Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 5 to 11 August 2018

I am trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at   FamilySearch   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.

As of 11 August 2018, there were 2,351 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 2 from last week):

The deleted. added or updated collections are (as Marshall provided them):

--- Collections Added   ---

*  Maine, State Archives, World War I (WWI) Grave Cards, 1914-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968248); 3,893 indexed records with 3,893 record images, ADDED 9 Aug 2018

*  France, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Civil Registration, 1792-1938 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968259); 1,988,198 indexed records with 1,988,198 record images, ADDED 7 Aug 2018

--- Collections Updated ---

*  United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 34,168,489 indexed records with 46,885,712 record images (was 34,168,489 records with 46,885,712 images), Updated 10 Aug 2018

*  Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925429); 4,281,198 indexed records with 405,213 record images (was 4,052,556 records with 405,213 images), Updated 9 Aug 2018

*  Nicaragua Civil Registration, 1809-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1601210); 1,631,910 indexed records with 2,591,542 record images (was 1,565,831 records with 2,591,542 images), Updated 9 Aug 2018

*  Maine, United States Naturalization Records, 1918-1991  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2613134); 20,867 indexed records with 29,001 record images (was 20,862 records with 29,001 images), Updated 9 Aug 2018

*  Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2115584); 1,122,425 indexed records with 329,238 record images (was 889,877 records with 329,238 images), Updated 9 Aug 2018

*  South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2573604); 434,732 indexed records with 315,495 record images (was 249,038 records with 279,473 images), Updated 8 Aug 2018

*  Ukraine, Kyiv Orthodox Consistory Church Book Duplicates, 1734-1930  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1503045); 2,571,622 indexed records with 1,445,574 record images (was 2,571,622 records with 1,445,574 images), Updated 7 Aug 2018

*  California County Naturalizations, 1849-1985  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2125028); 412,031 indexed records with 99,436 record images (was 312,705 records with 99,436 images), Updated 9 Aug 2018

*  Iowa, Death Records, 1921-1940  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2531337); 584,981 indexed records with 475,273 record images (was 516,904 records with 475,273 images), Updated 9 Aug 2018

--- Collections with records removed ---

*  Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949334); Index only (4,267,594 records), no images (was 4,267,595 records with 0 images),  6 May 2014

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In order to select a specific record collection on FamilySearch, go to  https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner and use a keyword (e.g. "church england") to find collections with those keywords..

My friend, Marshall, has come up with a way to determine which collections are ADDED, DELETED or UPDATED.  Thanks to Marshall for helping me out here!

Each one of the collections listed above has a Research Wiki page (use the "Learn more" link).  It would be very useful if the Wiki page for each collection listed the dates for when the collection was added as a new collection and the dates for major updates also.

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- How Many of Your Ancestors Are on Social Security Death Index?

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):

1)  Michael John Neill wrote a blog post this week listing his ancestors that have an entry in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI).  He had seven ancestors in the SSDI.

2)  This week, review your files and determine which of your ancestors have an entry in the Social Security Death Index (free on FamilySearch.org - see https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1202535).  How many do you have?

3)  Tell us in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this blog post, in a status line on Facebook or Google Plus.  Leave a comment with a link to your blog post if you write one.

Here's mine:

*  Father:  Frederick Walton Seaver Jr (1911-1983) 
*  Mother:  Betty Virginia (Carringer) Seaver (1919-2002) 

*  Grandfather:  Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) - none
*  Grandmother:  Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver (1882-1962) - none
*  Grandfather:  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
*  Grandmother:  Emily Kemp (Auble) Carringer (1899-1977)

All eight of my great-grandparents died between 1913 and 1952 and are not in the SSDI.

So I have four.  

A strange thing happened on my way to the SNGF.  When I searched for my mother with "betty" and "seaver" died in "2002" the result did not appear on FamilySearch.  I found her easily on Ancestry.com using the same search terms.  I went back to FamilySearch and searched for "seaver" and died in "2002" and found the "Betty C. Seaver" entry.   I searched for "betty c." and "seaver" and it did not find it, but it did find "c" and "seaver."  So they must have misindexed "Betty" but it prints out as "Betty C. Seaver."  Strange.

She's also the only one of my ancestors with an entry in the Social Security Application and Claims Index database on Ancestry.com.

