Person:True Seaver (1)

CENSUS:

In the 1840 United States census, True W. Seaver (indexed as "Leaver") was a head of household in the 4th Ward of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The household included one free white male aged 20 to 30, one free white female under age 5 and one free white female aged 20 to 30 (1840 United States Census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Population Schedule, 4th Ward of Boston, Page 402, FHL Microfilm 0,014,681).

In the 1850 US census, this family resided in West Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA. The household included True W. Seaver (age 34, male, a hotel keeper at the Spy Pond Hotel, real property of $20,000, born NH), Mary A. Seaver (age 33, female, born MA), True M. Seaver (age 10, male, born MA), Mary A. Seaver (age 8, female, born MA) and Sarah Seaver (age 5, female, born MA). [National Archives Microfilm Series M432, Roll 324, page 328, dwelling #40, family #48, Lines 4-8].

In the 1870 US census, the True W. Seaver family resided in Charlestown, Middlesex County, MA. The household included True W. (age 52, eating saloon, $1,000 in personal property, born NY) and Mary A. (age 54, keeping house, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,552,124, page 84 of Charlestown 3rd ward, family #772].

In the 1880 US census soundex, True W. Seaver (age 65, born NH) and his wife Mary A. (age 64, born MA) resided in New York City, NY with their son, True M. Seaver, and his family. The full census record can be found in Volume 63, ED 577, sheet 12, line 25 [National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll xx].