Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 11 to 17 April 2024

  Welcome to Genealogy Education Bytes, posted on Wednesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history education items that came across our desktop since the last issue.


1) Upcoming Conferences, Institutes and Seminars

* Conference Keeper Calendar

2 ) Upcoming Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

* Conference Keeper Calendar - has many links to register for and/or view webinars and classes.

*  FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars 

*  Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 19 April, 11 a.m.:  Tools to Research Your French Canadian Ancestors by Johsnne Gervais.

*  Family Tree Webinars - Tuesday, 23 April, 11 a.m.:  Using Artificial Intelligence Tools to Expand Your Genealogical Research Universe by James Tanner.

*  Family Tree Webinars - Wednesday, 24 April, 11 a.m.:   Where Fact meets Fiction: behind the scenes of a genealogical crime mystery by Nathan Dylan Goodwin.

3) Recent Podcasts/Radio Shows:




4) Recent YouTube Videos:

*  Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints:  How does Family Search Tree work (& WHAT'S NEW)

*  American Ancestors:  Planning a Trip to Ancestral Homelands

















*  The Creative Family Historian:  Format Family History Stories Faster in Google Docs

*  The Formidable Genealogist:  Finding Errors on Ancestry | Formidable Genealogy

*  Virtual Genealogical Association:  "Free AI Websites for Text Applications" by Donald R. Snow
*  Virtual Genealogical Association: "How Do I Know I Found Everything" by Kim Richardson


5) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy Education Bytes -  4 to 10 April 2024?

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Brothers Fred and Ed Seaver With Their Sons in 1944 -- Post 816 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

  I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post! This is one of my favorite and most priceless family  photographs: 

This photograph was taken in early 1944 in Chula Vista, California at the home of my parents at 577 Twin Oaks Avenue.  The people in this photograph are (from the left):

*  Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), my father, holding:

*  Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-????) - moi!

*  Peter Seaver (1942-????) - son of:

*  Edward Richmond Seaver (1913-2004), my uncle, and brother of my father.

 Uncle Ed was in the United States Navy during World War II, and was stationed in San Diego while his ship was being outfitted for sea duty.  Before the ship left, he had some family time - his wife and baby Peter came west on the train to visit him in San Diego.  They, and my parents, got together several times before he shipped out.

This photograph is a part of my family history.  I received it from my aunt Geraldine (Seaver) Remley, Fred and Ed's youngest sister.  I restored, enhanced and colorized the photo using the MyHeritage photo tools.  

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Memories - What We Did On Our 1999 Scandinavian Vacation - Part 2

  I have found more of my memoirs that I wrote after some of our summer vacations, and many of them included genealogy highlights. So I'm going to share these memories in a series of posts.  Maybe I'll even find some photos to illustrate the posts.   

Mia and Anne were our foreign exchange students from Finland in 1994.  We had a marvelous time getting to know them and enjoying their company.  Our daughter Tami had a car and they were able to go all over San Diego (and we all went to Los Angeles one time) and enjoy a three-week summer vacation.  Mia's family in Tornio, and Anne's family in Kuopio, invited us to come visit them, so we did in the summer of 1999.  By this time, Mia and Anne were in college.

I wrote Memories - What We Did On Our 1999 Scandinavian Vacation - Part 1 last week.  Here is Part 2.

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What We Did On Our 1999 Scandinavian Vacation 
(29 July to 17 August 1999) - Part 2

KUOPIO, FINLAND

On Friday, 6 August, we drove with the Henriksson's from Tornio to Kemi and visited Kalle’s sister, Kaisu for a short time.  Then it was off to Oulu to visit Mia's university.  We walked through the classroom and administrative area, and then went to Mia’s new apartment, where she and we met her roommate for the year.  

