I have posted over 500 genealogical sketches of my ancestors back through the 7th great-grandparents - see the list in 52 Ancestors Biographies.
I am starting a new weekly series called "52 Relatives" to document the lives of siblings of my ancestors with relatively short sketches with events and source citations. They deserve a sketch also - they were part of the lives of my ancestors. I will post the sketches on my Ancestry Member Tree and in the FamilySearch Family Tree.
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Elizabeth Lucinda Seaver was born on 26 Mar 1859 in Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[1] She was the third child and first daughter of Isaac and Lucretia Townsend (Smith) Seaver.
In the 1860 census, the Isaac Seaver family resided in Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The household included[2]:
* Isaac Seaver 3rd -- age 36, male, blacksmith, $1800 in real property, $600 in personal property, born MAShe appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1865 in Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. The 1865 Massachusetts State Census entry for the Isaac Seaver family includes[3]:
* Lucretia Seaver -- age 32, female, born MA
* Juliette G. Seaver -- age 13, female, born MA, attended school
* Frank W. Seaver -- age 8, male, born MA, attended school
* Benjamin Seaver -- age 6, male, born MA, attended school
* Elizabeth L. Seaver -- age 1, female, born MA.
* Isaac Seaver - age 41, male, born Westminster, Mass., married, a blacksmith, ratable polls checked, legal voter checked
* Lucretia T. Seaver - age 37, female, born Medfield, Mass., married, a housekeeper
* Juliet G. Seaver - age 17, female, born Westminster, Mass., single, a domestic
* Frank W. Seaver - age 13, male, born Medfield, Mass.
* Benjamin Seaver - no age, male, born Medfield, Mass.
* Lizzie L. Seaver - age 6, female, born Westminster, Mass.
* Nellie M. Seaver - age 4, female, born Westminster, Mass.
In the 1870 US census, the Isaac Seaver family resided in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The household included[4]:
* Isaac Seaver -- age 46, male, white, works in a fork shop, $2000 in real property, $1500 in personal property, born MA
* Lucretia D. Seaver -- age 42, female, white, keeping house, born MA
* Frank W. Seaver -- age 18, male, white, attends school, born MA
* Benjamin Seaver -- age 16, male, white, attends school, born MA
* Elizabeth Seaver -- age 11, female, white, attends school, born MA
* Ellen M. Seaver -- age 8, female, white, attends school, born MA
Elizabeth Lucinda Seaver and Frederick George Blanchard were married on 1 Jan 1878 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[7]. Frederick George Blanchard, son of John Blanchard and Elizabeth J. Kenedy, was born on 6 Feb 1847 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
Frederick George Blanchard and Elizabeth Lucinda Seaver had the following children:
i Frederick Thomas Blanchard, born 24 Sep 1878, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; married Mary Helen Webster, 21 Dec 1912, San Diego, California, United States; died 3 Feb 1947, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States.
ii Laurence Cleveland Blanchard, born 29 May 1888, National City, San Diego, California, United States; married Vivienne DeEtte Pettit, 12 Nov 1920, Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States; died 2 Jul 1945, San Mateo, California, United States.
iii Kenneth L. Blanchard was born on 18 May 1891 in National City, San Diego, California, United States. He died on 14 Dec 1918 at the age of 27 in France.
iv Elizabeth Blanchard was born about 1894 in National City, San Diego, California, United States. She died on 13 Jun 1895 at the age of 1 in National City, San Diego, California, United States.
In the 1880 United States census, this family resided in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts . The household included[8]:
* Frederick G. Blanchard - white, male, age 33, married, a farmer, born MA, parents born MA/Scotland
* Elizabeth L. Blanchard - white, female, age 21, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, parents born MA/MA
* Frederick T. Blanchard - white, male, age 1, son, single, born MA, parents born MA/MA
* Margaret J. Blanchard - white, female, age 20, sister, single, born MA, parents born MA/Scotland
* Michael Costello - white, male, age 37, servant, single, a farm laborer, born Ireland, parents born Ireland/Ireland
* Hugh St. Grail - white, male, age 29, boarder, single, a farm laborer, born Ireland, parents born Ireland/Ireland.
In the 1900 United States census, this family resided in National township, San Diego County, California. The household included[9]:
* Frederick G. Blanchard - head of household, white, male, born Feb 1847, age 53, married, for 22 years, born MA, parents born MA/Scotland, a tree farmer, rents a home
* Elizabeth L. Blanchard - wife of head, white, female, born Mch 1859, age 41, married, for 22 years, 4 children born, 3 living, born MA, parents born MA/MA
* Frederick T. Blanchard - son, white, male, born Sept 1878, age 21, single, born MA, parents born MA/MA, a school teacher
* Lawrence C. Blanchard - son, white, male, born May 1888, age 12, single, born CA, parents born MA/MA, at school
* Kenneth L. Blanchard - son, white, male, born May 1891, age 9, single, born CA, parents born MA/MA
In the 1910 United States census, this family resided in National township, San Diego County, California. The household included:
* Frederick G. Blanchard - head of household, white, male, age 63, married, for 32 years, born MA, parents born MA/Scotland, a pruner, works in orchard, rents a home
* Elizabeth L. Blanchard - wife of head, white, female, age 51, married, for 32 years, 4 children born, 3 living, born MA, parents born MA/MA
* Frederick T. Blanchard - son, white, male, age 31, single, born MA, parents born MA/MA, an instructor, works in high school
* Lawrence C. Blanchard - son, white, male, age 22, single, born CA, parents born MA/MA, an electrician, works on power lines
* Kenneth L. Blanchard - son, white, male, age 19, single, born CA, parents born MA/MA, a bookkeeper, works for book company
An obituary for Elizabeth (Seaver) Blanchard was published in the "National City News" weekly newspaper on 14 March 1914, page 5. It reads:
"BLANCHARD. At National City March 10, 1914, Elizabeth E. Blanchard wife of F.G. Blanchard of National city and mother of Frederick T. Blanchard of Berkeley Cal., and Lawrence C. and Kenneth L. Blanchard of National city, a native of Massachusetts, aged 54 years, 11 months, 12 days. Funeral services were held at the family residence at National City Thursday, at 2:30 o'clock p.m. Rev. E.S. Hill will officiate. Interment at La Vista cemetery."
