Decendants of Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Stelzriede
Occupations -
It seems that almost all of the early Stelzriede settlers in Michigan and Illinois were farmers. For those who spent time in New York, I haven't found what employment they took there.
Some of this information is from census records, from city directories, and from other histories.
In Michigan -
There is a book that gives some account of the early life in Saginaw of Henry Stelzriede and his family. Henry was a farmer. There is a 1923 Saginaw city directory that lists occupations. These Steltzriedes are not yet placed in the family tree, but I have no doubt that they are related. Here I list them:
Walter Steltzriede (b.1894) - sheet metal worker.
Ernest A. Steltzriede (b.1897) - sheet metal worker.
Esther (b.1897) - nurse.
Norman Steltzriede (b.1899) - baker.
Henry Steltzriede (b.bfr 1900) - elevator operator.
Arthur Steltzriede (b.abt 1900) - baker.
John C. Steltzriede (b.bfr 1905) - New York Life Insurance representative.
Theodore Steltzriede (b.1906) - baker.
In Illinois -
A sampling of some of the occupations is given by birth order:
Charles Stelzriede (b.1817) was a farmer.
Frederick (b.1837) was a farmer.
Charley Stelzriede (b.1847) farmed.
Henry Stelzriede (b.1849) was a bridge carpenter.
Martin C. Stelzriede (b.1851) worked for the railroad.
Frederick Stelzriede (b.1849) was a farmer.
August H. Meyer (b.1877) was a farmer.
Henry Frederick Stelzriede (b.1878) farmed.
Frank Stelzriede Sr (b.1881) was a bottom boss in a coal mine.
Arthur F. Stelzriede (b.1885) worked as a farmer and dairy farmer.
Toney Stelzriede (b.1885) worked on a wholesale house in Chicago.
Fred C. (b.1894) was a Methodist minister.
Albert Meyer (b.1907) was a newspaperman for the Southern Illinois University news service.
Lyle Stelzriede (b.1909) Owned a construction company.
Everrett W. Stelzriede (b.1911) worked for Eltra Die Casting Company.
Claude F. Stelzriede (b.1918) contractor/carpenter.
Elizabeth (Betty) Stelzriede (b.1923) - nurse.
Wesley Stelzriede (b.1926) - band (music) teacher.
In Arizona -
William Friedrich Stelzriede (b.1854) was a railroad laborer and foreman.
George Stelzriede (b.1874) worked as a gold miner, but died very young.
Ashley Neil Stelzriede (b.1899) worked as a sheet metal laborer while in his twenties.
In California -
William E. Stelzriede (b.1876) was a construction engineer for the railroad and for the State of California.
Jack Stelzriede (b.1877) was an agent for the secret service and a police detective.
Charles W. Stelzried (b.1877) worked as a janitor.
Marshall (b.1919) engineer for the navy and Rockwell International.
Charles T. Stelzried, Sr. (b.1928) NASA scientist - designed communications antennas for deep space probes.
Present Day Jobs -
Occupations of some living Stelzriedes and relatives include: engineer, scientist, airline pilot, hotel manager, film maker, music store owner, career military, school teacher, university professor, nurse, home maker, car dealer, and doubtless many more. I don't know if any are still in farming. But then, farming is very different from the small family farms that used to be prevalent.
