Saturday, February 17, 2018

RootsFinder Delivers Powerful New Tools to Genealogists for FREE

I received this information recently from RootsFinder and my friend, Dallan Quass:

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RootsFinder Delivers Powerful New Tools to Genealogists for Free

RootsFinder.com is a free, online family tree that makes researching family history much easier. 

Unlike other online trees, which only provide hints to their own content, RootsFinder provides hints and search suggestions to websites such as:

• FamilySearch
• FindMyPast
• AmericanAncestors
• BillionGraves
• FindAGrave
• Ancestry
• MyHeritage
• and more

In addition, seamless sync with FamilySearch, integration with GenSmarts, evidence analysis, embedded research logs, and DNA tools (coming soon) add to RootsFinder’s powerful offering. 

Along with these valuable tools, RootsFinder has also developed two Chrome Browser Extensions. The extensions make research and recording information faster and more accurate.

1. WebClipper - Copy records and source citations quickly and automatically into your family tree from major genealogy websites such as Ancestry, FamilySearch, MyHeritage, and more. It adds records to entire families at once.

2. ToDo Creator - Save search ideas for later by attaching action items to specific people in your family tree, adding them to research logs, and marking them complete when done.

RootsFinder also has tools that make it easy to share your genealogy with your family safely and securely:

• Invite others to your tree, but you control who edits
• Ancestor reports with stories and pictures can be turned into family history books
• Descendancy reports in the register format
• Videos & photo mosaics created from your media
• Fan charts and wall charts
• Pinterest-like media wall for scrolling through photos

Two plans are available: an ad-supported Free-Forever plan, and a $35/year Pro plan that removes ads and includes additional storage and advanced features. Everyone gets a 30-day Pro plan for free.

A small group of dedicated genealogists and software developers have been working on RootsFinder for the past three years. Our goal is to provide a free online family tree that is focused on the needs of the genealogy researcher. We think we finally have something worth talking about. – Dallan Quass

About RootsFinder

RootsFinder ( https://www.rootsfinder.com ) was founded in 2015 by Dallan Quass, CTO of FamilySearch from 2002-2004 and the creator of WeRelate.org and GenGophers.com, two of FamilyTree Magazine's top 101 genealogy websites. Dallan is joined at RootsFinder by Heather Henderson, Erin Harris, and other experienced genealogists who share his love of family history.

Contact: dallan@rootsfinder.com

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NOTE:  I have received no remuneration ofor writing this blog post or accessing RootsFinder.com.  I am in the process of adding my family tree to RootsFinder.

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Female Relatives With Beautiful Hair

It's Saturday Night - 
time for more Genealogy Fun! 



Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to:


1)  This week we're going to look for female relatives with beautiful hair in our photograph collections.

2)  Find one or more photographs of females in your ancestral families that have beautiful hair, by your own subjective beauty standards.  

3)  Show the photograph(s) if you have it/them and tell us a bit about the person shown.   If you don't have a digital photograph, please describe the female and her beautiful hair the best you can.

4)  Write your own blog post, or a comment to this blog post, or a comment on Facebook or Google+.

Here's mine:


1)  I am absolutely smitten by my 2nd cousin twice removed, Ada Woodward (1886-1961), born in Kansas:



The photo was taken in 1898 in Belleville, Kansas.  Ada was the daughter of Charles F. Woodward (1862-1906) and Nellie Bell Redfield (1863-1889).

I believe that Ada Mina Woodward married David Talbert Williams (1882-1961) in about 1905 in Kansas.  David and Ada had three children, and they both died in Wenatchee, Washington in 1961.

I've always wondered if Ada's hair was brunette or red.

2)  I love this photo of me and my mother from late 1943 when I was a baby:


Even though she was a new mother, she looked elegant with a short hairdo and stylish clothes.  This may have been at Christmas 1943.  I even have hair in this photo!  My mother's hair was brown, as was mine.

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Surname Saturday - LNU (Elinor who married John Whitney, England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2081 who is Elinor LNU (1599-1659). 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through one generation in this LNU family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)