In the 1920 United States census, this family resided in National City, San Diego County, California at 1848 I Avenue. The household included[10]:
* Frederick G. Blanchard - head of household, white, male, age 72, widowed, born MA, parents born MA/Scotland, no occupation, owns home free of mortgage.
* Lawrence C. Blanchard - son, white, male, age 31, single, born CA, parents born MA/MA, no occupation
The story of this family, and a tragic end for son Kenneth, is told in this article at http://www.calegionpost255.org/content.php?id=2.
"At a meeting held December 8, 1921 the name of the Post was changed to Kenneth L. Blanchard Post 255 in honor of a National City young man who paid the supreme sacrifice.
"THE BLANCHARD FAMILY (source unknown): Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick G. Blanchard came to National City from Boston in 1888. They lived for a long time in the house known as the “Blanchard House” on Tenth Street, near where the Luther Harris family lived. They brought their son Frederick with them and later added 2 more boys: Lawrence and Kenneth, and then a dear little girl who soon left them for a home in another world. Mr. Frederick Blanchard was an expert gardener. He loved to trim rosebushes and other shrubs and was quite probably the first expert gardener in National City. But there were not enough gardens here to keep him busy, so he decided to try his skill on lemons and other fruit trees. He may even have pruned the orchard at the head of Paradise Valley which D.E. Strahl planted, the first orange orchard on the Rancho de la Nacion, which was later purchased by Mr. Owens and by the way of Miss Owens finally became the property of Joseph Fritz - her husband and one of our former National City Councilmen (the oranges originally were all seedlings). However that may be, Mr. Frederick Blanchard made pruning his steady occupation and so well was his work done, that he was called further and further away from home, with more to do than he could take care of, until added years forced him to confine his activities to his own large garden east of Highland, near where the Coreys lived.
"After Mrs. Blanchard died, Mr. Frederick Blanchard lived alone and went nowhere except very rarely to Coronado where he visited Mrs. David Webster whose daughter Mary was married to his son Fred (Professor Fred Blanchard, former head of the English department at the University of California, Los Angeles branch). After son Lawrence and his wife returned from Australia and added Jane to their family, they were very good to the old gentleman (Mr. Frederick Blanchard) in every way, until death called him. Son Lawrence was always an electrical genius.
"When the nation called for volunteers, he was taking a post-graduate course in electricity at U.C. while son Kenneth was studying to be a lawyer. Both dropped everything and enlisted - going over with one of the first hospital units. ‘Over there’ they made good, and were promoted several times -- son Kenneth always just a jump ahead. When son Lawrence had almost completed an electrical circuit connecting the various posts in France, a bomb sliver struck him over one eye, causing him to lose his sight. In addition to this, he had several times been gassed. In spite of this, he was made head of the auto division receiving the foreign dignitaries who came to Paris to sign up for the armistice, etc. Later, son Lawrence coming home by way of Gibraltar was in charge of a division of soldiers.
"Son Kenneth had been put in charge of a hospital in France and would have to wait 2 years before coming home. He was suddenly taken with pneumonia in a violent form and in a few days had answered to the last roll call. This is the Kenneth Blanchard after whom the local Post is named."
SOURCES:
1. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," indexed database and digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Births: Volume 125, Page 251, Elizabeth Lucinda Seaver entry, 26 March 1859.
2. 1860 United States Federal Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Westminster: Page 94, dwelling #354, family #386, Isaac Seaver household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 531).
3. "Massachusetts, State Census, 1865", Worcester County, Westminster, Page 30 (penned), Dwelling #272, family #310, Isaac Seaver household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org).
4. 1870 United States Federal Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Leominster: Page 284, dwelling #398, family #526, Isaac Seaver household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 654.
5. "California Death Index, 1905-1939." online database, FamilySearch (https://www.FamilySearch.org), Elizabeth L. Blanchard entry, 10 March 1914.
6. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image, (http://www.findagrave.com), La Vista Memorial Park, National City, Calif., Elizabeth Lucindy Seaver Blanchard memorial #29463090.
7. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors, Marriages: Volume 300, Page 224, Worcester County, Leominster, 1878, Frederick G. Blanchard and Elizabeth L. Seaver entry, 1 January 1878.
8. 1880 United States Federal Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Harvard: Enumeration District 810, Sheet 247B, Dwelling #219, Family #248, Frederick Blanchard household; online image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Series T9, Roll 563.
9. 1900 United States Federal Census, San Diego County, California, National township: Enumeration District 187, Sheet 5B, House #141, Family #142, Frederick Blanchard household; National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, Roll 99.
10. 1920 United States Federal Census, San Diego County, California, population schedule, National City, ED 245, Page 4B, dwelling #104, family #107, Frederick G. Blanchard household, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 April 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T625, Roll 130.
NOTE: Elizabeth Lucinda (Seaver) Blanchard (1859-1914) is my great-grandaunt.
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