We then drove to Kuopio in the center of Finland, which is about 400 kilometers from Tornio.  Mia had contacted Anne, and Anne’s parents had invited all of us to stay with them there.   The parents, Jussi and Raija, spoke very limited English, but the girls are great translators.   They also allowed us to sleep in their bedroom, while Kalle and Aila slept in Anne’s room, and Mia and Anne slept in the living room.  Jussi and Raija slept at Anne’s apartment in downtown Kuopio. 


On Saturday, Jussi and Anne took us to downtown Kuopio, where we walked through the open market place and took a short tram tour of the downtown area and the harbor.  The girls went shopping, and the guys went to Kuopio church and saw a wedding ceremony, then walked to the harbor and had a drink and an ice cream.  We then met the girls and visited Anne’s apartment.  We took a harbor cruise in the afternoon (about two hours) which went around the lakes encircling Kuopio, which is very beautiful with lakes, forests, streams and hills.  Before heading home, we drove to the Puijo Tower and went to the top for pictures and sightseeing. 
 

Raija had stayed home to prepare dinner, which was different and delicious.  Wonderful hospitality again.  After dinner, we hiked to the top of the hill near their home, and watched a beautiful sunset.  Linda gave Mia and Anne some Olympic socks and they immediately wanted to wear them shopping (Mia and Anne were the Finnish Olympic Shopping Team in 1994).



HELSINKI, FINLAND

On Sunday morning, we had breakfast, took pictures and said our goodbyes to Anne's family.  

During the long drives, Mia taught Randy language lessons, so he could do basic greetings and pleasantries, count to ten, and tell what he had for breakfast.  He felt like a trained monkey sometimes, but it was fun.  Linda helped Mia with her Spanish (this girl is fantastic - she knows Finnish, Swedish, German, English and is working on Spanish). 


We stopped in Mikkeli for lunch with Kalle’s friends, Harri and Irmeli, who were spending the weekend at their summer cottage.  Then it was on to Helsinki, where we arrived about 3 p.m. and parked in Harri’s parking garage after unloading the bags at the hotel.  Aila had arranged for rooms at the hotel that serves the Finnish Red Cross.  The rooms were spacious and bright.  The hotel was on Tehtaankatu, located next to the Russian embassy in the area south of the downtown area.  Mia stayed with Paivi, a friend from her university who was on a work/study program in Helsinki.  The first night we walked to a nearby Italian restaurant, and after dinner Randy, Kalle and Aila walked through the embassy district to the beach area where they watched bungee jumping, had an ice cream, and then returned to the hotel through the Kaivopuisto park.

Kalle had arranged a day trip via catamaran boat to Tallinn in Estonia, about 60 kilometers south of Helsinki.  We left Helsinki on the boat about 7:30 a.m. and arrived in Tallinn around 9 a.m.  After waiting an hour to get through passport control, we took a bus to the large market place.  We walked around the open air market for awhile, then went inside and shopped some more.  Kalle bought a Miko Sala shirt to wear to Italy for a car race.  We then took a taxi to the downtown area, and stopped at an outdoor restaurant and had lunch.


After lunch, the girls went shopping in the old town area of Tallinn, while the guys hiked up to the Castle and visited two churches and some shops.  The guys walked down to the old town area and met the girls at an outdoor restaurant where we all had a drink and rested.  After more shopping, we searched for a restaurant for dinner, and settled on McDonald’s!  We then went back to the harbor area to catch the catamaran back to Helsinki.  The wind had increased, and the ride across the Baltic Sea was very rough, with some sickness on board (including Aila and Linda).  

On Tuesday, we toured Helsinki.  We went downtown to take a bus tour, which visited the Tempeliaukio Church (underground with rock walls) and the Sibellius Monument (with large outdoor organ pipes), and drove past the Olympic Stadium, the Opera House, Finlandia Hall, Parliament House, Cathedral and Senate Square, Presidential Palace and Uspenski Cathedral. 


