Calling All Cousins

According to family history, Theodore Joseph Mattmann, an immigrant from Switzerland, married Selma Elsa Seimer sometime in the in early 1880's. Between that time and the time of his death in 1890, the couple welcomed two daughters into their home located in North Bergen, Hudson, New Jersey. One of these daughters, Sylvia, is my husband's second-great-grandmother. While much detail is known by our family about Sylvia and her mother Selma Elsa, Theodore has always been somewhat of a mystery. He seemed to have left very little evidence of his existence during what appeared to be a very short period of time spent in the United States. After long hours of research and much consultation and conferencing with extended family members far wiser than myself, I have had the blessing and opportunity to discover many heretofore unknown details concerning Theodore's life here in the United States as well as his family hometown in Switzerland. It is my intention that this blog be used as a way for other cousins who are descendants of the Mattmann family to connect and share information about our common ancestors.