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 Bangor [Me.] Daily News newspaper dated Tu esday, 28 July 1981, Page 22, Column 1:
The transcription of the article is:
"MRS. ALLEN R. SEAVER
BUCKSPORT and VERONA
"Madelyn P. Seaver, 77, died July 25, 1981, following a long illness in a Brewer convalescent home. She was born in Castine March 6, 1904, the daughter of Joseph and Helen (Staples) Peterson. She is survived by several cousins, including Mrs. Ruby Gourley of Bucksport, Kate M. Peterson of Portland. Graveside services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Castine Cemetery with the Rev. Marie Cook officiating. Arrangements by Mitchell-Tweedie Funeral Home, Bucksport."
The source citation is:
"Mrs. Allen R. Seaver, Bucksport and Verona" The Bangor [Me.] Daily News newspaper, Sunday, 28 July 1981, page22, column 1, obituary of Madelyn P. Seaver; imaged, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 20 January 2024).
This obituary is fairly sparse - providing the married name, age, death date and place, birth place and date, names of her parents and siblings, but not her spouse.
Madelyn S. Peterson was born 6 March 1904 in Castine, Maine, the daughter of Joseph and Helen (Staples) Peterson. She died 25 July 1981 in Brewer, Maine. Madelyn was married to Alexander J. Markson before 1951 when she received a divorce. She married Allen Roby Seaver (1887-1968) on 12 April 1951 in Trenton, Maine, as his third wife. They had no children together.
Allen Roby Seaver (1887-1968) is my 8th cousin 2x removed. Our common Seaver ancestry is my 9th great-grandfather, Robert Seaver (1608-1683).
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 relatively sparse obituary. I am glad that I can honor Madelyn S. (Peterson) (Markson) Seaver (1893-1981) 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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