Person:Richard Seaver (9)

CENSUS RECORDS:

In the 1860 US census for New York, the Richard Seaver family resided in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. The household included Richard Seaver (age 28, distiller, born VT), Mary Seaver (age 23, born Canada), William Seaver (age 4, born NY), Richard Seaver (age 3, born NY), and Edward Seaver (age 8 months, born NY). [LDS Microfilm 0,803,762, page 644, dwelling #749].

In the 1870 US Census for New York, the Richard Seaver family resided in Watertown 4th Ward, Jefferson County, New York. The household included Richard Seaver (age 38, carpenter, $300 in personal property, born NY), Mary Seaver (age 32, keeping house, born NY), William Seaver (age 14, attending school, born NY), Richard Seaver (age 13, attending school, born NY), Edward Seaver (age 10, attending school, born NY), George Seaver (age 8, attending school, born NY), and Frank Seaver (age 5, attending school, born NY). [LDS Microfilm 0,552,444, page 774, dwelling #467].

In the 1880 US census soundex for New York, the Richard Seaver family resided in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York (transcribed as SeaRer rather than SeaVer on FHL database). The family included Richard Seaver (age 48, works in pulp mill, born NY, parents born VT), wife Mary Seaver (age 42, born Canada, keeps house, father born Eng, mother born Ire), son Edward C. Seaver (age 20, born NY, works in pulp mill), son George H. Seaver (age 18, born NY, at school), son Frank Seaver (age 15, born NY, works in cotton mill), daughter Nellie Seaver (age 9, born NY) and son Daniel A. Seaver (age 3, born NY). The full census record can be found on FHL Microfilm 1,254,839, page 210B [FHL 1880 US Census on www.familysearch.org].

In the 1900 US census, the Richard Seaver Sr. family resided at 6 Rutland St in Watertown, Jefferson county, New York. The household included Richard Seaver Sr. (age 68, born Apr 1832 in NY), wife Mary Seaver (age 62, born Nov 1837 in NY), son Allen D. Seaver (age 23, born Sep 1876 in NY), daughter Helen M. Dyer (age 29, born Nov 1870 in NY) and son-in-law Robert Dyer (age 37, born Oct 1862 in England). The full census record can be found in Volume 60, ED 35, sheet 6, line 37 of the 1900 US census for New York. [1900 US census soundex for New York, S160, LDS Microfilm 1,246,855].

In the 1910 US Census, this family resided at 323 Rutland Street in the 1st Ward of Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. The family included head Richard Seaver (male, white, age 77, widowed, born NY, father born MA, mother born VT, a millwright, works in a paper mill, owns house free of mortgage), daughter Helen Dyer (female, white, age 38, first marriage, married 15 years, 0 children born, born NY, parents born NY), and son Eblen Seaver (male, white, age 33, second marriage, married 1 year, born NY, parents born NY, a bookkeeper, works in a laundry) [National Archives Microfilm Series T624, Reel 954, page 26, ED 45, Sheet 11A, Line 41].