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Surname Saturday - BLODGETT (England to colonial New England)

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 #2143 who is Ruth BLODGETT (1656-1695). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through three generations in this BLODGETT 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)

66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

132.  Simon Gates (1739-1803)
133.  Susanna Reed (1745-1833)

266.  Nathan Reed (1719-1802)
267.  Susanna Wood (1724-1780)

534.  Josiah Wood (1687-1753)
535.  Ruth Walker (1692-1752)

1070.  John Walker (1665-1699)
1071.  Ruth Kendall (1675-1730)

2142.  Thomas Kendall, born 10 January 1649 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 25 May 1730 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4284. Francis Kendall and 4285. Mary Tidd.  He married 1673 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2143.  Ruth Blodgett, born 28 December 1656 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 18 December 1695 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Thomas Kendall and Ruth Blodgett are:
*  Ruth Kendall (1675-1730), married (1) 1691 John Walker (1665-1699); (2) 1700 Henry Walker (1679-????).
*  Thomas Kendall (1677-1771), married 1701 Sarah Cheever (1686-1761).
*  Mary Kendall (1681-1760), married 1699 Joseph Whitmore (1671-1720).
*  Samuel Kendall (1682-1764), married (1) 1706 Elizabeth Pierce (1688-1742); (2) 1751 Mehitable Parker (1703-1755).
*  Ralph Kendall (1685-1753), married 1707 Abigail Carter (1690-????).
*  Eleazer Kendall (1687-1767), married (1) 1712 Hannah Howe (1683-1761); (2) 1767 Sarah LNU (1706-????).
*  Ephraim Kendall (1690-1728), married 1712 Judith Walker (1691-1742).
*  Jane Kendall (1692-1778), married 1712 Josepg Russell (1685-1763).
*  Jabez Kendall (1692-1725), married 1716 Rebecca Parker (1692-????).
*  child Kendall (1695-1695).

4286.  Samuel Blodgett, born before 12 July 1633 in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England; died 21 May 1720 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 13 December 1655 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
4287.  Ruth Eggleton, born before 08 November 1631 in Biddenden, Kent, England; died 14 October 1708 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 8574. Eggleton and 8575. Jane LNU.

Children of Samuel Blodgett and Ruth Eggleton are:
*  Ruth Blodgett (1656-1695), married 1673 Thomas Kendall (1649-1730).
*  Samuel Blodgett (1658-1743), married 1683 Huldah Simonds (1660-1746).
*  Thomas Blodgett (1661-1740), married 1685 Rebecca Tidd (1665-1750).
*  Susanna Blodgett (1665-1715), married 1685 James Simonds (1658-1717).
*  Sarah Blodgett (1668-1692), married 1687 John Hayward (1662-1718).
*  Mary Blodgett (1673-1752), married 1693 Joseph Richardson (1672-1754).
*  Martha Blodgett (1673-1710), married 1696 Joseph Winn (1671-1717).

8572.  Thomas Blodgett, born before 17 November 1604 in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England; died 07 August 1642 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 17144. Robert Bloggatt and 17145. Mary Whitlock.  He married before 1622 in probably Stowmarket, Suffolk, England.
8573.  Susanna LNU, born about 1600 in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England; died 10 February 1661 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Thomas Blodgett and Susanna are:
*  John Blodgett (1622-1632).
*  Nathaniel Blodgett (1628-1630).
*  Daniel Blodgett (1631-1672), married (1) 1653 Mary Butterfield (1630-1666); (2) 1669 Sarah Underwood (1641-????).
*  Samuel Blodgett (1633-1720), married 1655 Ruth Eggleton (1631-1708).
*  Susannah Blodgett (1637-1697), married 1655 Jonathan Thompson (1635-1691).
*  Thomas Blodgett (1639-1639).

Information about this BLODGETT family was obtained from:

*  Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), Volume 1, pages 324-326.

*  Edwin A. Blodgett, Ten Generations of Blodgetts In America (Barre, Vermont : Modern Printing Co, 1969).

*  Bradley Deforest Thompson & Franklin Condit Thompson, Blodget-Blodgett, Descendants of Thomas of Cambridge, Vols. 1-6 (Concord, New Hampshire: Self published, 1955), Volumes 1-2 accessed on FHL US/CAN Film 896,868 Items 2-3.

*  Massachusetts town vital records.

I have done no original research on this Blodgett line.

