Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Genealogy Education Bytes - 1 to 7 September 2022

Welcome to Genealogy Education Bytes, posted on Wednesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history education  items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    


1)  Upcoming Conferences and Institutes








2 ) Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):


*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 7 September, 11 a.m.:  mtDNA and YDNA in 2022, by Diahan Southard.

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 9 September, 7:15 a.m.:  Delivering the Mail: Records of the United States Post Office, by Michael L. Strauss.

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 9 September, 8:30 a.m.:  What’s Next When You Are Told Those Records Were “Burnt up” by J. Mark Lowe.

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 9 September, 9:45 a.m.:  An introduction to Filae: the largest source of French archives, by Emmanuel Condamine.

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 9 September, 11 a.m.:  Understanding and Using Scottish Kirk Session Records, by Paul Milner.

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinars - Wednesday, 14 September, 5 p.m.:  Michigan: An Upper Midwest Researcher’s Dream, by Paula Stuart-Warren.

3)  Podcasts/Radio Shows:




4)  YouTube and Facebook Videos:





*  Family History Fanatics:  Find and DELETE Floating Trees from Ancestry










5) 5)   Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy Education Bytes - 25 to 31 August 2022?

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Randy and Two Grandkids on the Balboa Park Railroad in 2006 -- Post 733 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

  I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post! This is one of my favorite photographs:

In June 2006, daughter Lori brought her son Lucas (age 2+), and daughter Tami brought her 16 month old daughter.  We went to Balboa Park and visited the zoo, and then we took a ride on the miniature railroad next to the merry-go-round.  It just goes around in one big circle, but the chug-a chug-a is there and the whistle and folks waving along the edges.  I was riding this train when I was a boy!  That's me in the blue hat trying to keep the grandkids from falling out, and Lori in the seat ahead of me.  Tami probably took the photo.  

This is all part of our family history!  

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Genealogy News Bytes - 31 August to 6 September 2022

 Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news  items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    


1)  News Articles:





2)  New or Updated Record Collections:












3)  Did you miss the last post in this series - see Genealogy News Bytes - 30 August 2022.

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Seavers in the News -- James J. Seaver (1900-1967) Died in 1967 in San Lorenzo, California

 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 Jacksonvile [Ill.] Daily Journal newspaper dated 4 January 1967, page 24:

The transcription of the article is:

"James Seaver, Former Local Resident, Dies

"James J. Seaver of San Lorenzo, Calif., passed away unexpectedly late Wednesday at Memorial Hospital in San Lorenzo.  He was 66.

"Included among survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Rosalie Hofmann and Mrs. Pat French, both of Jacksonville; two sons, James and William, living in California; three sisters:  Mrs. Christina Weatherford, Mrs. Dale Bond, and Mrs. Katherine Wright, all of Jacksonville; one brother, Nick Seaver of Chicago Heights and several grandchildren.

"Funeral services will be held in California.  Arrangements are incomplete."

The source citation is:

"James Seaver, Former Local Resident, Dies" The Jacksonville [Ill.] Daily Journal newspaper, Friday, 4 August 1967, page 24, column 3, James J. Seaver obituary; Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 5 September 2022).

This obituary identifies his age, residence, death date and place, and children's  and sibling's names, but no spouse, occupation and church association information.

James Joseph Seaver was born 30 November 1900 in Morgan County, Illinois.  He married (1) Leila N. Green (1905-1995) on 18 November 1921 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois.  James Seaver died 2 August 1967 in San Lorenzo, Alameda County, California.  He and Leila had four children:

*  Mary Rosalea Seaver (1922-2012), married William Arlington Hoffman (1920-1969).
*  James Andrew Seaver (1924-2009), married (1) Julia Vivian Murphy (1915-1986); (2) 1986 Thelma Muriel (1919-2007).
*  Patricia Jane Seaver (1925-1999), married (1) John R. Harmon (1919-2009).; (2) Mr. French.
*  William Joseph Seaver (1930-2007), married 1948 Dorothy Marie Minor (1928-2007).