 After the tour, Randy and Kalle went to the library to visit the Internet and the Cathedral while the gals went shopping.  We met for lunch, then Randy, Kalle and Aila took a boat to Suomenlinna, the fortress in Helsinki harbor, for sightseeing, while Linda and Mia went shopping.  That night, we had dinner at the Happy Days restaurant in downtown Helsinki.   Then it was back to the hotel to pack.

After a quick breakfast at the hotel and packing the car, we headed for the airport.  We said goodbye to the Kalle, Aila and Mia after 9 days with them, with many thanks, hugs and kisses for a wonderful experience and a lifelong friendship.

Stay tuned for the next part of this vacation saga - some genealogy!

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Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 10 to 16 April 2024

 Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news  items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    


1)  News Articles:






2)  DNA News Stories


3)  Book/Magazine Notices and Reviews:


4)  New or Updated Digital Record Collections:

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Seavers in the News -- Obituary of Kenneth E. Seaver (1924-1978) of Akron, Ohio

  Here is this week's edition of "Seavers in the News" - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from the The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal newspaper dated Sunday, 9 July 1978, page 48, Column 1:


The transcription of the article is:

"Kenneth E. Seaver

"Kenneth E. Seaver, 53, of 1040 Chinook av., died Friday p.m.

"Mr. Seaver was born in Akron, O., was a life resident of Akron, and a retired roofer.  He was a veteran of World War II, U.S. Navy, a member Akron Lodge No. 83, F&AM, Akron Consistory, 32nd Degree Mason, Tadmor Temple, and the Directors Staff of Tadmor Temple. 

He is survived by his wife, Helen; one daughter, Mrs. Shirley Collins, of Akron; sons Joseph E., Cuyahoga Falls, O., David O. of Akron; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl F. Seaver, of Akron; brother Richard H., of Tallmadge, O.; 4 grandchildren.

"Funeral services will be held at the Prentice Funeral Home, 1154 Kenmore blvd., Tuesday, 1 p.m., Dr. Harry D. Rose officiating.  Interment Greenlawn Memorial Park.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, where Akron Lodge No. 83, F&AM will conduct services Monday, 7:30 p.m.  In lieu of other remembrances, donations may be given to the Tadmore Temple Building Fund, Crebs rd., Akron, O. (Prentice, 753-7721.)"

The source citation is:

"Kenneth E. Seaver," The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal newspaper, Sunday, 9 July 1978, page 48, column 1, Kenneth E.  Seaver obituary, imaged,  Newspapers.com  (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 15 April 2024).

This obituary provides the name, birth place, age at death, death day and place, burial place, parents' names, wife's name, childrens' names, work history, associations, services.

Kenneth Eugene Seaver (1924-1978) was born 26 October 1924 in Akron, Ohio, the son of Earl Franklin and Augusta Wilhelmina (Kramer) Seaver.  Kenneth died 7 July 1978 in Akron, Ohio.  He married Helen Zofchak (1925-????) on 13 May 1944 in Norfolk, virginia.  They had three children.

*  Shirley Ann Seaver (1947-????), married 1970 Edward Maurice Collins (1949-????)
*  Joseph Earl Seaver (1949-????), married 1966 Shirley Ann Adkins (1947-????).
*  David O. Seaver (1958-????), married diana L. (1946-????).

Kenneth Eugene Seaver (1924-1978) is not related to me, to my knowledge, through a Seaver line.  He is descendaed from Christian and Lydia (Kissinger) Seaver who were from Pennsylvania.  

There are over 10,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this is one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person's obituary is relatively short and informative.  I am glad that I can honor Harold Edward Seaver today.  

You never know when a descendant or relative will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors or relatives, or will provide more information about them to me.

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Disclosure:  I have a paid subscription to Newspapers.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.


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Monday, April 15, 2024

Today is Genea-Musings 18th Blogiversary! Celebrate with Me!!!

 It's Genea-Musings 18th Blogiversary -- yep, I started writing Genea-Musings on Tax Day, 2006!   I've been so busy, I almost forgot about it!  Genea-Musings is still a teenager -- but perhaps nearing graduation.

