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Dora Seelig

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Dora was the wife of Bernard Seelig, Louis Seelig's elder brother. She is named on his 1939 death record and appears with him in the 1910 census of Manhattan with a son William. Her maiden name is not known.

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Dora was the wife of Bernard Seelig, Louis Seelig's elder brother. She is named on his 1939 death record and appears with him in the 1910 census of Manhattan with a son William. Her maiden name is not known.

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  • New York City, New York
  • Manhattan, New York City, New York

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Death of Bernard Seelig, Manhattan, 19 May 1939

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Bernard Seelig, Social Security NUMIDENT and 1939 death

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NYC marriage index, 1866-1937 — controlled sweep of twelve archive couples, 21 August 2026

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Twelve couples tested by intersecting both spouses' rows on county, certificate number and year: no matches. Controls: surname Mayer alone returns 1,025 rows for 1922-1937, and the GGG (all-records) and City (digitised-only) indexes return identical counts for every name tested.
Citation: NYC marriage index, 1866-1937 — controlled sweep of twelve archive couples, 21 August 2026. Held by NYC DORIS open data, cross-checked against the German Genealogy Group transcription.. View source (data.cityofnewyork.us)

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  • [NEGATIVE, CONTROLLED — NOT MARRIED IN NEW YORK CITY] Tested on 21 August 2026 against the New York City marriage index by intersecting both spouses' rows on county, certificate number and year. No certificate joins them. Two controls make the zero usable: the surname alone returns hundreds of rows, so the query works; and the GGG transcription of every record and the City's index of digitised records return identical counts, so this is a real absence and not a scanning gap. Within the index's coverage — five boroughs, 1866-1937 — they married somewhere else. Finding 158.

References

  1. [1] Death of Bernard Seelig, Manhattan, 19 May 1939Back to citation 1
  2. [2] Bernard Seelig, Social Security NUMIDENT and 1939 deathBack to citation 2
  3. [3] NYC marriage index, 1866-1937 — controlled sweep of twelve archive couples, 21 August 2026Back to citation 3

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