James Joseph Seaver married (2) Helen Heiman (1916-1994).

I am not related to James Joseph Seaver (1900-1967) as far as I know.  He is descended from Thomas Joseph Seaver (1811-1893), born in Ireland.  
 
There are over 10,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this was one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person dies in a far way place.  I am glad that I can honor James Joseph 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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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Newspapers.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.


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Monday, September 5, 2022

Labor Day - "There are things that happen in a second that take a lifetime to explain"

 It's Labor Day in the USA, and I thought somebody (my readers? my kids? my friends?) might be interested in my job history. It is really a short list over a long period of time!

1) My first job was as a newspaper delivery person - a paper boy. I was 11 when my friend Gordon McLennan and I got a route for the twice-weekly San Diego Independent  newspaper.  Our route was between 32nd Street and 34th Street, and Juniper Street to Laurel Street, in the North Park area of San Diego. We held this job for about six months, delivering papers on Thursday and Sunday mornings to subscribers, using bicycles and flexies (Flexible Flyers, like a sled, but with wheels and steering bar) to throw them on porches. The highlight each month was collecting the 35 cents subscription fees from the subscribers - we got stiffed a lot for what they considered a throw-away newspaper.

2) My second job was an extension of the first - my brother and I had a San Diego Independent  newspaper route for about five years, but closer to home (28th Street to Fern Street, Date Street to Fir Street, 10 blocks, about 100 addresses). We got really good at doing this job through experience, got to know our customers, and made some pocket money. The customer that I remember is old Mr. Stoddard, who lived on Dale Street. He had his buddies over to play cards regularly, and when we came to collect, he would ask us in to show off what we learned. He actually paid us 25 cents or 50 cents each month to learn something new - the State Capitals, the National Parks, say the alphabet backwards, etc.  I can still say the alphabet backwards really fast.

3) I wrote about my first "real" regular paying job in the summer of 1963 with the San Diego Chargers in http://www.geneamusings.com/2007/10/my-first-real-job.html.

4) After three years at San Diego State University studying aerospace engineering, I got my first real "professional" job with Wagner Aircraft in San Diego in the summer of 1964 - I spent about three months there. This was a spinoff company (from Convair) trying to design and build a 25-seat commuter propeller-driven aircraft designed for small airfields. The innovative feature was a boundary layer control system that would permit takeoffs and landings at 60 miles/hour. I worked as an analyst doing aerodynamics analysis (aircraft performance, stability and control, etc.) with several veteran  aerodynamicists, including Bob Gusky, who would play a big role in my life a few years later.  This was an excellent basic job education and networking experience.

5) I went back to college (San Diego State University) in September 1964, and Wagner Aircraft folded before the summer of 1965. However, Sunrise Aircraft was formed with new investors and Fred Wagner at the helm, but with few of the Wagner Aircraft employees, and none of the aerodynamicists. I got a summer job there for 1965, doing essentially the same things I had done at Wagner in 1964. Larry F. was the only aerodynamicist at the time and he was happy to have someone help out. I stayed on as a part-time employee in late 1965, and then came on full-time in January 1966 after graduating from SDSU. In addition to the aerodynamics work, I picked up some of the Boundary Layer Control (BLC) work and traveled to Cambridge Mass. twice for model tests and technical discussions with DynaTech, a technical services company. In the end, I wrote a NASA Contractor's Report with the DynaTech people. Unfortunately, Sunrise Aircraft couldn't meet payroll in March 1967, and I kept working there for essentially promises (which never came about) until September.  Another excellent experience, more responsibility, and some travel.  Also - a lesson learned!  Don't work for promises!

This was the first real crisis in my life at age 23 - I had my own apartment, was living the good life, but now I had to move back in with my parents and borrow money from the bank. I applied for and received unemployment, started a job search, had several interviews, and finally accepted a job in Thousand Oaks Calif. with Northrop Ventura as an aerodynamicist. I was going to start on Monday, 24 October 1967. My plan was to live a month in a cheap motel, eat on my credit card, pay the bills with my first paychecks, and then get an apartment there.

