Biography:  Sebastian was born on December 22, 1804 in Hufingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany to Johann and Dorothea.  He married Anna Maria Heitzmann and they had 10 children.  He then married Caecelia Hauser and they had 5 children.  He also had 1 child from a previous relationship.  He passed away on November 15, 1886 in Hamburg at 82 years old.  

More information provided by Sebastian's descendants:  Sebastian Goetz (1804-1886) was married twice and had 16 children, nine of whom lived to adulthood.  Sebastian and his second wife and six children emigrated from Baden in 1846 and settled in Hamburg.  Within a few years of arrival, his three oldest children, daughters Elisabeth (Goetz) Schwert (1828-1917), Josephine (Goetz) Fritschy (1830-1909), and Anna (Goetz) Rudloff (1831-1916), all married in Hamburg.  Shortly after, in the early 1850's, Sebastian left for Iowa where he lived for a while but returned to Hamburg in the 1860's after the death of his second wife in 1862.

There are many descendants of Sebastian Goetz living in Hamburg today although I would wager that very few (if any) are aware that they are descended from him.  One interesting point - my wife's sister, a great-great-grandddaughter of Josephine (Goetz) Fritschy, married a great-great-grandson of Anna (Goetz) Rudloff.  They are fourth cousins but neither one was aware of it until I told them! 

One thing that remains a mystery to me is why Sebastian Goetz was buried in St. James UCC Cemetery (my late father-in-law always referred to this as the 'Old Lutheran' Cemetery').  Sebastian and all his family were Roman Catholics.  However, I believe that Victor Rudloff, his son-in-law, might have been Lutheran.  I say that as Victor and Anna's marriage and the baptisms of their children are not in the Hamburg Roman Catholic records.  If there any old St. James church records, perhaps the Rudloff-Goetz marriage and the baptisms of their children could be found there.  I would certainly be interested in finding out.  Victor's widow, Anna, is buried in the Catholic cemetery although her children appear to have been Protestants.