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 Detroit Free Press newspaper dated Tuesday, 9 December 1980, Page 33, Column 9:
The transcription of the article is:
"SEAVER
"LESLIE L., suddenly, Dec. 8. Beloved husband of Hilda M.; father of Barbara Gist and J.R. Seaver; also survived by one brother and three sisters; grandfather of Pamela and Jacqueline Seaver. Funeral from A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Home (McInnes-Desmond Chapel), 16111 Woodward, Wednesday at 1 p.m."
The source citation is:
"Seaver, Leslie L." Detroit [Mich.] Free Press newspaper, Tuesday, 9 December 1980, page 33, column 9, Leslie L. Seaver death notice; imaged, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 21 October 2024).
This obituary provides a short summary of the family of Leslie L. Seaver, without any information about his age, residence, employment or associations.
Leslie L. Seaver (1906-1980) was born 1 September 1906 in Hickman, Tennessee, the son of James Leslie and Ada Amelia (Coleman) Seaver. He died 8 December 1980 in Highland Park, Michigan. Leslie married Hilda Mae Handback (1916-1993) on 10 June 1939 in Lawrence County, Tennessee. They had at least two children:
* James Reese Seaver (1940-2007), married Catherine --?--.
* Barbara Seaver (????-????), married --?-- Gist.
Leslie L. Seaver (1906-1980) is not a Seaver cousin to my knowledge - he is descended from Henry and Elizabeth (--?--) Seaver who settled in Virginia in 1770.
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 has a short death notice with little information. I am glad that I can honor Leslie L.. 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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