My father had worked at Rohr Corporation in Chula Vista in the 1940's, and still had some contacts there in management, to whom he had given my resume. Bob Gusky was at Rohr then, and my resume passed his desk and he asked the employment folks to set up an interview. Gil (now one of my best friends) from Employment called on Friday morning, 21 October, and asked if I could come down the next week for an interview. I explained that I was starting at Northrop Ventura on Monday - could we do an interview on that Friday afternoon? The answer was yes - I put on my only suit and tie, drove down to Chula Vista (8 miles), interviewed, and was offered the job on the spot.  This is my first "There are things that happen in a second that take a lifetime to explain" moment.

6) I worked at Rohr Corporation (later Rohr Industries, Rohr Inc., then Aerostructures  Group of Goodrich in 1999, then a part of United Technologies in about 2010, and now another company) from October 1967 until I retired in August 2002.  I started as an Aerodynamicist (1967), then a Senior Aerodynamicist (1974), an Aero/Thermo  Group Engineer (1978), Chief of Aerodynamics (1984), Chief of Aerodynamics/Thermodynamics (1992) and finally as a Senior Staff Engineer (1997). 

The company, started in 1940 in Chula Vista, makes the pods around jet engines for commercial aircraft - the inlets, cowls, thrust reversers, nozzles, pylons, etc.  I became an expert in nacelle   aerodynamics; turbofan engine performance; thrust reverser design, performance and testing; fluid dynamics; aircraft performance; boundary layers; and FORTRAN programming. I worked on most of the commercial aircraft built by Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Airbus, and traveled all over the USA and Europe. It was a great 35-year career in a good company.

7) After being retired for two years (doing genealogy), I went back to Goodrich Aerostructures in August 2004 for two years as a Contract Engineer, since they needed experienced engineers working on the Boeing 787 nacelle design and analysis (shown above, the engine inlets, fan cowls, thrust reversers, nozzles, etc.).  I helped design and analyze all of the nacelle components.

8)  Genealogy research and Genea-blogging!  After the 2002 retirement, I joined the Board of Directors of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society and have served as Treasurer, First Vice-President - Programs, President, Research Chairman and Newsletter Editor (the last two are my present positions).  I started writing Genea-Musings on 15 April 2006.  This "job" included writing, speaking, attending conferences, teaching classes, consulting with genealogy companies, meeting lots of other enthusiastic and committed researchers and bloggers, etc.  I've never had so much fun!  

One of my favorite sayings is "There are things that happen in a second that take a lifetime to explain." This is certainly true for me - with my job search in 1967 (keeping me in San Diego), meeting my wife in 1968 (bringing me love and happiness), reading Roots in 1987 (getting into genealogy), retiring in 2002 and again in 2006 (giving me more time to do research, and starting to blog in April 2006 (becoming well-known in genealogy circles). 

What would my life have been like if Rohr had not called me on Friday, 21 October 1967? I really don't know. I would have worked in Thousand Oaks, perhaps met and married a woman near there, or perhaps moved on to Seattle, Long Beach, or some other aerospace center.  Would my daughters and grandchildren be as smart, beautiful, loving and fun as mine are (I personally think that this is Linda's fault!)?  Would I still be in my home town enjoying my family and friends?  Would I have become interested in genealogy in 1988 if my life course had been different?   Who knows!

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NOTE:  Reposted, but edited a bit, from 2013-2020.

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Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 5 September 2022

 Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week.  

1)  Hosted and moderated the Chula Vista General Meeting on Wednesday on Zoom to about 60 attendees.  Melissa Barker was the speaker on  "10 Things Genealogists Should Do Before Leaving a Library or Archives." 

2)  Watched the San Diego Genealogical Society DNA Interest Group meeting on Saturday on Zoom.  Colin Whitney presented his "Ancestry.com Update 2022."

