Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Where Were Your Ancestors 150 Years Ago?

 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)  Determine where your ancestral families were in May 1876 -- 150 years ago.

2)  List them, their family members, their birth years, and their residence location (as close as possible).  

3)  Share your information about your ancestors' locations in your own blog post, writing a comment on this blog post, or put it in a Substack post, Facebook Note, or some other social media system.  Please leave a comment on this post so others can find it.

Here's mine:

On my father's side:

• My great-grandparents Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) and Hattie Louisa (Hildreth) Seaver (1857-1920), who married in 1874, resided in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts at 149 Lancaster Street, living with Hattie's family. My grandfather Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) was born in late 1876.

• My second great-grandparents, Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) and Lucretia Townsend (Smith) Seaver (1828-1884), who married in 1851, resided in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts at 7 Cedar Street. The household included their son Benjamin and daughters Nellie and Elizabeth.

• My second great-grandparents, Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) and Sophia (Newton) Hildreth (1834-1923), who married in 1852, resided in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts at 149 Lancaster Street. The household included my great-grandparents and Hattie's brother Clarence Hildreth (1874-1878).

• My third great-grandmother, Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone (1797-1882), probably resided in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, perhaps with her daughter Sophia (Newton) Hildreth's family.

• My great-grandparents Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) and Julia E. (White) Richmond (1848-1913), who married in 1868, probably resided in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut -- i don't know the address. The household included three of their first four children.

• My second great-grandparents, James Richmond (1821-1912) and Hannah (Rich) Richmond (1824-1911), who married in 1845, resided in Putnam, Windham, Connecticut on what is now called Richmond Road. The household included some of their children.

• My second great-grandparents, Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) and his second wife Almira (Taft) White (1842-1947), who married in 1866, resided in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut.

On my mother's side:

• My second great-grandparents, David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902) and Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer (1832-1901), who married in 1851, resided in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado. The household included my great-grandfather, Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946) and his brother Harvey Edgar Carringer (1852-1946).

• My third great-grandfather, Henry Carringer (1800-1879) probably resided in Columbus City, Louisa, Iowa on his farm with some of his children.

• My second great-grandparents, Devier James Lamphier Smith (1839-1894) and Abigail A. (Vaux) Smith (1844-1931), who married in 1861,  resided in Concordia, Cloud, Kansas. The household included my great-grandmother, Abbie Ardell Smith (1862-1944) and several other children.

• My third great-grandparents, Samuel Vaux (1816-1880) and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux, wgo married in abo ut 1837, probably resided in Platte, Andew, Missouri. The household may have included some of their children.

• My second great-grandparents, David Auble (1817-1894) and Sarah (Knapp) Auble (1818-after 1900), who married in 1844, resided in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana at 411 Chestnut Street. The household included my great-grandfather, Charles Auble (1849-1916) and several other children.

• My third great-grandmother, Sarah (Cutter) Knapp (1785-1878) resided in New Barbadoes, Bergen, New Jersey with her son, Manning Knapp.

• My second great-grandfather, James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902) resided in or near Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario. His first wife died in 1874 and he married again in late 1876. The household included my great-grandmother Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952) and several other children.

• My third great-grandparents, Alexander Sovereen (1814-1907) and Eliza (Putman) Sovereen (1820-1895), wh married in 1840, resided in Windham, Norfolk, Ontario, probably with some of their children.

I think that's all of my ancestors alive in 1876 -- one grandparent, eight great-grandparents, fourteen second great-grandparents, and seven third great-grandparents. Note that they resided in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Indiana, New Jersey and Ontario.

I wonder how they celebrated the 100th Anniversary of American Independence.

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