130.  Samuel Whitney (1719-1782)
131.  Abigail Fletcher (1720-1783)

260.  William Whitney (1683-1720)
261.  Martha Pierce (1681-1759)

520.  Nathaniel Whitney (1647-1733)
521.  Sarah Hagar (1651-1722)

1040.  John Whitney (1621-1692)
1041.  Ruth Reynolds (1623-1706)

2080.  John Whitney, born before 20 July 1592 in Westminster, Middlesex, England; died 01 June 1673 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4160. Thomas Whitney and 4161. Mary Bray.  He married before 1619 in England.
2081.  Elinor LNU, born 1599 in England; died 11 May 1659 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Whitney and Elinor LNU are:
*  Mary Whitney (1619-1627)
John Whitney (1621-1692), married 1642 Ruth Reynolds (1623-1706)
*  Richard Whitney (1624-1719), married 1651 Martha Coldam (1626-1672).
*  Nathaniel Whitney (1626-1635).
*  Thomas Whitney (1627-1719), married 1655 Mary Kedall (1635-1708).
*  Marye Whitney (1629-1635).
*  Jonathan Whitney (1633-1703), married 1656 Lydia Jones (1632-1702).
*  Joshua Whitney (1636-1719), married (1) 1664 Mary Buckmaster (1641-1672); (2) 1672 Abigail Tarbell (1643-1719).
*  Caleb Whitney (1640-????).
*  Benjamin Whitney (1643-1723), married (1) 1688 Jane Poor (1649-1690); (2) 1695 Mary Poor (1650-????).

Information about the John Whitney family was obtained from:

*  Frederick Clifton Pierce, Whitney. The Descendants of John Whitney (Chicago Ill. : 1895).

*  Dean Crawford Smith, edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908, Part I: The Ancestry of Warren Francis Kempton (1817-1879) (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996)

*  Paul C. Reed, "Whitney Origins Revisited," The American Genealogist, Vol. 69, no. 1, January 1994, page 9.

*  Robert Leigh Ward and Tim Doyle, "The Whitney Lineage of John Whitney of Watertown, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, Volume 81, Number 4, pages 249-262, October 2006. 

There is no authoritative information about the ancestry of John Whitney's wife, Elinor (1599-1659).  Some online family trees say she was Elinor Bray, daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Gulley) Bray of London, England.

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Friday, February 16, 2018

Genealogy News Bytes - 16 February 2018


Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last three days include:

1)  News Articles:


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IGRS Launches “How-To” Irish Genealogy Videos

*  The National Genealogical Society Opens Registration for a Guided Research Trip to Two of our Nation’s Important Repositories

*  How Tom Tryniski digitized nearly 50 million pages of newspapers in his living room

2)  Record Databases:


*    New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 16 February 2018

3)  Genealogy Education:

 GeneaWebinars Calendar

*    "Using Swedish Taxation Records to Solve Tough Genealogical Problems," by Jill Morelli

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 21 February, 11 a.m. PST: "Tribal Quest: A special project to document the family histories of tribal people" by Golan Levi

*  Archived FGS Webinar:  "Breaking Out of the Box: Creative Thinking For Your Society," by Amy Johnson Crow

*  "Member Friday" Family Tree Webinar:  "Let DNA Tell Your Story," by Diahan Southard

*  Nicka Sewell-Smith YouTube Channel:  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 51: Finding and Tracing Enslaved Ancestors

*  Cousin Russ YouTube Channel:  Found 2 Marriages

*  American Ancestors YouTube Channel:  Early New England Families Study Project

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  All The Stories by Harold Davis

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  Jewish Genealogy 2 with Emily Garber

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, February 16,  2018


5)  Neat Stuff:


   Kin Found by DNA, Search Continues for 3

Vinegar Valentines: The Victorian Tradition of Sending Anonymous Hate Mail

The Debunker: What Do Scotsmen Wear Under Their Kilts?
Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 13 February 2018?


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Family History Fanatics Meet & Greet Schedule at RootsTech 2018

I received this from Family History Fanatics today:

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FAMILY HISTORY FANATICS MEET & GREET SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED 

In 2016, Devon Noel Lee attended RootsTech and found that finding her favorite genealogists in the massive Salt Palace Conference center was so difficult. The genealogy rock stars were teaching, networking, and dashing in different directions. She particularly remembers ‘just missing’ one genealogy blogging icon every time she attempted to track him down. 

Having had this experience and not wanting others to have a repeat, Devon assembled a list of some of her favorite genealogy folks for RootsTech attendees to Meet and Greet. They’re guaranteed to be in one spot - the Family History Fanatics booth (#1952) located between the Demo Theater and the Discovery Zone. 

To kick off the Meet & Greet, each genealogy rock star will have a 10-minute interview for the Family History Fanatics YouTube channel. Once that's over, Expo Hall attendees take over the rock star’s time. On Thursday and Friday, you’ll have the chance to greet: 

Elizabeth O'Neal 
Thomas MacEntee 
Randy Seaver 
Amy Johnson Crow 

Michael L Strauss 
Family Locket - Nicole Dyer and Diane Elder 
Lisa Alzo 
Jill Ball 

Take photos. Ask questions. Be a fan girl / guy! It’s all part of the RootsTech experience! 

