Lookup, Lakeview Cemetery, William F. Seymour, b. 1856
Could some kind soul please look up the transcription for William F. Seymour who is buried in Lakeview Cemetery? I would like to find out if he is the same Will Seymour, born in 1856 in Madoc Twp. who married Emma Wooden in Burford, Brant Co. in 1879 and was the father of Marion, Horace and Elswood.
Many thanks, Liz Brown
|
Re: Lookup, Lakeview Cemetery, William F. Seymour, b. 1856
The transcriptions are online: http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/greenwoodontario/Lakeview24.htm...SEYMOUR:- Emma Jane - Died Sept. 20, 1860 - Aged 1 yr 27 das SEYMOUR:- Ernest A. - Died Oct. 28, 1920 - Aged 66 years SEYMOUR:- Frederick E. - June 6, 1838 - Dec. 12, 1909 - Spouse Helen Josephine WOOD SEYMOUR:- Horace - Oct. 8, 1810 - Apr. 8, 1900 - Spouse Emily WARD - Born New York State SEYMOUR:- Jessie Ayton - Died Mar. 27, 1862 - Aged 11 mos 24 das - Dau. of H. & J. SEYMOUR SEYMOUR:- Marion Louisa - Apr. 5, 1867 - 3 yrs 11 mos 22 das - Dau. of H. & J. SEYMOUR SEYMOUR:- Uriah - Sept 16, 1808 - Died Apr. 21, 1857 - Spouse Hannah OLMSTEAD SEYMOUR:- William Frederick - Died Sept. 26, 1900 - Aged 44 years
|
Re: Lookup, Lakeview Cemetery, William F. Seymour, b. 1856
The marriage register you mentioned described him as a Teacher. The attached death register for Wm. Fred Seymour who died in Madoc also said that he was a Teacher. He was shot & died instantly.
| Attachments: |
| | | |
|
Re: Lookup, Lakeview Cemetery, William F. Seymour, b. 1856
Thank you so much for this information. It seems likely that this is the same man. Wow, wonder what the story of his death was? His father-in-law was the brother of my great great grandfather. Will have to investigate further! Again, thank you. (I had tried to find the transcript on-line but the link I tried didn't work.)
I found his widow, three grown children and my great granduncle living in Edmonton on the 1911 census.
Liz
|
Re: Lookup, Lakeview Cemetery, William F. Seymour, b. 1856
You're welcome. Try this for the cemetery listing http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/greenwoodontario/HastingsCounty...Click on Madoc then the cemetery Did you notice on William's death register that his residence was actually Toronto? Perhaps he was back in the Madoc area duck hunting & it was a hunting accident? The informant on his death register was F.E. Seymour. (I found a Frederick Elisha Seymour 1838-1909, s/o Uriah Seymour & Hannah Joff Olmstead, who lived in Madoc. So, I'm wondering if he was a relative of William's & was the informant on the death register?). It appears that William & Emma moved from Brant County to Toronto: Birth Register # 001626- Horace Llewyn Seymour, male, was born 4 June 1882 in Burford (Brant County) to Wm F. Seymour & Emma Louise Wooden. This had a stamp on it saying June 1921 & declared by E.L. Seymour of Edmonton (whom I suspect was Emma). Birth Register # 001794 - Elswood Ira Seymour, male (sic), was born in Toronto on Feb 11, 1891, to William F. Seymour, Teacher, & Emma L. Wooden. At that time, they were living on 1218 King St. West. The family, along with Harriet J. Wooden, was listed on the 1901 Census for Toronto, York West, Ward No. 6, G10, pg. 1. Interestingly enough, they had listed William's name & his details then crossed it off. Try this to see if you can open the link, otherwise you can look this up using the name Elwood Seymor: http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=31330&a...
|
Re: Lookup, Lakeview Cemetery, William F. Seymour, b. 1856
Hi
Thanks so much for your help! I have been trying to find the Seymours on the 1901 census. It is interesting that Harriet Wooden was enumerated with them, as she was also enumerated in Burford, Brant Co., with husband Ira C. Wooden (the transcriber has read it as E but I think it's C). According to the cemetery people in Edmonton, the C stood for Case; they had no details on him except the date of burial and location of his grave (no marker). Alberta wants $40 for a copy of any B, M or D :o[
Evidently, Harriet died before 1911. She is not buried in either of the Burford cemeteries, and I have not found her on a search of the OCFA site.
I think you are right about the informant on William's death being a relative;maybe a cousin. I found this reply to a posting on the Seymour message board on Genforum, by Don Seymour in 2001 -- Uriah appears to have been a family name:
"In the book, "A History of the Seymour Family" by Donald Lines Jacobus, 1939, there is a William Frederick(8) Seymour [Horace(7), Abner(6), Uriah(5), John(4-3-2), Richard(1)], born 26 June 1856; married 7 July 1879, Emma Louise Wooden, born 18 July 1855.
