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Note: According to the 1900 census, Jacob Seiler was 39 years old, and earned his living as a painter. That same census shows an address on Western Avenue in Cincinnati, that he had been married for 19 years, and that he had a wife and six children:
Emma, age 39, the mother of nine children, seven of them living (although only six are named in the census);
Jacob, age 14, a cushion stuffer;
Emma, age 12;
Christian John, age 7;
Gregory, age 5;
Gertie, age 3; and
Minnie, age 1
Interestingly, Lewis, born in June of 1884 and another son, Clifford, born in October of 1894, are not mentioned, and Gregory (above), born at the same time as Clifford, is not heard from later.
The couple's deceased children were:
John, died at 10 months; and
Maria, died at 4 years and 4 months
The couple had two more children after the turn of the century:
Edna, born in 1901; and
Joseph, born in 1903
According to notes from Joseph A. Seiler, dated January 22, 1966:
'Jacob was about 5'8" tall and weighed about 150 pounds. A man recognized for his skill as a housepainter and a pigment specialist, he trained his sons to follow in his trade. Apparently, my father (Christian) was his favorite and learned most from him, obtaining recognition in that field on his own. While a socially acceptable person with many friends in his younger days, he was capable of a quick, violent anger directed in anyone's path who crossed him, including those of his own family. He was injured by a streetcar and given compensation by the Cincinnati Transit Company for head injuries, just before (his son) Clifford was born.
With this money, he and his wife purchased a home on Washington Avenue in Cheviot, which they later sold, and applied the price toward the home they both lived in until their deaths, at 1725 Harrison Avenue, in Cincinnati.
Jacob Seiler, in his later years, became quiet, moody, and pensive, doubting that his children had any real regard for him as a person. Yet, his influence in establishing the 'painter' branch of the family is obvious, and existant today, two generations later.'
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