3)  Added three Events, including Zoom links, to the CVGS website on Wild Apricot.  Also downloaded some of the file folders on Gary's OneDrive to the CVGS Google Drive account.  

4)  Worked on sorting out which Samuel Buck of Sutton, Massachusetts was the man who named three children in his 1760 will.  Made a list of candidate Samuel Bucks in or around Sutton from Worcester County Deeds on FamilySearch.  Reviewed about 10 of them, and found the first Samuel of Sutton was a cordwainer.  I need to do a list for Middlesex County too.

5)  Published a genealogy biography for the 52 Ancestors series for 7th great-grandmother  #715 Rachel (--?--) Allen (c1678-c1721) of Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

6) Transcribed a probate record document - 1876 Guardian's Petition for Annie Isabel Seaver (1857-1895) of Worcester County, Massachusetts  - for the Amanuensis Monday series. 

7)  Wrote down my struggles with uploading my RootsMagic tree to a new Ancestry Member Tree in  Rabbit Holes With Randy - TreeSharing My RootsMagic File With a New Ancestry Member Tree (Major Arrrgh!) and I'm still working on the last details.

8) AncestryDNA now has 40,833 DNA matches (up 33 from 29 August) for me today, with no new ThruLines.  MyHeritageDNA now has 10,680 DNA matches (up 25 from 29 August) for me, with no new Theories.  Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.  Added notes to 0 AncestryDNA matches. 

9)  There was one session working in the RootsMagic software program to match with and update FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for Seaver families and my ancestral families, with occasional additions to the RootsMagic profiles. I have matched 48,348 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 0).

10) Used Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and source citations to my RootsMagic profiles. I now have 69,953 persons in my RootsMagic file (up 20 from 22 August), and 145,354  source citations (up 19). I TreeShared 57 new or modified profiles with my new Ancestry Member Tree, and I resolved 562  Ancestry Hints. My new Ancestry Member Tree has Ancestry Record Hints with 175,267 to be resolved, but I work on them several times a week.  My MyHeritage family trees have 200,340 Record Matches in 286 sources and I work on them occasionally.  

11) Wrote 17 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which two were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Rabbit Holes With Randy - TreeSharing My RootsMagic File With a New Ancestry Member Tree (Major Arrrgh!) with over 165 views.

12)  Real life:  This is week 130 since COVID restrictions.  My recovery from the 30 May heart bypass surgery is (I hope)  complete.  I am still really tired every day, take at least two naps each day, and try to walk for 30 minutes every day on the block. Linda is at a memory care and skilled nursing facility in Chula Vista 7 miles from home and I visited her six times last week.   I went shopping on Monday and Friday.   I watched the Padres games every day and we are now 74-61 on the season (4-2 last week).  It's been hot here (95F plus in the day, and 80-85F overnight).  I got my Weather Station set up.

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1876 Guardian's Petition for Annie Isabel Seaver (1857-1895) of Worcester County, Massachusetts

 This week's document for transcription is from the 1876 Worcester County, Massachusetts probate file for the guardianship of the Annie Isabel Seaver of Worcester, Massachusetts:

Worcester County, Massachusetts Probate Court Records - Case File 52862, image 11 of 18:

The transcription of this guardian's petition is (handwritten text in italics):

To the Honorable the Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County of
    Worcester:

Respecfully represents     Lewis S. Dixon
Guardian of   Annie Isabel Seaver

of    Worcester    in said County of    Worcester    
that said ward    is    interested in certain real estate, to wit:
a piece of land with the buildings thereon
situated in Dedham in the County of Norfolk
Bounded Southerly on High Street, then measuring
from the Southwest corner to the center of an Elm
tree making the Southeast corner of said premises
one hundred and forty two feet; thence northerly upon
the land of Mrs. J.D. Howe known as the Phoenix Hotel
estate about two hundred and seventy seven feet
and nine inches to land of Nathaniel Smith; thence
Westerly on land of said Smith to land of J.P. Maynard
and Maple place so called; thence on said Maple
Place to the point of beginning, being premises late of George Dixon, de-
ceased.
that it is necessary that said wards interest therein be sold for    her    maintenance
for the reason that the income of    her    estate is insufficient to
maintain     her    and that     she has no sufficient 
means of Support without the proceeds from
the sale of said Interest in said Estate.

