Résumé

Carpenter, Walla Walla, WA, 1902.

Partner, [Henry L.] Osterman and Siebert, Architects, Walla Walla, WA, 1912-1925. This firm operated for many years in the Drumheller Building in Walla Walla.

Principal, Victor L. Siebert, Architect, Long Beach, CA, c. 1929-04/1942. He had an office in Room #826 of the Times Building in Long Beach. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 10/16/2024.) By 1929, Siebert worked in Walla Walla's Baker Building. (See R.L. Polk and Company's, Walla Walla City Directory, 1929-1930, p. 297.)

Relocation

Born in Walla Walla, WA on 10/03/1884, Victor Elmer Siebert began his working life as a carpenter in that city. Early city directories spelled his name "Seibert," but most sources listed it as "Siebert."

As a 16-year-old high school student, Victor lived with his parents in a house 411 Jefferson Street in Walla Walla. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Walla Walla Ward 4, Walla Walla, Washington; Roll: 1752; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0090, accessed 10/16/2024.)

Siebert lived at 112 Merriam Street in a neighborhood northeast of Downtown Walla Walla between at least 09/1918 and 1920. In 1920, the household included a male Chinese-American servant, whose name was transliterated by the US Census taker as "Fong Huse" (born c. 1865 in China). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: Washington; Registration County: Walla Walla County Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 10/16/2024 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Walla Walla Ward 3, Walla Walla, Washington; Roll: T625_1943; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 136, accessed 10/16/2024.)

By 1925, the Sieberts dwelled at 3 Otis Court in Walla Walla. (See R.L. Polk and Company's, Incorporated, Walla Walla City Directory, 1925-1926, p. 199.)

The 1930 US Census listed the architect living with his wife, two children and father-in-law, Henry Hoelzel (born c. 1859 in Bavaria, Germany) at 623 East Alder Street in Walla Walla. Victor and his wife owned the house, valued at $4,500. This valuation was in line with neighboring residences. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0006; FHL microfilm: 2342257, accessed 10/16/2024.)

Siebert relocated to Long Beach, CA, by the late 1930s. He resided at 32 Ximeno Avenue in Long Beach with his wife and her father in 1940. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00368; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 59-17, accessed 10/16/2024.) He remained at 32 Ximeno Avenue in 04/1942. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 10/16/2024.)

Victor and Mary Siebert lived at 59 Prospect Avenue in Long Beach in 1950. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 1362; Page: 74; Enumeration District: 65-172A, accessed 10/16/2024.)

Siebert died in Sonoma County, CA, on 06/02/1963, five years after his wife. They were buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Walla Walla.

Parents

Victor's parents were Minnie Sophia Nahen (born 03/1863 in Red Bluff, CA-d. 06/16/1933 in Freewater, OR) and Christopher William Siebert (born "Christoph Wilhelm Siebert," c. 04/1849 in Germany-d. 01/28/1923 in Walla Walla, WA). Both parents were of German ancestry. As per the 1910 US Census, Minnie had had three children, of whom two survived. Minnie's last name was spelled both as "Nahon" and "Nahen."

Christopher held various jobs during his life. He worked as a day laborer in 1900. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Walla Walla Ward 4, Walla Walla, Washington; Roll: 1752; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0090, accessed 10/16/2024.) R.L. Polk and Company's Walla Walla City and County Directory, 1902 listed Christopher as being a farmer. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Walla Walla City and County Directory, p. 190.) The 1910 US Census indicated that he worked as a teamster in Walla Walla, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Walla Walla Ward 4, Walla Walla, Washington; Roll: T624_1673; Page: 9b; Enumeration District: 0253; FHL microfilm: 1375686, accessed 10/16/2024.)

He had a sister Agnes Amelia Siebert Metz (born 09/30/1887-d. 05/22/1980 in John Day, OR), who went by her middle name,

Spouse

He married Mary Catherine Hoelzel (born 08/08/1884 in MA-d. 04/01/1958 in Los Angeles, CA) on 02/02/1911 in Adams, MA.

Children

He and Mary had two children: Henry Victor Siebert (born 08/19/1913 in Walla Walla, WA-d. 04/22/2004 in Santa Rosa, CA) and Gretchen E. Siebert Hanger Koontz (born 05/06/1917 in Walla Walla, WA-d. 02/10/1999 in Virginia Beach, VA).

Henry would live in San Jose and Santa Rosa, CA, during his adulthood. In 1940, he worked for the Michel and Pfeffer Iron Works, Incorporated. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1657, accessed 10/16/2024.)

Gretchen married twice and later lived in Virginia Beach, VA.

Biographical Notes

At age 57, Siebert was described as being Caucasian, with brown eyes, dark hair and a dark complexion. He stood 5-feet, 9-inches tall and weighed 165 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 10/16/2024.)