Person:Robert Seaver (34)

MILITARY RECORDS:

Robert A. Seaver, a farmer of Massachusetts, served in the Union Army in the Civil War. He enlisted as an Artificer on 23 September 1861 in Company C, Engineer Corps Regiment RA. He was discharged on 23 September 1864 in Camp Woodbury, VA. ("Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers," compiled by Historical Data Systems, online database viewed at www.ancestry.com).

CENSUS:

In the 1870 US census, the Robert A. Seaver family resided in Lawrence, Essex County, MA. The household included Robert A. (age 27, shoe dealer, $2,000 in personal property, born ME), Emma E. (age 25, keeping house, born MA) and Inez E. (age 1, at home, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,552,108, page 27 of Lawrence 5th Ward, dwelling #144, family #209].

In the 1900 US census, the Robert A. Seaver family resided at 26 Deacon St in Quincy, Norfolk County, MA. The household included head Robert A. Seaver (white, male, born Nov 1842, age 57, married 31 years, born ME, parents born ME, a superintendent of gardens (?)), wife Emma E. Seaver (white, female, born Oct 1855, age 44, married 31 years, 4 children born, 3 living, born MA, father born NH, mother born ME), daughter Inez E. Seaver (white, female, born Oct 1872, age 27, single, born MA, father born ME, mother born MA), daughter Ottilie J. Seaver (white, female, born Oct 1877, age 22, single, born MA, father born ME, mother born MA), son Raymond L. Seaver (white, male, born Jul 1886, age 13, single, born MA, father born ME, mother born MA) and mother-in-law Marguerite Worthley (white, female, born Apr 1823, age 73, widowed, 4 children born, 2 living, born ME. parents born ME). The complete census record can be found in volume 58, ED 1056, sheet 17, line 13 of the 1900 census for MA [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 671, ED 1056, Sheet 17, Line 13].

In the 1910 US Census, the remnant of this family resided at 2 Glenvale Street in the 22nd Ward of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The family included head of household Emma E. Seaver (female, white, age 65, widowed, 4 children born, 3 living, born MA, father born NH, mother born ME), son Raymond L. Seaver (male, white, age 23, single, born MA, father born ME, mother born MA, a salesman, works in wholesale clothing), son-in-law Walter Thompson (male, white, age 29, first marriage, married 10 years, born MA, parents born MA, a manager, works in millinery store), daughter Ottilie J. Thompson (female, white, age 31, first marriage, married 10 years, 1 child born, 1 living, born MA, father born ME, mother born MA), grand-daughter Shirley R. Thompson (female, white, age 3, single, born MA, parents born MA), brother-in-law Herbert E. Smith (male, white, age 47, first marriage, married 24 years, born ME, parents born ME, salesman, works in shoe machinery) and sister Laura I. Smith (female, white, age 50, first marriage, married 24 years, 0 children born, born ME, father born NH, mother born ME) [NARA Microfilm Series T624, Roll 623, ED 1603, Sheet 8B, page 134, dwelling #124, family #185].