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Facts and Events
| Name |
Jay Webber Seaver, M.D. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
9 Mar 1855 |
Craftsbury, Orleans, Vermont, United States |
| Marriage |
1 Jul 1886 |
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States[she is the widow Sullivan]
to Nancy Leona Sheldon |
| Death? |
5 May 1915 |
Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States |
| Burial? |
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Chautauqua, New York, United States |
| Reference Number[2] |
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Q301124? |
References
- Jay Webber Seaver, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Jay Webber Seaver (March 9, 1855 – May 5, 1915 ) was an American physician and a pioneer of anthropometry.
- ↑ Q301124, in Wikidata.
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BIOGRAPHY (from Yale University biography, and his obituary):
Jay Webber Seaver was born 9 March 1855 in Craftsbury, Orleans county, Vermont. He died 5 May 1915 in Berkeley, CA where he was lecturing. He married Nancy Leona Sheldon Sullivan ("Lona") on 1 July 1886 in New Haven, CT. She was the widow of Leonard N. Sullivan, and was born in 1844. She died in 1928, and both are buried in Chautauqua, NY, where they spent many summers, and which became their permanent residence in 1914.
Jay Seaver graduated from Yale Medical School in 1885. He instructed in gymnastics and lectured in physical hygiene until 1893 when he became associate director of the gymnasium. In 1889, a lecturer, then for many years the President of the Chautauqua School of Physical Education; in 1895, president, American Association for Advancement of Physical Education; in 1898 he toured Europe studying medical gymnastics, spending most of his time in Sweden; in 1900, president, Society of college Gymnasium Directors. In 1903 he organized the American Institute of Physical Culture, and became president and medical director; also president of the American Association of Physical Educators, the Society of College Gymnasium Directors, and the New Haven Medical Society. One daughter, Ruth Buchanan Seaver, b. 20 October 1888, and one son (adopted), Norman Seaver b. 6 Oct 1895. Ruth m. Nels J. Lennes of Missoula Montana."
- New Haven, Connecticut, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
[National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 146, Page 353, ED 384, Sheet 15, Line 76.
In the 1900 US Census, the family of Jay W. Seaver (indexed as Leaver, head, white, male, born May 1854, age 46, married 14 years, born VT, parents born VT, physical director at Yale, owns a house with a mortgage) resided in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut on Linwood Street. The family included wife Leona Seaver (white, female, born Jan 1848, age 52, married 14 years, 1 child born, 1 living, born English Canada, parents born English Canada), daughter Ruth Seaver (white, female, born October 1888, age 11, single, born CT, father born VT, mother born English Canada, at school), and adopted son Norman Seaver (white, male, born October 1895, age 4, single, born PA, parents born PA) [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 146, Page 353, ED 384, Sheet 15, Line 76].
- New Haven, Connecticut, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule
NARA Microfilm T624, Roll 140, ED 422, sheet 22A, page 22, dwelling #380, family #548.
In the 1910 US Census, the Jay W. Seaver (indexed as Jurg W. Seaver) family resided at 25 Lynwood Plaza in the Tenth Ward of New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. The household included head Jay W. Seaver (white, age 55, first marriage, married 24 years, born VT, father born VT, mother born English Canada, physician, in general practice), his wife Lena Seaver (white, age 56, second marriage, married 24 years, born English Canada, parents born VT), sister Minnie F. Seaver (white, age 41, single, born VT, father born VT, mother born English Canada) and duaghter Ruth B. Seaver (white, age 21, single, born CT, father born VT, mother born English Canada, a student, at college) [NARA Microfilm T624, Roll 140, ED 422, sheet 22A, page 22, dwelling #380, family #548].
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