Person:William Seaver (64)

William Seaver was a grocer living at 175 Ruggles St. in Boston according to the birth record of his daughter, Sarah Hubbard Seaver, in 1876 [MA VR 279.155].

BIOGRAPHY: William was in the Mass. State Legislature (JMSeaver, 1924)

CENSUS RECORDS:

In the 1870 US census, this family resided in Boston Ward 14, Suffolk County, MA. The household included Wm. Seaver Jr. (age 25, grocer, $1,000 in personal property, born MA), Sarah A. Seaver (age 24, keeping house, born MA) and Martha Seaver (age 1 month, at home, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,552,147, page 53 of Boston Ward 14, house #258, family #484].

In the 1880 US census soundex, this family lived at 175 Ruggles Street in Boston, Suffolk County, MA. The family included William Seaver (self, married, male, white, age 36, born MA), Sarah Seaver (wife, married, female, white, age 33, born MA), Mattie Seaver (daughter, single, female, white, age 10, born MA), Wm. J. Seaver (son, single, male, white, age 8, born MA), Frank A. Seaver (son, single, male, white, age 6, born MA) and Sarah H. Seaver (daughter, single, female, white, age 4, born MA). [The full census record can be found in Vol. 30, ED 729, sheet 2, line 31 of the 1880 census, from MA 1880 census Soundex, National Archives microfilm T754-57].

In the 1900 US census, the remnant of this family resided at 12 Homestead Street in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The household included Sarah Seaver (head, white, female, born Feb 1846, age 54, widowed, 5 children born, 3 living, born MA, parents born ME), Martha Seaver (daughter, white, female, born May 1870, age 30, single, born MA, parents born MA) and Sarah H. Seaver (daughter, white, female, born Jul 1878, age 21, single, born MA, parents born MA) [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 686, Page 219, ED 1485, Sheet 1B, dwelling #??, family #??, lines 70-73].

1. ↑ Roxbury (MA) Vital Records to 1850
   312.
2. ↑ Deaths - Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841 to 1905
   447:224.