  • 216 Months of writing about my genealogy and family history journey.
  • 939 Weeks of posting about transcriptions, obituaries, news, photographs, education, records, gravestones, providers, ancestors, relatives, societies, bloggers, etc.  
  • 6,574 Days of thinking about what my readers want to know about, what I can provide based on my experience and enthusiasm, and what I want to share about my ancestry.
  • 17,088 Blog Posts - an average of 2.6 posts per day, 18.2 posts per week, 79.1 posts per month, 949.3 posts per year.  

Some reflections:

1)  It seems like just yesterday that I started my Randy's Musings blog - here is the first post on 15 April 2006. I explained the name change to Genea-Musings in my first anniversary post on 15 April 2007. In my two-year anniversary post, I showed a screen shot of the early blog page. 

2)  After 18 years of Randy's Musings and Genea-Musings, this is post number 17,088.   Over 6,574 days, that averages out to be 2.60 posts per day. In the past year, I've written 804 posts, or 2.32 posts per day (that is a little higher than last year, 2.20. I think that the most in a year was 1,053 in 2017, and the most posts in one day was 8, but I've had some days with zero posts (usually when on vacation or in the hospital).

3)  I find it mind-boggling that I have posted:
That totals about 30% of the total number of blog posts.

For reference purposes, 521 weeks is 10 years, and 939 weeks is 18 years!

4)  Over the 18 years, over 95% of the posts have been original content that I have written, edited and posted about my own research, experience and education.  

5)  My Blogger statistics from Google indicate that I have had 16,102,522 page views in the 18 years.  Currently, I average about 120,000 page views per month, or about 3,900 per day.  It's also 885 views per post on average (ranging from tens to thousands).

5)  In addition,  over 2,200 persons subscribe via RSS using Feedly.  I don't have a count for other feeds, blog readers and  Facebook  readers. If I had to guess, I would say that about 2,000 persons read part of Genea-Musings on an average day. A significant number of the readers (probably over 30%) visiting the actual website come via Facebook or a search engine.

Please permit me to genea-muse for a bit here (it's a given, isn't it?):

1)  I really appreciate the Genea-bloggers Tribe community and all of my Genea-Musings readers. Without all of you, we would not have as much genealogy information (news, research experiences, family history, photographs, etc.) online. Blogging and social networking has brought democratization to the world of genealogy writing - anybody can do it (and many do it very well) and the genealogy community has more information, provided faster and more up-to-date, than it ever has had before.

2)  The Genea-Bloggers community is overwhelmingly friendly and supportive of each other and their readers.  There is very little overt competition, back-biting or flame wars.  This reflects the genealogy community as a whole, I believe, and almost everyone I know believes, in and works at collaborating with, educating, and helping others from the most famous (e.g., the genea-rock stars like Elizabeth Mills, Tom Jones, Judy Russell, Blaine Bettinger, etc.) to the beginners (new society members, new blog readers, etc.).

3)  The Genea-Bloggers community as a whole has garnered the respect of the genealogy industry - the record provider companies, the software companies, website owners, and genealogical societies.  We have been treated and recognized as legitimate media outlets for the genealogy community.  They understand that genealogy blogs are a significant way to announce and publicize their products or services, and to create genea-buzz at conferences.  This could not happen without the commitment of genea-bloggers to objectivity and collaboration.  Not to mention time, energy and lifelong learning.

4)  I'm really proud to be a member of the Genea-Bloggers community and to enjoy the camaraderie online and in person.  At a genealogy conference or seminar, genea-bloggers tend to flock together - it's an instant brother/sisterhood - many of us read and comment on each other's blogs.  Facebook and other social media sites have enabled us to "know," rejoice, or commiserate with the life and research experiences of our colleagues.  I love seeing my friends and colleagues at society meetings, seminars and conferences.  Because of Linda's medical and mobility problems, we will not be able to go together to another conference.