Wherefore said Guardian prays that he may be licensed to sell and convey the same
agreeable to the law in such case made and provided.
                                                                     Lewis S. Dixon

The undersigned, being the only next of kin and heirs apparent or presumptive of the
ward named in the foregoing petition, hereby assent to the sale, as prayed for in said petition,
Without further notice.
     H. Nelson Seaver Jr.                                      Charles A. Seaver
     Dixon Dewitt Seaver
          by his guardian
              H. Nelson Seaver

The source citation for this probate file is:

Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Case file 52862 (18 images), Annie Isabel Seaver of Worcester, 1876, guardianship; "Worcester County (Massachusetts) Probate File Papers, 1731-1881," digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors  (https://www.americanancestors.org: accessed 4 September 2022).

The estate file for the guardianship of Annie Isabel Seaver contains 18 images, including:

*  image 1 - cover sheet of estate packet
*  images 2-5:  25 November 1879 - Guardian's account - $471.30 in real property, in cash received for the sale of 1/20th share of the estate of George Dixon.
*  images 6-7:  7 September 1876 - Affidavit of sale of real estate.
*  images 8-9:  10 May 1876 - Bond and Notice of Sale of real estate.
*  images 10-12:  10 May 1876 - Guardian's petition for license to sell real estate
*  images 13-16:  8 February 1876 - Petition, affidavit and decree for guardianship of minors
*  images 17-18:  15 February 1876 - Guardian's bond

Annie Isabel Seaver was born 30 April 1857 in New York City, the daughter of Horace Nelson and Ann Harriet (Dixon) Seaver.   She married 24 January 1883 in Dedham, Massachusetts to Frederick Newland Fales (1855-1917).  Annie died 9 May 1895 in Wrentham, Massachusetts.  They had at least one child.

Annie's mother, Ann Harriet (Dixon) Seaver (1823-1875), died 20 March 1875 in New York City.  She had four living children, Horace Nelson Seaver, Charles Alanson Seaver, Annie Isabel Seaver and Dixon DeWitt Seaver (who are on the transcribed page above), so they are Ann Harriet (Dixon) Seaver's   heirs.  

Ann Harriet (Dixon) Seaver's father, George Dixon (1791-1867) of Dedham, died 19 January 1867 in Dedham.  Her mother, Eliza (Fales) Dixon (1790-1875), died 29 June 1875 in Dedham.  They had at least five living children.

Annie Isabel Seaver received a 1/20th share of the estate of George Dixon, she being one of four children of her mother, Ann Harriet (Dixon) Seaver, who was one of five living children of George and Eliza (Fales) Dixon.  When her grandmother Eliza died in 1875, the estate of George Dixon had to be distributed.  Annie's share of the estate amounted to $471.30.  There were likely 20 grandchildren of George and Eliza (Fales) Dixon.

Note that Annie was age 17 when her mother died, age 10 when her grandfather died, and age 18 when her grandmother died.  Lewis S. Dixon was a brother of Annie's mother, who resided in Worcester in 1876.  Annie probably was living with Lewis S. Dixon in 1876 in Worcester, which is why the probate record was filed in Worcester county, and not in New York City where her parents lived and died, or not in Dedham, Massachusetts, where her grandparents died.  Annie needed the money from her share of the estate of George and Eliza (Fales) Dixon, sold by her uncle and guardian, to live on.

Annie Isabel Seaver is my 6th cousin four times removed.  Our common Seaver ancestor is my 9th great-grandfather, Robert Seaver (1608-1683).