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Genealogy News Bytes - 10 August 2018

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

1)  News Articles:

*  Dutch Genealogy News for July 2018

*  New Jersey Digital Newspaper Project Receives Additional $219,609 Grant to Digitize Historical NJ Newspapers

*  Washington State Library Awarded $280,000 to Digitize Historic Newspapers

2)  New or Updated Record Databases:

*   New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 10 August 2018

*  Oxford burials join Deceased Online

*  Database of 620,000 First World War Personnel Files Completed to Mark Anniversary of Canada’s 100 Days

3)  Genealogy Education:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Family History Classes and Webinars for August 2018

* BYU Family History Library Webinar Series (August 2018)

*  Upcoming American Ancestors Webinar - Thursday, 16 August, 12 noon PDT:  Applying for Dual Citizsenship by Descent, by Rhonda Mcclure

*  Upcomiong Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 15 August, 11 a.m. PDT:  Untangle the Web of German Websites, by Teresa Steinkamp McMillin

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Genealogical Proof for the Novice Genealogist, by Annette Burke Lyttle

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  50 Websites To Find Vital Records, by Gena Philibert-Ortega

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Logic and deduction: Part of the Genealogical Proof Standard, by Shellee Morehead

*  Genealogy Journey's Podcast:  #57: International Travel and the Genealogist

*  Genealogy Gems Podcast:  Episode 220

*  Who Is Nicka Smith? YouTube:  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 64: Researching Beyond the Internet (Offline Research)

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube:  CanadaGen Study Group 1

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube:  WACKY Wednesday - What do you think?

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube:  Mondays with Myrt - 6 Aug 2018

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube: CanadaGen Study Group 2 - Passenger Records

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  Analyzing a Profile for Clues - Research over Caleb's Shoulders

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  Why are there Duplicate Sources on FamilySearch?

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  How to Find Records for Your Ancestors - Fanatical Fridays

*  Ancestral Findings YouTube:  AF-190: Not Getting Enough Responses to Your DNA Match Requests? Here’s How to Get More

*  Findmypast YouTube:  Family History Revelations | Findmypast Fridays 3 August 2018

*  The In-Depth Genealogist YouTube:  An interview with Toni Carrier

*  The NextGen Genealogy Network YouTube:  Faces of NextGen Live - Scott Fisher

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, August 10,  2018

*  AncestryDNA’s Summer Sale!

5)  DNA Success Stories:

*  23andMe Helps Adoptee Find Biological Family

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 7 August 2018?

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 10 August 2018

I received this information from Findmypast today:

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday

There are over 222,000 new records and newspapers available to search this Findmypast Friday.

 Irish Officers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919

Search over 1,000 records to learn more about the Irish officers who died in the First World War. Discover where and when an officer died, as well as the cause of death. You may also uncover details of an officer's family and pre-war life.

Originally published in 1916 as Our Heroes, this book covered the period August 1914 to July 1916. It contained photographs, with biographical notes, of officers of Irish regiments and Irish officers of British regiments who had fallen in action, or who had been mentioned for Distinguished Conduct. Also included in this volume is a brief history of the chief events of the Great War (to July 1916) in which Irish regiments were engaged.

Honourable Women of the Great War, 1914-1918

Discover your female ancestor who served during the First World War with this 215 page publication. Learn about the wartime activities your ancestor was involved in as well as her pre-war life. You may also find a photograph of your ancestor. Each search result includes both a transcript and an image of the original document.

British Subjects Who Died In The Service Of The Indian Empire

Uncover the stories of British subjects who died in the service of the Indian Empire. This collection contains over 1,100 records and each result includes both a transcript and an image of the original document. Records will reveal a combination of the individual's name, birth and death years, rank, regiment, and service history.

Airmen Died in The Great War, 1914-1919

Discover your relative in this index of airmen who died during the First World War. Discover your relative's name, birth and death years, cause of death, rank, and more.

These records come from the Naval & Military Press. The service branches designated in this collection are as follows: Australian Flying Corps, Miscellaneous Airmen Casualties, Pre-War Casualties, Royal Air Force, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service, United States Air Service Casualties Attached to the Royal Fighting Corps/Royal Air Force, US Navy Casualties, and Women's Royal Air Force.

Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards

Over 58,000 additional records have been added to the collection. The new additions cover recipients of the Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Medal, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Distinguished Service Order and Commando Gallantry awards.

British Newspapers

This week we've added 144,026 pages to our archive of British newspapers, tipping the total to over twenty-seven million pages. Additional years have been added to five of our existing titles, including:

• Liverpool Echo - 1989-1990

• The Newcastle Journal - 1992

• The Music Hall and Theatre Review - 1908-1909, 1912

• The Scottish Referee - 1893, 1895-1896, 1899

• The Wicklow People - 1914, 1917-1929, 1931-1976, 1986-2001

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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 238: #363 Mary (Hawkins) Tracy (1710-1767) of Providence County, Rhode Island

Mary Hawkins (1710-1767) is #363 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandmother, who married #362 John Tracy (1695-1751) in 1728 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter, #181 Deborah Tracy (1730-after 1800)  who married #180 Simon Wade (1731-after 1800)  in 1763.