5)  Why am I still writing genealogy blog posts?  Because I can.  Because it really helps me advance my own research.  Because my research is unfinished. Because something I write may help other researchers as cousin bait, or as an example, or as a demonstration.  Because I want to.  Because it's therapy for me.  Because it's fun!!!

6) Life is good in the genea-cave, surrounded by books, notebooks, papers, and photographs. It's even better when family history is made with our daughters and our five grandchildren (now 20, 18, 18, 16 and 9).

7)  Lastly, thank you to my faithful readers. I appreciate your feedback to my posts and learn a lot from the collected wisdom and experience of my readers and blog-peers.  

8)  Can I take the rest of the week off?  Probably not.   A new week starts today and I look forward to writing about 17 posts this next week.   I will likely work on several blog posts and my RootsMagic family tree tonight before watching the Padres game.

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Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 14 April 2024

  Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week.  

1)  Hosted and moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Research Group Meeting on Zoom on Wednesday.  Reported on the MyHeritage 24-hour webinar marathon, FamilyChartMasters, My GPC Library, the FamilySearch film relocation project, Artificial Intelligence on Facebook,  more on Full-Text Search, Frank Jatzek's work for me on German ancestors, Mondays With Myrt, and more.  

2)  Attended the San Diego Genealogical Society's program meeting on Saturday on Zoom.  Sara Cochran presented "Missing: Reward! Locating Widows, Spinsters, and Bachelors" and "Shaky Leaf Syndrome: Using Website Generated Hints More Effectively."

3)  Participated in the 8 April "Mondays With Myrt" discussion panel, and discussed German church records, Yvette Hoitink's Levelling Up challenge, and more.

4)  Transcribed the 1881 Will of Joseph Seaver (1805-1885) of Rock Island County, Illinois for the  Amanuensis Monday theme. 


6)  The latest "Memories" blog post is What We Did On Our 1999 Scandinavian Vacation - Part 1.

7)  My famous cousin this past week is 9th cousin 1x Removed Buddy Holley (1936-1959), Rock and Hall Star

8)  Added some biographies of my ancestors to WikiTree profiles, and traced some of the lines of my WikiTree cousins and added them to my family tree.

9)  AncestryDNA now has 45,706 DNA matches (up 35 from 7 April) with 1939 "close" matches for me today, with no new ThruLines.  I added Notes to 3 new Matches, and added the lines of 5 Partridge-related matches to my family tree, with more to do.   MyHeritageDNA now has 12,436 DNA matches (up 6 from 7 April) for me, researched and found the line for 1 match and added it to my family tree.  Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.  

10)  Occasionally matched RootsMagic 9 profiles to FamilySearch Family Tree.  I have matched 51,012 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 128).  

11) Used Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and source citations to my RootsMagic profiles. I now have 72,653 persons in my RootsMagic family tree (up 149), and 146,773 source citations (up 26).  Resolved 355 Ancestry Hints. TreeShared 100 new and updated profiles with my Ancestry tree.  My Ancestry Member Tree has Ancestry Record Hints with 15,650 to be resolved, but I work on them several times a week.  

12) Wrote 17 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which 2 were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 31 March to 6 April 2024 with over 179 views.  Genea-Musings had about 35,800 page views last week and over 122,000 for the past month.  

13)  Real life:  I visited Linda every day at the skilled nursing/memory care facility and we played Uno. Went grocery shopping on Monday and Friday.  Finished the income taxes but haven't sent them in yet (We have a waiver until 6/15 because of the flooding in January). Finished reading Jonathan Kellerman's Unnatural History and started  Jeffrey Deaver's The Watchmaker's Hand.  My Padres went 4-2 this week and are 9-9 on the season.  

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1881 Will of Joseph Seaver (1805-1885) in Rock Island, Illinois Probate Court Records

  This week's document for transcription is the 1881 will of Joseph Seaver (1805-1885) of Edgington, Rock Island County, Illinois in the Rock Island County, Illinois probate case files.

