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Hello... My name is Chris Seifried. I live in Ottawa, but I was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1951. My father came from Poland, town of Czestochowa, after WWII. Over there they spell our family name Sejfried, or even Zajfryd. Our branch of the family seems to come from Moravia, town of Schillersdorf (Silherovice). At that point they were spelling the name Seyfried. I believe, but haven't proven it yet, that Joannes Seyfried (b. ca. 1760's) who lived in Schillersdorf near today's Ostrava was the son or grandson of Joseph Felix Seyfrid who was born in Mondsee, Austria, in 1725, and eventually emigrated to the town of Trencin. That's in Slovakia today but it was part of Hungary in the 18th century. There was apparently quite a bit of immigration into the region of Trencin in the early 1700's, after the area had become de-populated by the plagues of the late 16 and early 17 hundreds.
I have found the following references to Joeseph Felix:
"With his patient humour and his fine life he studied Philosophy with me at the University of Salzburg. He joined the Capucin order in the Austrian province, but to his great regret was not accepted because of an eye problem. Instead he studied under Chef Baron Graf von Thun in the residence of the Archbishop of Liechtenstein. He developed a special fondness for cooking in the court kitchen of Salzburg. He was Cook of the 2nd Count and Royal Captain of the Cavalry von Potslaski and Zernin, also with General Caraffa, High Count. His wife was a lady-in-waiting.
He is a burger and proprietor and innkeeper of the Black Eagle Inn in Trentschin. He pays 80 florins in tax, which is a lot in Hungary." (Das Seyfridische Stammenbuech, fol. 297-299)
In the Trencin Magistrate records from 1755-1757 there is a reference to Felix Sayfridt/Szaifrid/Sajffrid, Sajfrid, entered as innkeeper "intromoenialis". In 1756 "Proventus incorporatorum civium" indicates that he was granted citizenship in the town for which he paid 12 zlaty 50 denars. In 1757 under the rubric "almuzny" is entered that the town paid, on 20.10.1757 a sum of 1 zlaty, 28 1/3 denars for accommodation for one night for an arab prince. In 1757 Felix Sayfrid, Innkeeper, paid the town 75 denars. (Letter to Mieczyslaw Zajfryd, 6.12.1995, Danica Hlavacova, archivist in Trencin)
That part of the Seyfrid family seems to originate from the town of Reichenhall in the mountains of southern Bavaria. There they were rope makers and prominent citizens of the town known for its salt mines in the late middle ages.
I have a modern transcription of "Das Seyfridische Stammenbuech" which is a chronicle of the Seyfrid family by Franz de Paula Joseph Seyfried. It was written in 1756/57, and transcribed into modern German by Albert Seyfried of Traunstein, Bavaria, in 1995 (shortly before he died). The document is about 200 pages and contains information on the descendents of Matheus Seyfridt of Reichenhall from 1549 up to 1756.
I'd be very interested in corresponding with anyone having information about the descendents of Joseph Felix Seyfried.
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