Caecilie Saalfeld Wortsmann
Daughter of Auguste and Ignatz. Her 1939 declaration and 1944 petition name St. Gallen as her last foreign residence and document her 9 March 1939 arrival at New York aboard the SS Queen Mary. She became a United States citizen on 2 August 1944.
- Record ID
- P-014
- Name variants
- Cecilie Saalfeld, Celia Saalfeld, Caecilie Wortsmann
- Birth
- November 3, 1900
- Death
- Unknown
- Family lines
- Saalfeld–Wortsmann–Silverstein
- Related people
- Auguste Einstein Saalfeld, Ignatz Saalfeld, Max Wortsmann, Edith Karola Wortsmann Silverstein, Rubin Milton Silverstein, Emil H. Saalfeld
- Places
- Stuttgart, Württemberg, New York, New York, St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Sources
- Max Wortsmann naturalization file, Caecilie Wortsmann naturalization file, Max Wortsmann restitution file, Auguste Saalfeld née Einstein restitution file, Ignatz Saalfeld restitution file, Rubin Milton Silverstein obituary
Evidence-backed claims
Rubin Milton Silverstein's contemporary obituary directly identifies Edith Silverstein as his wife. S-027's certified death record names Mrs. Max Wortsman as Auguste's daughter; related file correspondence explicitly calls Cecilie Wortsman nee Saalfeld the daughter of Auguste and Ignatz, strengthening the first parent-child link. S-028 independently repeats that relationship in Auguste's signed application and counsel's family submissions. The remaining links in this composite chain are strongly supported by the existing family and published evidence, but S-027's Cunard confirmation describes the Wortsmann children only by age and does not name Edith.
Krummenacher's source-cited account supports the Swiss refuge and escape episode. S-026 adds signed retrospective accounts and institutional records that independently support the family's Swiss refuge and escape. Max and Caecilie's NARA files independently document their shared 9 March 1939 arrival at New York aboard the SS Queen Mary, Caecilie's last foreign residence in St. Gallen, and their later settlement in Birmingham and Atlanta.
The complete NARA Atlanta file contains the petition filed in the U.S. District Court at Atlanta on 12 May 1944, Caecilie's oath dated 2 August 1944, and the associated certificate card showing certificate 6106841 issued 3 August 1944.
Their separate Certificates of Arrival and naturalization filings agree on the New York date and vessel. Caecilie's declaration and petition both name St. Gallen as her last foreign residence; Max's filings name Stuttgart.
The authority required an Erbschein because the submitted family evidence did not conclusively establish succession. Counsel considered probate costs disproportionate to the likely recovery and withdrew the private-insurance claim in October 1958, then the property, asset, and economic-advancement claims in March 1959. The authority's December 1958 calculation treated Auguste's DM 100 monthly professional-loss settlement as compensating both spouses' lost income and required waiver of her derivative occupational claim. Counsel's 21 September 1959 letter confirmed that no further claims were asserted and the files could be closed.