Emil H. Saalfeld
Confirmed by Auguste Saalfeld's 1939 declaration as her child, born in Limburg. His 1938 federal petition documents immigration under Emil Saalfeld and a legal name change to Emil Harding Salfield upon naturalization. Primary passenger manifests document arrivals in 1923 and 1926; the 1923 entry names his father Ignatz in Limburg, while the 1926 entry reports a 1923-1925 New York stay. Spring Grove's burial card records his late residence and place of death at 7121 South Richmond Street, Chicago, and interment in Cincinnati. A certified copy of his Chicago death certificate in S-028 confirms his 11 June 1952 hospital death, birth date, residence, and parents.
- Record ID
- P-027
- Name variants
- Emil H. Salfield, Emil Sealfield, Emil Harding Salfield
- Birth
- July 6, 1902
- Death
- June 11, 1952
- Family lines
- Saalfeld–Wortsmann–Silverstein
- Related people
- Auguste Einstein Saalfeld, Ignatz Saalfeld, Caecilie Saalfeld Wortsmann
- Places
- Stuttgart, Württemberg, Atlanta, Georgia, New York, New York, Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse
- Sources
- Auguste Saalfeld naturalization file, Ignatz Saalfeld restitution file, Emil Harding Salfield World War II draft registration card, Emil H. Salfield and Cora Maier marriage record, Cook County death index entry for Emil Salfield, Emil Saalfeld passenger manifest aboard SS Albert Ballin, 1926, Emil Saalfeld passenger manifest aboard SS America, 1923
Evidence-backed claims
Auguste's 30 October 1939 declaration of intention lists Emil Sealfield as her child and gives the numeric date 6-7-1902. Her adjacent entry for Cäcilie uses 3-11-1900, matching Cäcilie's independently known 3 November birth; Emil's own 1942 draft card explicitly writes July 6, 1902. The declaration therefore uses European day-month order despite the U.S. form labels, while Ancestry's index reverses both children's dates. S-028's certified death-certificate copy names Ignatz Salfield and Augusta Einstein as Emil's parents, while Auguste's signed 1957 application reports two children.
The original Ohio marriage record directly names the spouses, marriage date, and Emil's parents as Ignaz Salfield and Augusta Einstein. S-028 contains a certified 1958 copy of the same Hamilton County record.
The official Cook County death index gives the exact date and county for Emil Salfield; Spring Grove's original burial card independently gives the same date, his Chicago residence and place of death, and his interment date. S-028 contains a certified copy of the Chicago death certificate confirming the exact date, Grant Hospital of Chicago, residence, birth date, and parents.
The original Southern District of Ohio petition itself is numbered 12790 and was subscribed and sworn at Cincinnati on 22 September 1938. The separate Ancestry index card supplies the same petition number, volume, and date.
Emil's signed petition requests the name Emil Harding Salfield. The attached oath records that he swore allegiance in open court on 29 December 1938, the petition was granted, and certificate 4605537 was issued.
The federal certificate of arrival identifies Emil Saalfeld, New York, 7 February 1926, and the SS Albert Ballin. His sworn petition repeats the same arrival and identifies Hamburg as his port of emigration. The independently reviewed passenger manifest confirms the date, ship, Hamburg departure, identity, and Limburg birthplace.
The 1923 manifest independently identifies Emil through his father Ignatz and Limburg birthplace and says he had not previously been in the United States. The 1926 manifest again identifies Limburg and explicitly reports prior United States residence in New York from 1923 to 1925. Together they establish two arrivals and explain why the 1938 naturalization file used the 1926 entry as his lawful permanent-residence arrival.
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.