This book does not have anything about William Frederick's children, but since this is the only William F. Seymour I found in the book, and since his wife's name was Emma, there is a chance that a daughter of theirs would be named Emma. However, William Frederick's grandfather Abner was born in Hartford, CT and died at Trenton, New York, and his son Horace (William Frederick's father) resided in Madoc, Ontario, Canada, so there's only a slight chance that this William wound up in Maryland. If you have any information linking the family you're researching with CT, NY or Canada, please let me know."
I tried a search of the Globe & Mail archives on-line for anything on William's death, with no luck. Maybe the Madoc Public Library could help.
Thanks again--you are a super sleuth! Liz
|
Re: Lookup, Lakeview Cemetery, William F. Seymour, b. 1856
I'm not researching the Seymour or Wooden family at all.
On wc.rootsweb.com, if you do a look up you'll see 4 sources that said Abner Seymour b. May 1, 1771 in New Hartford, Lichfield, CT, died on Sept 29, 1849, in Madoc. His wife, Chloe Andrus, died 18 Nov. 1845 in Trenton, New York.
Abner's son, Horace Seymour 1810- Apr 8 1900, born NY State, was on the Lakeview Cemetery transcription. This Horace Seymour was William F. Seymour's father. Horace's second wife's name was Jane & his first wife was Emily Ward who died Apr. 16, 1851 at 33 yrs old. I suspect Uriah 1808-Apr. 21, 1857, shown in Lakeview Cemetery as married to Hannah Olmstead, was Horace's brother & another of Abner's sons. Frederick Elisha Seymour (b. June 6 1838 in Madoc- d. Dec. 12 1909 in Madoc),was more than likely the informant on William F. Seymour's death register. He was the son of Uriah Seymour b. NY State & Hannah Joff Olmstead b. NY State(per his marriage register to Helen Josephine Wood in 1877 & per his death register). So, if my assumptions are true, Frederick Elisha Seymour would have been William F. Seymour's first cousin.
One other marriage I found is interesting. Horace Llewellyn Seymour, son of William Frederick Seymour & Emma Louisa Wooden, shown born in Burford married at the age of 31 to Julia Leggo Campbell on Dec. 8, 1913 in Ottawa, ON. Horace was shown as a Civil Engineer & his residence was down as Red Deer, Alberta. Marriage register # 003298
|
Re: Lookup, Lakeview Cemetery, William F. Seymour, b. 1856
Thank you! I appreciate your help especially in view of the fact that these are not families that you are researching.
I have been looking through the Ontario Deaths on Ancestry for first name "Harriet" born about 1832, died within 10 years of 1901, to see if anything looks like a possible mis-transcription but no luck. Maybe she died after they moved to Alberta. I looked up Horace's marriage there also. Hadn't checked for one as I guess I assumed they had all stayed in Alberta.
It does seem odd that William F. Seymour's details were originally entered on the 1901 census and then crossed out. A little on the macabre side!
Emma Wooden was my grandmother's 1st cousin once removed, but I don't recall her ever talking about her or her family. When we cleaned out the family home after my father's death, I found an old photo in the attic (with names on the back, hurray!) of Ira & Harriet Wooden, Will & Emma Seymour, and Horace, Marion and baby Elswood. Got thinking about the family because the dates I had for Ira were 1820-1884, yet there he was with a baby born in 1890, so that set me off on this investigation. My grandmother did have a bit of family history on the Llewellyn family among her genealogy records and I expect that was connected to Harriet.
Again, I am so grateful for your help.
|
Bingo! I checked the records of the Congregational Cemetery in Burford again, and found Harriet J. Wooden, died May 20, 1905, aged 72 years. Plugged the date into Ancestry and found her recorded as "Darrict Jane" -- http://content.ancestry.ca/iexec/?htx=View&r=5543&db...There was another Wooden wife with first name Harriet so that led to my confusion. So, sometime between 1905 and 1911, Ira, Emma and her children moved to Alberta, probably through employment for Horace.
|
Re: Lookup, Lakeview Cemetery, William F. Seymour, b. 1856
Liz Brown: I don't know if you are still interested but Will Seymour was my great grandmother's first cousin. He committed suicide by shooting himself to death in his sister Annie Rollins's house in Madoc. I don't know the other details. I was always interested in what happened to his family but now I know a little bit more, thanks to you I know a lot about the Seymours and still have roots deep in Madoc, where I go every summer. Cheers, Gordon pitts
|