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Bertha Selig
Born about 1871; death not recorded
Bertha Selig was born at New York about 1871, a child of David Selig and Amelia Oppenheimer, and was at home in the 1880 census. She is the **elder** of two Berthas in this family: a second was born in February 1889. That usually means the first had died, and nothing yet shows when. Bertha is **not in the 1900 census household**, so had died, married or moved out by then. A sibling of Louis Seelig.
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Bertha Selig was born at New York about 1871, a child of David Selig and Amelia Oppenheimer, and was at home in the 1880 census. She is the **elder** of two Berthas in this family: a second was born in February 1889. That usually means the first had died, and nothing yet shows when. Bertha is **not in the 1900 census household**, so had died, married or moved out by then. A sibling of Louis Seelig.
Born at New York City, New York
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Marie C. Fitzgerald’s no single word covers it — connected through Andrew John Leahey, who is a child
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Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
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David Selig household, 1880 census, New York City
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- Why Bertha is absent from the 1900 household — death, marriage or simply gone.
- A birth record, which would fix the date and is likely indexed under **Selig** rather than Seelig.