*   their son, #90 Simon Wade (1767-1857) who married #91 Phebe Horton (1772 - after 1820) in 1790.

*  their daughter #45 Miranda Wade (1804-1850) , who married #44 Jonathan White (1803-1850) in 1824.

*  their son #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) who married #23 Amy Oatley (1826-1864) in 1844.

*  their daughter #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913) who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.

*  their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.

*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) 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:                       Mary Hawkins[1–3]    

*  Sex:                            Female    

*  Father:                       William Hawkins (1676-1752)    

*  Mother:                      Mary --?-- (1688-    )  

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                         about 1710, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[1]    

*  Death:                        1767 (about age 57), Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[1]

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

*  Spouse 1:                 John Tracy (1695-1751)    

*  Marriage 1:              2 January 1727/8 (about age 33), Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[1-3]   

*  Child 1:                   John Tracy (1728-    )    

*  Child 2:                   Deborah Tracy (1730-1800)    

*  Child 3:                   Prince Tracy (1730-    )    

*  Child 4:                   Mary Tracy (1732-    )    

*  Child 5:                   Sarah Tracy (1735-    )    

*  Child 6:                   Eve Tracy (1738-    )    

*  Child 7:                   Adam Tracy (1742-    )    

*  Child 8:                   Olive Tracy (1744-    )    

*  Child 9:                   Lois Tracy (1746-1790)  

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

Information about the John Tracy family was obtained from:

Sherman Wild Tracy, The Tracy Genealogy; Being Some of the Descendants of Stephen Tracy of Plymouth Colony, 1623 (Rutland, Vt.. : The Tuttle Publishing Company, 1936)[1].

Mary Hawkins was born in about 1710 in Providence, the daughter of William and Mary (--?--) Hawkins of Providence, the first child of six.  There are no available birth or baptism records for any of the children.   There are no probate records for William or Mary (--?--) Hawkins.

Mary married John Tracy on 2 January 1727/8 in Providence, Rhode Island, which was recorded in the Providence town records[1-3].   John Tracy (1695-1751) was the son of John and Deborah (--?--) Tracy of Providence.  The marriage record says:

"TRACY, John, and Mary Hawkins; m. by Elisha Knowlton, Justice, Jan. 2, 1727-8."

John and Mary (Hawkins) Tracy had nine children between 1729 and 1751.  All births were recorded in the Providence town records.  The Tracy book[1] lists them as:

- John b. 20 January 1728-29; m. Eunice Jenks

- Deborah b. 20 Feb 1730-31; m. 1750 or 1760 Mr. Wade of Foster, RI

- Prince, b. 20 Feb 1730-31. Went to Maryland or Pennsylvania.

- Mary b. 22 March 1732-33; d. probably young

- Sarah b. 18 May 1735; m. 1 - Peter Smith; 2 - Sewell Hewitt. (Lived a widow at Clarksburg, Massachusetts 1812)

- Eve b. 14 May 1738; d. probably young

- Adam b. 27 May 1742; d. probably young

- Olive b. 27 August 1744; unm. 1812, d. at Providence (Johnston 1812-1820). 

- Lois, b. 18 October 1746; d. 1790

John bought land in 1728 and 1730 from William Hawk [probably Hawkins, Mary's father][1]. He was a farmer. John and Mary (Hawkins)Tracy lived in what is now Johnston, Rhode Island. 

John Tracy died in about 1751, and he left no probate records.  Mary died in about 1767, probably in Providence[1].  There are no death records in the Providence town records for them.  There are no burial records available, since they were probably buried on a family farm.  There are no probate records for either John or Mary Tracy in the Providence County, Rhode Island probate court records.

 

5)  SOURCES

1. Sherman Wild Tracy, The Tracy Genealogy; Being Some of the Descendants of Stephen Tracy of Plymouth Colony, 1623 (Rutland, Vt.. : The Tuttle Publishing Company, 1936), page 32, John Tracy sketch.

2. "Rhode Island, Vital Records Extracts, 1636-1899," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Vol. 2: Providence County Births, Marriages, Deaths, Providence Marriages, page 188, John Tracy and Mary Hawkins marriage entry.

3. "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," indexed database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Mary Hawkins and John Tracy entry.

