Thursday, June 28, 2012

Treasure Chest Thursday - 1930 U.S. Census Record for Frederick W. Seaver family

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - time to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1930 United States Census record for my grandparents and their family in Leominster, Massachusetts:





The lines for the family are:




The extracted information for the family is:

*  Fred W. Seaver -- head, owns home, worth $5,000, owns a radio set, male, white, age 52, married, first at age 23, can read and write, born MA, father and mother born MA, speaks English, superintendent in a celluloid company, worked on last working day, not a veteran
*  Alma B. Seaver -- wife, female, white, age 48, married, first at age 18, can read and write, born CT, father born England, mother born RI, speaks English
*  Ruth W. Seaver -- daughter, female, white, age 22, single, can read and write, born MA, father born MA, mother born CT, speaks English, teacher in a public school, worked on last working day,
*  Frederick W. Seaver -- son, male, white, age 18, single, can read and write, born MA, father born MA, mother born CT, ??????? in celluloid company, worked on last working day, speaks English
*  Edward R. Seaver -- son, male, white, age 16, single, attends public school, can read and write, born MA, father born MA, mother born CT, speaks English
*  Geraldine Seaver -- daughter, female, white, age 12, single, attends public school, can read and write, born MA, father born MA, mother born CT, speaks English

The source citation for the census image is:

1930 United States Federal Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Leominster, Enumeration District 226, page 3A, dwelling 44, family 69, Fred W. Seaver household; online image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T626, Roll 964.

The only errors I see in this census record, based on other available records, are:

*  Fred W. Seaver was born in October 1876, so he was age 53 on 1 April 1930, not age 52.

*  Alma B. Seaver's mother was Julia (White) Richmond, born in Killingly, Connecticut, rather than in Rhode Island.

My father is the son, Frederick W. Seaver, age 18 in this record who is working in a celluloid shop.  I note that he is not attending public school.  My family information says that he didn't graduate from high school until 1931.


Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

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