While you're at booth #1952, be sure to participate in TWO drawings. 

1. Family History Fanatics Drawing - We'll be giving away a TV (that must be taken home on Saturday!) among other educational prizes. The drawing will take place Saturday at 2 pm. Come to our booth to register. 

2. GBA.BUZZ Scavenger Hunt - Scan the QR Code at our booth and enter to win a prize from one of 16 vendors in the Expo Hall. To learn more about the GBA.BUZZ Scavenger Hunt, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIfAMUifnKo

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 16 February 2018

I received this from Findmypast today:

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday
There are over 378,000 new records available to search this Findmypast Friday, including:

Connecticut, Town of Sharon Cemetery Indexes

Explore more than 4,000 transcripts of headstone inscriptions from eight cemeteries in Sharon, Connecticut. From these indexes you can discover your ancestor's birth year, death date, and burial place. This collection has been obtained from thesharonhist.org website. Additional information about the records can we found on the source's website.
Sharon is a town located in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in the northwest corner of the state. It is bounded on the north by Salisbury, on the east by the Housatonic River, on the south by Kent, and on the west by Dutchess County, New York.

Norfolk, Electoral Registers 1832-1915 Image Browse

Browse through images of electoral registers from Norfolk, England, covering the years 1832 to 1915. The collection consist of 290 volumes containing over 161,000 records and can be searched by year, division, or borough. The registers will reveal your ancestors place of abode, qualification, and address. This collection has been obtained from FamilySearch.
Electoral registers are lists, created annually, of people who are eligible and registered to vote. These lists would include reasons for eligibility, such as their ownership or occupation of a property as a tenant or in some cases as a lodger. Until 1918, the right to vote was closely linked to property. Electoral registers were first introduced in 1832 with the Great Reform Act. As the number of voters increased and polling days were reduced to one day, there was a need to establish the right to vote in advance.

Aberdeenshire, Banffshire & Kincardineshire Monumental Inscriptions

Over 21,000 records have been added to our collection of Aberdeenshire, Banffshire & Kincardineshire Monumental Inscriptions. The new additions cover 19 kirkyards across all three historic counties and consist of transcripts provided by the Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society.
Each transcript will vary depending on the age of the monument and its legibility. Monumental inscriptions are an excellent resource for family historians as many record the names of other relatives such as a spouse, children or parents, as well as their birth and death dates.

Yorkshire Parish Records

We've added thousands of new additions to our collection of Yorkshire parish records, including:
·         Over 73,000 additional Yorkshire baptisms
·         Over 16,000 additional Yorkshire banns
·         Over 57,000 additional Yorkshire marriages
·         Over 18,000 additional Yorkshire burials
The new additions cover parishes across Yorkshire's East riding and span the years 1538 to 1990. This week's new additions are also available to browse.

Nottinghamshire Burial Index

Additional records covering Catholic burials in Worksop have been added to the Nottinghamshire Burial Index. The index now holds more than 678,000 records from 1569 through 1905.
Each record contains a transcription of original parish records and bishop's transcripts, which are held at the Nottinghamshire Archives. The amount of information in each transcript can vary, but most will include a combination of your ancestor's age at death, burial date, burial location & denomination. Images may contain additional notes on their marital status, cause of death, occupation and other biographical details.
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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Findmypast, and have accepted meals and services from Findmypast, as a Findmypast Ambassador.  This has not affected my objectivity relative to Findmypast and its products.


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52 Ancestors - Week 214: #293 Elisabeth (Fletcher) Keyes (1698-1775) of Chelmsford and Westford, Massachusetts

Elizabeth Fletcher (1698-1775) is #293 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandmother, who married #292 Joseph Keyes (1698-1744) in 1720 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.


I am descended through:

*  their son #146 Jonathan Keyes (1722-1781) who married #147 Elizabeth Fletcher (1720-1761) in 1746.
*  their daughter #73 Elizabeth Keyes (1759-1793) who married  #72 Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1829) in 1777.
*  their son, #36 Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857) who married #37 Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857) in 1810.
*  their son, #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) who married #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) in 1852.
*  their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920)  who married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.
*  their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Name:                       Elisabeth Fletcher[1]    
 *  Alternate Name:      Elisabath Flecher[2]  
 *  Alternate Name:      Elisabeth Fletcher Keyes[3]    
 *  Alternate Name:      Elizabeth Keyes[4]
 *  Alternate Name:      Elizabeth Fletcher[5]    
  
