismal certificate was found along with a release letter from the Prussian government for the family of Christoph Selle and a letter written by Pastor Tillman (St. Georg Church, Schlipruthen, Prussia) stating that Maria Anna Knoche's baptismal certificate was a true copy. These three German papers were found in the safety deposit box of Earl T. Selle by his son, William T. Selle, in 1980. The German papers were 128 years old, written in old German, yellowed, and in three pieces. The release letter from the Prussian government allowing Christoph Selle's family to go to America lists the family living in Schlipruthen, Westfalia, Prussia. It also lists the same ages of the Selle family as listed on the passenger list for the ship "Europa" except Ferdinand is listed as ten years old and Elisabeth is listed as eight.

CASTLE GARDEN (1855-1890), IMMIGRATION CENTER, MANHATTEN, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK SHIP EUROPA ARRIVED JUNE 7,1852 FROM ANTWERP NAME OCCUPATION AGE SEX ORIGIN Kno, Maria Farmer 24 y F Germany Selle, Christoph Farmer 42 y M Germany Selle, Franzeska Farmer 39 y F Germany Selle, Ferdinand Farmer 39 y M Germany Selle, Elisabeth Child 06 y F Germany Selle, Franz Child 05 y M Germany Selle, Joseph Child 06 m M Germany Selle, Johan Child 03 y M Germany Selle, Ferdinand Child 07 y M Germany

ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH DEATH RECORDS, DETROIT, MICHIGAN "Christoph Selle, age 46 years, born Schlipruden Westphalia, died Centerroad, died of Cholera, married, no parents names, died July 26, 1854, buried 27th, cost $150.00."

Christoph Albert Selle was buried on July 27, 1854 from St. Mary's Catholic Church, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

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Father: Johann Caspar SELLE GT. DUVE b: 09 Feb 1769 in Schlipruthen, Westfalen, Prussia Mother: Anna Catharina SCHELLE b: 09 Feb 1769 in Meinkenbracht, Westfalen, Prussia

Marriage 1 Maria Franzisca DUNNEBACKE b: 28 Dec 1812 in Niedermarpe/Eslohe, Westfalen, Prussia Married: 22 Nov 1840 in Eslohe, Westfalen, Prussia Children Ferdinand SELLE b: 16 Nov 1841 in Schlipruthen, Westfalen, Prussia Mary Elisabeth SELLE b: 24 Nov 1843 in Schlipruthen, Westfalen, Prussia Frank Anthony SELLE b: 06 Jan 1846 in Schlipruthen, Westfalen, Prussia John Caspar SELLE b: 19 Jan 1849 in Schlipruthen, Westalen, Prussia Joseph SELLE b: 16 Sep 1851 in Schlipruthen, Westfalen, Prussia Mary Catharine SELLE b: 11 Aug 1853 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA