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Note: Source(s): 1) A family legend reported by David Alford (son of William Douglas Alford): Reputedly escaped conscription into German army by selling his very profitable business and leaving for Canada. The following quote is instructive: "Then, in 1870 Napoleon III tried appeasing Count Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany and a Prussian. This misbegotten policy led to the Franco-German War of that year, and German troops marched into Paris. France lost Alsace-Lorraine as a result of this German invasion. " (An Abridged History of the United States by William M. Brinton, Chapter 5, 1996) 2) 1881 Canadian census on familysearch.com shows Christian Seybold, 58-year-old male head of household, merchant, German born in Quebec, Weslyan Methodist, spouse Jeanne (English, age 56), 1 child - Sarah & 1 servant. Hardcopy printed. 3) familysearch.com IGI record shows born abt. 1824, Ile De Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Hardcopy printed.
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