*  Sex:                    Female    

*  Father:               Joshua Fletcher (1644-1713)    
*  Mother:             Sarah Woolley (1650-    )  
 
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
*  Birth:                10 June 1698, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–3]    

*  Death:              3 September 1775 (age 77), Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[3–4]    

*  Burial:             after 3 September 1775 (after age 77), Fairview Cemetery, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[3]  

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:                  Joseph Keyes (1698-1744)[5]
   
*  Marriage 1:               28 February 1719/20 (intentions, age 21) Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[5]    

*  Child 1:                     Elizabeth Keyes (1720-1806)
*  Child 2:                     Jonathan Keyes (1721-1781)    
*  Child 3:                     Sarah Keyes (1723-    )    
*  Child 4:                     Lydia Keyes (1724-    )    
*  Child 5:                     David Keyes (1726-    )  

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    

Elisabeth Fletcher was born 10 June 1698 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, the 8th and last child of Joshua and Sarah (Woolley) Fletcher[1-3].  The birth record says:

"Elisabeth Fletcher daughter of Joshua and Sarah Fletcher born June 10^th 1698."

She married Joseph Keyes, Jr., intentions recorded on 28 February 1719/20 in Chelmsford[5].  

They had five children born between 1720 and 1726 in Chelmsford:

*  Elizabeth Keyes (1720-1806), who married Samuel Hosley (1719-1795) in 1740.
*  Jonathan Keyes (1722-1781), who married Elizabweth Fletcher (1720-1761) in 1746.
*  Sarah Keyes (1723-????).
*  Lydia Keyes (1724-????)
*  David Keyes (1726-????).

Only Elizabeth and Jonathan Keyes reached adulthood and married.

Joseph Keyes, Jr. died on 11 July 1744 in Westford, Massachusetts.  He left no probate record, having deeded property to his son Jonathan.   Elizabeth did not marry again.  She probably lived out her life with her son Jonathan Keyes in Westford.

Elizabeth (Fletcher) Keyes died on 3 September 1775 in Westford[4].  She is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Westford[3].  

5)  SOURCES

1. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), "Chelmsford Birth, Marriage and Deaths," Page 28 (Image 367 of 1719), Elisabeth Fletcher birth entry.

2. Town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1914), Births, page 61, Elisabath Flecher entry.

3. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Fairview Cemetery, Westford, Mass., Elisabeth Fletcher Keyes memorial # 36127449.

4. Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts to the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1915), Deaths, page 293, Elizabeth Keyes "w. Joseph, Sept. 3, 1775, a. 78 y.".

5. Town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Marriages, page 262, Joseph Keyes and Elizabeth Fletcher intentions record.

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NOTE:  Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post 
 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2018 to 260 Ancestors in 260 Weeks.


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Thursday, February 15, 2018

Seavers in the News - Laura Jewett Seaver Gets Married in 1915

It's time for another edition of "Seavers in the News" - a semi-regular feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from the New York Sun newspaper dated 6 June 1915:




The transcription of this article is:

"Edric Brooks Smith of this city and Miss Laura Jewett Seaver will be married on Wednesday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gardner Seaver, in Flatbush.  Miss Seaver will be attended by her cousin, Miss Grace Milton Trippe, as maid of honor, and Mrs. Floyd Willard Fiske, her sister, as matron of honor.  Miss Evelyn Porter, niece of Mr. Smith, and the Misses Marion  Seaver Fiske and Marjorie Ray Seaver, nieces of Miss Seaver, will be the flower girls.

"Mr. Smith, who is assistant manager of the Rockefeller Institute,  will have Carlisle W. Burton for his best man, and the ushers will be Roger S. Hubbard of St. Louis and Henry Blanchard Seaver, brother of the bride."

The source citation for this record is:

"General Notes of Society," New York [N.Y.] Sun newspaper, Sunday, 6 June 1915, Third Section, page 3, column 5, Edric Smith and Laura Seaver wedding article; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingAmerica.loc.gov : accessed 15 February 2018).

The article provides lots of information about Laura Jewett Seaver's family - it names her father (Henry Gardner Seaver) and her sister (Mrs. Floyd Willard Fiske) and her brother (Henry Blanchard Seaver).  It doesn't name her mother, Cornelia R. (Latta) Seaver), or her sister's given name (Emma Latta Seaver).  It also names her cousin (Grace Milton Trippe), and her nieces (Marion Seaver Fiske and Marjorie Ray Seaver).  

Assuming the wedding occurred as planned, Laura Jewett Seaver married Edric Brooks Smith on Wednesday, 9 June 1915.  I didn't have that date in my database.  