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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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Seavers in the News -- Walter Enwright Seaver Receives Testimonials in 1935

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, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from the The Boston (Mass.] Globe newspaper dated 5 September 1935:

The transcription of this article is:

"DINNER TO WALTER ENWRIGHT SEAVER MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HOTEL LENOX

"Walter Enwright Seaver, managing director of Hotel Lenox, youngest head of a metropolitan hotel, was honored at a testimonial dinner in the main dining room of Hotel Lenox last night by nearly 300 prominent hotel men, business and political leaders of Greater Boston and other parts of New England.

" One of the highlights was the fact emphasized that Mr. Seaver, while being toasted, did not forget his closest friend and the man who always recognized his efforts and was responsible for much of his success, the late Lerman C. Prior, former manager of the Lenox.

"Toastmaster D.J. Kelley, a Boston attorney introduced Frank Sawyer, who in behalf of the guests, presented Mr. Seaver a wrist watch.

"  Mr. Seaver asked the gathering to give a silent toast to the memory of their late associate, Mr. Prior, and in his address paid a fine tribute to Mr. Prior and what he meant to the hotel fraternity of New England.

"Other speakers were Bradbury F. Cushing, manager of Hotel Statler; Emil Coulton, manager of the Touraine and director of a chain of hotels; George H. Clark, publisher of the Hotel and Travel News; Capt. Percy Skillings of Station 16, and Roscoe H. Prior.

"Manager Seaver has been in the hotel business since he was a boy.  He was born in Boston, son of the late Louis A. Seaver, a member of an old New England family and an actor with the Daly Company.  In 1908, Walter Seaver went to work during his Summer school vacation at Hotel Lenox.  Later, while a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he continued during his spare hours at the Lenox.  He enlisted with the 101st Company, Yankee Division, and served with the Headquarters Company during the World War.  He was a member of the First Corps Cadets prior to the entry of the Cadets into the Yankee Division.  He served overseas.

"When L.C. Prior took over the Brunswick and established a cafeteria, Mr. Seaver went on a tour of inspection of the best cafeterias in the country, bringing back the newest and most approved ideas.  After a period at the Brunswick, he returned to manager of Hotel Lenox, under Managing Director Prior.  He is married and has three children.  His home is at Hosmer ter., Newton.

"Guests last evening included representatives of the New England Hotel Men's Association, Massachusetts State Hotel Association, and City of Boston Hotel Men's Association, in which organizations the honor guest is an active member.  Others at the dinner were A. Morandi Bartlett, Harry Huntt, J. Howard Bushway, Malcolm Jenney, Cleveland Ballou, Claude S. Hartwell, Henry Halper, Joseph Halper, Willard Davis, Harold R. Dolby, Ben Levias, E.J. Goulston, Stanley Tower, Walter Osterstock, Dr. Charles Grapek, Carl C. Place, and Albert Duplain.

"The committee on arrangements included Arthur J. Moran, Richard McCarthy of the Internal Revenue Department, former hotel man; Byron O. Roth, J. Freeman Marston, and Edward Douglass."

The source citation for this article is:

"DINNER TO WALTER ENWRIGHT SEAVER MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HOTEL LENOX" The Boston [Mass.] Globe newspaper, 5 September 1935, page 17, column 2, Walter Enwright Seaver article; digital image, Newspapers.com   (www.newspapers.com :  accessed 9 August 2018).

The article provides one clue about Walter's ancestry - his father was the late Louis A. Seaver.  It also gives one clue for his birth date - in 1908 he was a student after finishing school.  I guessed that he was born in about 1890.

I searched my RootsMagic family tree database for Walter Enwright Seaver and did not find him.  I searched for Louis A. Seaver and did not find him either.  I searched on Ancestry for Walter Seaver in Massachusetts born in about 1890, and easily found the 1900 and 1910 U.S. Census records that included Walter E. Seaver in the Louis and Margaret Seaver family in Boston, along with four siblings.  There were "Suggested Records" on Ancestry for each of the family members. 

I was able to add Walter's family (with his wife and three children), the Louis Seaver family (with wife and five children), to my RootsMagic family tree.  Louis A. Seaver (as "Seaberg") married Margaret Enwright in  1883 in Boston. Louis Seaver (1856-1918) was the son of Frederick R. and Mary Augusta (Hobart) Seaber of Boston.  Frederick R. Seaver was born in Prussia according to the census and vital records I reviewed.  The statement that Louis was "...a member of an old New England family..." was likely based on his mother's Hobart and Terry ancestry.

So I am not a cousin of Walter Enwright Seaver, through his Seaver ancestry, but I may be through his Hobart ancestry.

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