*  Rock Island County, Illinois Probate Court Records, Probate Case Files, Scott, Elijah-Seuss, John W.,  Number 65, image 951 of 1838:

*  Rock Island County, Illinois Probate Court Records, Probate Case Files, Scott, Elijah-Seuss, John W.,  Number 65, image 952 of 1838:

*  Rock Island County, Illinois Probate Court Records, Probate Case Files, Scott, Elijah-Seuss, John W.,  Number 65, image 953 of 1838:


*  Rock Island County, Illinois Probate Court Records, Probate Case Files, Scott, Elijah-Seuss, John W.,  Number 65, image 954 of 1838:

*  Rock Island County, Illinois Probate Court Records, Probate Case Files, Scott, Elijah-Seuss, John W.,  Number 65, image 955 of 1838:

*  Rock Island County, Illinois Probate Court Records, Probate Case Files, Scott, Elijah-Seuss, John W.,  Number 65, image 956 of 1838:

The transcription of this document is:

In the Name of God Amen: I Joseph Seaver of the Town of Edgington in the County of Rock Island, and State of Illinois of the age of seventy five years, and being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this my last will and testament, in manner following, that is to say.

First -- I give and devise to my affectionate wife Sarah Seaver the following described pieces or parcels of land situated in the County of Rock Islandand State of Illinois to wit.

The West half (1/2) of the West half (1/2) of the South West quarter (1/4) of Section number Fifteen (15) also the East half (1/2) of the South East quarter (1/4) of section number sixteen (16) also the East Forty (40) acres of the West half (1/2) of the south East quarter of section Sixteen (16) all in Township Three (3) West of the Fourth (4th) Principal Meridian to have and to hold the same to her and her assigns during her life without impeachment of Waste; and from and immediately after her decease I give and divise the same unto my daughters Sarah Walker widow of Charles Walker, Mary Seaver, and Ida Wheaton wife of Childs D. Wheaton together with all the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining to have and to hold the said premises to the said Sarah Walker, Mary Seaver, and Ida Wheaton their heirs and assigns forever, to be divided equally between the said Sarah, May, and Ida, share and share alike.

Second -- I give and divise to my affectionate wife ^Sarah^ Seaver the following pieces or parcels of land situated in the County of Rock Island and state of Illinois to wit:  all the rest residue and remainder of my real estate of every name and nature whatsoever which is situated in section sixteen (16) in Township number sixteen (16) North of Range number Three (3) West of the fourth (4th) Principal Meridian and being about Forty (40) acres off the West side of the West half (1/2) of the South East quarter (1/4) of section number sixteen (16) in Township number sixteen (16) North Range number Three (3) West of the fourth (4th) Principal Meridian and being about Forty (40) acres off of the West side of the West half (1/2) of the South East quarter (1/4) of section number sixteen (16) in Township number sixteen (16) North Range number Three (3) West of the Fourth (4th) Principal Meridan) also the North East quarter (1/4) of section number Twenty six (26) in Township number seventeen (17) North of Range number Four (4) West of the Forth (4th) Principal Meridian, to have and to hold the same to her and her assigns during her life without impeachment of waste: and from and immediately after her decease I give and devise the same unto my children Jerushia Johnson, wife of S. Johnson, Ester Seymour wife of D.T. Seymour, Benjamin Seaver, Rial Seaver, Henry Seaver, Charles T. Seaver, Sarah Walker widow of Charles Walker, Mary Seaver and Ida Wheaton wife of Childs D. Wheaton together with all the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining; to have and to hold the said premises to the said Jerushia Johnson, Ester Seymour, Benjamin Seaver, Rial Seaver, Henry Seaver, Charles T. Seaver , Sarah Walker, Mary Seaver and Ida Wheaton, their heirs and assigns forever, to be divided equally between them the said Jerushia, Ester, Benjamin, Rial, Henry, Charles T. Sarah, Mary and Ida, share and share alike.