Laura Jewett Seaver (1884-1944) was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Yonkers, New York, and is buried in Nelson, New Hampshire.  Edric Brooks Smith (1887-1959) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and died in Nelson, New Hampshire, and is buried there.  They had four children, Edric Brooks Smith (1917-1998), Benjamin Seaver Smith (1921-2014), Cornelius Latta Smith (1924-2001) and Prudence French Smith (1929-????).

Henry Gardner Seaver (1846-1931), Laura's father, was an avid genealogist who contributed contributed considerable material to the typescript "The Seaver Genealogy" by Jesse Montgomery Seaver, which he obtained through research, correspondence and personal interviews.


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The Rest of the George W. Seaver Story - Part V: Timeline for his Life

In order to try to keep the information I've gathered for George W. Seaver, I have created a timeline for his life and a bibliography for my blog posts:

TIMELINE for GEORGE WASHINGTON SEAVER (1845-1918)

Date
Event
Location
Source
Ca 1845
Birth
Prob. Wisconsin
1880, 1900, 1910 U.S. Census
Sawtelle Soldiers Home Record
8 December 1863
Enlistment in U.S. Army
N. Andover, Mass.
Sawtelle Soldiers Home Record
11 July 1865
Discharge from U.S. Army
Boston, Mass.
Sawtelle Soldiers Home Record
1 June 1880
Census
Celilo, Wasco Co., Oregon
1880 U.S. Census (George is single, age 34)
19 October 1882
Residence
Ventura County, Calif.
1882 Calif. Voter Registration, (George is age 34, born WI)
13 October 1886
Residence
San Francisco, Calif.
1886 Calif. Voter Registration (George is age 38, born WI)
18 July 1890
Pension Application
California
Civil War Pension Card File (Certificate 919,589)
13 August 1892
Residence
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
1892 Calif. Voter Registration (George is age 45, born WI)
17 October 1893
Residence – Enters Soldiers Home
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Sawtelle Soldiers Home Record (George is age 48, Protestant religion, 5'7-1/2” tall, a Teamster)
5 June 1896
Residence
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
1896 Calif. Voter Registration
29 September 1897
Residence
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Calif.
Los Angeles Herald Newspaper article (acquainted with Lida Crocker)
17 July 1898
Marriage to Lida J. Crocker
Yuma, Yuma Co. Ariz.
Arizona County Marriage Records (George is age 50, born WI)
21 to 28 May 1899
Residence
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Calif.
Los Angeles Herald, Los Angeles Times Newspaper articles (leaves home, goes to Oregon)
6 July 1899
Residence – Leaves Soldiers Home
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Sawtelle Soldiers Home Record
3 November 1899
Birth of daughter Hazel May Seaver
Oakland, Alameda Co., Calif.
California Birth Record for Hazel May Seaver; Find A Grave record for Hazel Knapp
1 June 1900
Census
Vallejo, Solano Co., California
1900 U.S. Census (George born May 1849 in MA. Lida J., and Hazel Seaver)
8 August 1901
Residence – Enters Soldiers Home
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Sawtelle Soldiers Home Record
26 June 1904
Residence
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Los Angeles Herald Newspaper Article (about George driving horse car)
1 April 1910
Census
Malibu, Ventura, Calif.
1910 U.S. Census (George is age 65, widower, born WI)
13 June 1918
Residence – Leaves Soldiers Home
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Sawtelle Soldiers Home Record (suspended due to libel)
31 October 1918
Death
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
California Death Index, 1905-1939
Sawtelle Soldiers Home Record (died of pneumonia)
Aft. 31 October 1918
Burial
Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
Find A Grave memorial #3751035


Bibliography:

* Seavers in the News -- George W. Seaver Disappears in 1899 about a man disappearing from his home in Santa Monica, California (posted 1 February 2018)

* The Rest of the George W. Seaver Story - Part I: Newspaper Articles about George's disappearance (posted 5 February 2018)

* The Rest of the George W. Seaver Story - Part II: More Newspaper Articles about George and his wife, Lida J. Crocker (posted 7 February 2018)

* The Rest of the George W. Seaver Story - Part III: Census Entries with census records(posted 8 February 2018)

* Seavers in the News - Vice President George W. Seaver Drives a Horse Car with a story and photo of George in Santa Monica in 1904 (posted 8 February 2018)

* The Rest of the George W. Seaver Story - Part IV: Military Records with military and personal information from Disabled Volunteer Soldiers home records (posted 9 February 2018)

I did not include every newspaper article in the timeline - the blog posts cover them.

I should have added a column for comments and put actual source citations into the Source column.  But then it wouldn't fit on the blog page.

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