Gertrude Woodcock Seibert

Gertrude Woodcock Seibert (November 16, 1864 – June 13, 1928) was an American writer. Initially known for her poetry, she became a compiler of religious texts.[1]

Gertrude Woodcock Seibert
BornGertrude Antonette Woodcock
November 16, 1864
Altoona, Pennsylvania
DiedJune 13, 1928
Miami Beach, Florida
Pen name
  • Gertrude W. Seibert
  • G. W. Seibert
Occupation
  • writer
  • compiler
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWellesley College
Genre
  • poetry
  • religion
Spouse
Robert S. Seibert
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(m. 1890)​

Biography

Gertrude Antonette (or "Antoinette") Woodcock was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, November 16, 1864. Her parents were Samuel M. Woodcock, a lawyer, and Elizabeth (Etnier) Woodcock.[2]

She graduated from Altoona High School (1880), and Wellesley College (B.S., 1885).[2]

On September 18, 1890, in Altoona, she married Robert S. Seibert who later became president of East Shade Gap Railroad Company, Rockhill Iron and Coal Company, and Shade Gap Railroad Company.[2]

Since 1894, Seibert was engaged in non-denominational Bible study and private lectures on religious topics. She prepared questions for the Bureau of Bibly Study. She compiled Daily Heavenly Manna for the Household of Faith, and translated into German, Swedish, and Norwegian. She compiled an Instructor's Guide and Berean Topical Index for the Berean Bible, 1907.[2]

In the Garden of the Lord
Sweet Brier Rose

Seibert contributed to various newspapers (religious articles exclusively) and wrote religious poems and hymns. In 1909, she published the booklet, Sweet Brier Rose (500,000 printed). In 1912, she compiled Poems of Dawn. She also published the booklet (illustrated form), In the Garden of the Lord. Seibert did considerable art work in the line of decorated and illustrated motto cards; a 1905 design of chestnut burrs, illustrating "In Due Time", was printed in an edition of 15,000.[2]

Seibert was an active member of the international Bible Students' Association. In religions, she was nondenominational. Seibert was opposed to woman suffrage on Scriptural grounds.[2]

Gertrude Seibert died June 13, 1928, at Miami Beach, Florida.[3]

Selected works
  • Berean Bible Teachers' Manual, 19??
  • In the Garden of the Lord, 1905
  • Daily heavenly Manna for the household offaith: a collection , 1907
  • Niebiańska manna czyli rozmyślania duchowe na każdy dzień roku dla domowników wiary, 1907
  • The Sweet-brier Rose and Other Poems, 1909
  • Daglig himmelsk manna for troens husstand: et udvalg af ..., 1911
  • Poems of Dawn, 1912

References
  1. Chryssides, George D. (15 May 2019). Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-1952-5. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. Leonard, John W. (1914). Woman's Who's who of America (Public domain ed.). American Commonwealth Company. p. 729. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  3. "THE DEATH ROLL. GERTRUDE W. SEIBERT". Altoona Tribune. 19 June 1928. p. 14. Retrieved 13 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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