Selma Rebmann
Selma Rebmann
Selma Rebmann
Individual Facts
- Name: Selma Rebmann
- Sex: Female
- Also Known As: Salie
- Birth: 23 Nov 1893, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
- Death: 3 Oct 1974, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
- Burial: 7 Oct 1974, Amherst, Erie County, New York, USA
Buffalo, NY
Selma Rebmann was born on 23 Nov 1893 in Buffalo, New York, when the city was a busy industrial and immigrant center. Buffalo was growing fast because of its rail links, Great Lakes shipping, and nearby factories, so daily life mixed urban crowding with new economic opportunity. Many families, including German-speaking ones, lived in close-knit ethnic neighborhoods centered on churches, schools, and local shops.
Homes were modest by modern standards, and most people relied on walking, streetcars, and horse-drawn transport, though electric power and other modern services were spreading. Life at the time offered more jobs and city conveniences than rural areas, but it also meant hard work, smoke, noise, disease risk, and limited social support.
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Buffalo, NY
Relationships
- Father: Henry Rebmann (1865-1912)
- Mother: Anna Maria Kalert (1860-1930)
- Sibling: Louise Jeanette Catherine Rebmann (1898-1974)
- Spouse: Edward Steckelburg (1886-1946)
For more information
Key sources of information included here, and where to get additional information.
- Happy birthdaay, Aunt Selma! (PDF)
- Ancestry Member Tree: "Johnson-Moseley" (Tree ID 114546202, ancestry.com), owned by avanraaphorst; access requires appropriate sharing/permissions
- Johnson-Moseley Family History (Second Edition - September 2014, PDF)
- Johnson Family Page (PDF)
- Moseley/Wilkins Family Page (PDF)
- Rebmann Family Page (PDF)
- German and Dutch history and geography (PDF)