Third -- I give and bequeath to my said wife Sarah Seaver during her life all of the household furniture books works of art, fuel, and household and housekeeping provisions which shall at my decease be in or about my dwelling-house and after her decease I give and bequeath all of my household furniture, books and works of art unto my daughters Jerushia Johnson, Ester Seymour, Sarah Walker, Mary Seaver and Ida Wheaton and their heirs and assigns forever to be divided equally between them the said Jerushia, Ester, Sarah, Mary and Ida share and share alike.

Fourth -- I give and bequeath to my said wife Sarah Seaver during her life the use, improvement increase and income of all the rest residue and remainder of my personal estate goods and chattels of what nature or kind soever and after her decease I give and bequeath all of said rest residue and remainder of my personal estate goods and chattels of what nature or kind soever unto my children Jerushia Johnson, Ester Seymour, Benjamin Seaver, Rial Seaver, Henry Seaver, Charles T. Seaver, Sarah Walker, Mary Seaver and Ida Wheaton and their heirs and assigns forever to be divided equally between them the said Jerushia, Ester, Benjamin Rial, Henry, Charles T., Sarah, Mary and Ida share and share alike.

And Lastly -- I hereby nominate and appoint Charles T. Seaver my son above mentioned as executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me made.

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Eighteenth day of April in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty One. 
                                                                                  Joseph Seaver   {seal}

The above instrument consisting of two sheets and being on five pages was at the date thereof, signed sealed  published and declared by the said Joseph Seaver as and for his last Will and Testament in presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.

Elwin E. Parmenter Residing at Rock Island, Ill.
William H. Atwood Residing at Rock Island, Ill.

The source citation for this judgment is:

Rock Island County Probate Court, Illinois, Joseph Seaver will  (images 951-956 of 1838), written 18 April 1881, proved 22 September 1885; imaged, "Illinois, U.S., Wills and Probates, 1772-1999," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 April 2024); "Rock Island > Scott, Elijah - Seuss, John W.," No. 61, estate file of Joseph Seaver, images 943 to 1022 of 1838; Original data is from Illinois County, District and Probate Courts filmed by FamilySearch.

This petition is a Derivative Source (because it is a court clerk's handwritten record), Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the will of Joseph Seaver, deceased, of Edgington, Illinois in the Rock Island County, Illinois probate court, which defines the real estate and personal property and lists the heirs-at-law of the deceased.

Joseph Seaver (1805-1885) was born 21 September 1805 in Washington County, Virginia, the son of John and Esther (Croberger) Seaver.  He died 13 August 1885 in Reynolds, Rock Island County, Illinois.  Joseph married Sarah Dodge (1813-1892) on 2 August 1830 in Switzerland County, Indiana.  They had ten children:

*  Jerusha Seaver (1831-1907), married 1848 Storer Johnson (1827-1915).
*  Esther Elizabeth Seaver (1832-1923), married 1852 Daniel Thomas Seymour (1831-1894).
*  Samuel Perry Seaver (1834-1854).
*  Benjamin Franklin Seaver (1837-1882), married 1861 Margaret Jane Sherwood (1839-????).
*  Joseph Rial Seaver (1841-1922), married 1863 Martha Rush Frey (1843-1910).
*  William Henry Seaver (1844-1923), married 1865 Arey Permelia Chambers (1847-1911).
*  Charles Tinker Seaver (1849-1923), married 1873 Sarah Matilda Lancaster (1853-1901).
*  Sarah Mazilla Seaver (1851-1929), married 1871 Charles Walker (1849-1881).
*  Mary Matilda Seaver (1854-1913).
*  Ida Eva Seaver (1859-1940), married 1880 Childs D. Wheaton (1858-1919).

I am not related to Joseph Seaver (805-1885) or his children, since he is descended from Henry and Elizabeth (--?--) Seaver of Scott County, Virginia.   

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NOTE: Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday." John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

Read other transcriptions of records of my ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.

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