Person:John Seaver (39)

MILITARY RECORDS:

John Eliot Seaver registered for the World War I draft on 17 September 1918 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He was age 38, born 21 July 1880, was white and a native-born US citizen. He resided at 408 64th Street in Brooklyn, New York. He was employed as a wholesale _____ by Dawson and Sears with offices in Brooklyn, New York. His nearest relative was Helen E. Seaver at the same residence address. He was tall, of slender build, with grey eyes and brown hair (World War I Draft Registration Card, Draft Board #1,754,501, image accessed at www.ancestry.com web site).

CENSUS RECORDS:

In the 1900 US Census, John E. Seaver (white, male, born Jul 1880, age 19, single, born VT, parents born VT, a student) was a lodger at 216 Walnut Street in the 7th Ward of Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 651, ED 553, Sheet 6, Line 69].

In the 1910 US Census, John Eliot Seaver (male, white, age 29, single, born VT, parents born VT, salesman, works in flour business) was a lodger residing at 127 West 27th Street in the 12th Ward of Manhattan, New York County, New York [National Archives Microfilm Series T624, Roll 1022, page 270, ED 548, Sheet 9A, Line 34].

In the 1930 US Census, this family resided at 46 South Monroe Street in Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey. The household included John E. Seaver (head, owns home, worth $12,000, male, white, age 49, married, first at age 35, born VT, parents born VT/VT, a Res. Agent, works in flour mills), Helen B. Seaver (wife, female, white, age 34, married, first at age 20, born VT, parents born VT/VT) and Philip H. Seaver (son, male, white, age 9, single, born NJ, parents born VT/VT) [National Archives Microfilm Series T626, Roll 1316, Page 14A, ED 206, Dwelling #319, Family #326, Lines 32-34].

OBITUARY:

A death notice for John E. Seaver was published in the New York Times newspaper dated 8 July 1940. It reads:

"Deaths. SEAVER--suddenly, at Ridgewood, N.J., July 7, John E., beloved husband of Helen B. Seaver of 46 South Monroe St., Ridgewood, N.J. Services Tuesday, 4:30 P.M. at Van Emburgh Mortuary Chapel, Ridgewood. Please omit flowers. Vermont Standard, Woodstock, Vt., paper please copy."

Another Death notice was published in the New York Times newspaper, dated 8 July 1940. It reads:

“TRAIN KILLS PRODUCE MAN J.E. Seaver Steps into its Path in New Jersey RIDGEWOOD, N.J., July 7.—John E. Seaver, 59 years old, a member of the New York Produce Exchange, died under the wheels of a New York-bound Erie Railroad train here today. The police quoted Engineer Orville Crane as saying the man had stepped off the platform into the path of the train, and listed the death as a suicide. Mr. Seaver is said to have been suffering from a nervous breakdown. He was a member of Seaver & Seaver, with offices in the New York Produce Exchange building. He lived at 46 South Monroe Street, here, with his wife and son.”