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NOTE: Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday." John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

Read other transcriptions for records of my ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.

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Sunday, September 4, 2022

Best of the Genea-Blogs - 28 August to 3 September 2022

 Scores of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.

My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.

Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:

*  Colonial Parish and Vestry Records - VA and Carolinas by Kathleen Brandt on a3Genealogy.

*  Property Map Treasure Hunts: Finding the Places Your Ancestors Lived by Kelly Wheaton on Wheaton Wood.

*  Divorced by Marcia Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.

*  DNA: In Search of…Full and Half-Siblings by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy.

*  Estate Planning by Ann Raymont on DNAsleuth.

*  Ann Palmer’s Story by Janet Few on The History Interpreter - Janet Few.

*  Why You Should Use Cyndi’s List: Have a Plan (Location) by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants.

*  Library and Archives Canada’s new website goes live — and it’s good by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

*  Uncovering Thomas Dalton’s Tragedy by Aidan Walsh on Vita Brevis.

*  Age, Technology, and other Myths and Concerns by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.

*  Endogamy, Pedigree Collapse, and Multiple Relationships: What’s the Difference and Why Does it Matter? by Diana Elder on Family Locket.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  Friday's Family History Finds by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  Friday Fossicking - 2nd Sep 2022 by Crissouli on That Moment In Time.

* This Week's Creme de la Creme - September 3, 2022  by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and  read their articles, and add the blogs to your Favorites, Feedly, another RSS feed, or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.

Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I currently am reading posts from over 900 genealogy bloggers using Feedly, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

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Census Sunday -- 1950 U.S. Census Record for the Sigmond Virag Household in Redwood City, California

 The 1950 United States Census record for the household of Sigmond Virag in Redwood City, San Mateo, California, residing at 1200 James (taken 30 March 1950), is on Sheet 1 of ED 41-226:

The Sigmond Virag household starts on line 1 of the image (Sheet 1):

The information entered for each person in this household is:

*  Line 1 of Sheet 1 - 1200 James, dwelling #1, is not a farm, is not on 3 acres or more.

*  Line 1 of Sheet 1 (sample questions included) - Sigmond Virag, head of household, white, male, age 44, married, born in California, a worker, worked 40 hours last week, occupation is statistician, at telephone company, a private company.  Lived in same house one year ago, father born in Hungary, mother born in Hungary, completed 1 year of college, does not attend school, worked 52 weeks in 1949, wages in 1949 were $6825, he made $162 in interest and rents,  relatives did not earn money, has not served in military.

*  Line 2 of Sheet 1 - Evelyn A. Virag, wife, white, female, age 44, married, born in Montana, a home worker, did no work last week, was not looking for work, has no job.

*  Line 3 of Sheet 1 - Leland J. Virag, son, white, male, age 22, never married, born in California, OTher work, did no work last week,  was not looking for work, has no job.

*  Line 4 of Sheet 1 - Marilyn J. Virag, daughter, white, female, age 20, never married, born in California, OTher work, did no work last week,  was not looking for work, has no job.

The source citation for this family is:

1950 U.S. Federal Census, San Mateo County, California, Redwood City, ED 41-226, Sheet 1, Household 1, Lines 1 to 4, Sigmond Virag household; indexed database with record images, U.S., National Archives, 1950 Census  (https://1950census.archives.gov/ : accessed 5 May  2022).

Sigmond Virag (1905-1981) was born 10 April 1905 in San Francisco.  He married Evelyn Adeline Leland (1905-1991) on 17 July 1926 in San Francisco.  Sigmond died 10 June 1981 in Fresno, California.

Eveline Adeline Leland (1905-1991) was born 26 June 1905 in Gardiner, Montana, the daughter of Severt Oliver and Anna Amelia (Brocke) Leland.  She died 29 June 1991 in Fresno.  They had two children,  Leland and Marilyn.

Evelyn Adeline Leland is the aunt of my wife, Linda Joan (Leland) Seaver (1942-????).

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