Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Compendium of Family Biographies, Stories and Videos For My Wife's Leland Line

 My wife Linda Joan (Leland) Seaver has an interesting ancestry but there were only a few family stories handed down by her grandparents and parents over the years.  She is the daughter of Leo Severt Leland (1911-2002) and Edna May Schaffner (1913-1979) and was born and educated in San Francisco, California, and became an elementary school teacher.  In 1967, she moved to the San Diego, California area, and married Randall J. Seaver in 1970.

Over decades, I have searched for her ancestry, and found quite a bit of information about her ancestral families.  Over the past year, I have written and published genealogical sketches for each couple in her ancestry back through the 2nd great-grandparents (with the exception of her parents). From the genealogical sketches have come AI-assisted biographies based solely on the ssketches, and from the biographies have come AI-assisted ancestor life memoirs and stories for each couple.

The purpose of this blog post is to collect the information for each family line in one compendium for Linda's Leland ancestral families:

1)  Parents, Leo Severt Leland (1911-2002) and Edna May (Schaffner) Leland (1913-1979):

  • Genealogical Sketch:  pending
2)  Grandparents Severt Oliver Leland (1878-1940) and Amelia Anna (Brocke) Leland (1884-1975):
3)  Great-grandparents Torger Sjursen Leland (1850-1933) and Anna Ellingsdatter (Natvig) Leland (1853-1911):

4)  Great-grandparents John Nicholas Brocke (1855-1938) and Anna (Grieser) Brocke (1859-1936):
5)  2nd Great-grandparents Sjur Torgersen Leland (1804-1889) and Brita (Olksdatter) Leland (1818-1895):

6)  2nd Great-grandparents Elling Eriksen Natvig (1820-1896) and Anna (Elligsdatter) Natvig (1812-1901):
7)  2nd Great-grandparents John Peter Brocke (1826-1891) and Christina (Webber) Brocke (1831-1914):


First Updated:  1 June 2026
Last Updated:  2 June 2026

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