I am returning to Appanoose County, Madison County & Polk County Iowa over Memorial Day weekend to once again try and find ANY information on my great grandmother, Sarah A. Seaman. I have no sources of information...only family stories, but would be extremely grateful if someone could help with any bit of information: Sarah A Seaman was born Apr 10 1846 in Peru, Iowa; died Oct 10, 1926 in Mystic, Iowa. Parents were William Seaman and Jucillia Ross. I have no idea where they came from, or where they ended up. Sarah was married twice. First to a William Cattern, then to my great grandfather, Joseph Sylvester Milburn. Any advice, guidance, hints, suggestions? This is my brick wall! Thank you so much. Copies of this note will be posted on the ROSS list, the Madison County and Appanoose County lists.
Hi, Try the following URL. (Family Search IGI) http://32.96.111.13/Search/IGI/igi_individual_frame.asp?recid=AAAAdsAANAAAqwHA AT&ldsnn=12 William R. Seaman married Drucilla Ann Ross October 4, 1843 in Adair, MO. Good Luck, Evelyn Oxford OH
Link is http://www.familytreemaker.com >From the main menu at FTM, select census images online. Good luck and good hunting. Carolyn Mussina Seaman Kinderhook, NY <gregseaman@berk.com>
If you haven't already, you must visit Family Tree Makers Genealogy Library Census Images for the 1850 Census. No, they don't have the NY census on line but they do have PA, IL, IN, WV, VA and others. I have to admit that I got so engrossed in the PA census (I am a Seaman by marriage only and a native of PA) that I never even looked to see what Seamans were there. The images of the roll I looked at were clean and very readable. The pages can be printed. I found some leads for my family which I admit I never would have taken the time to find working with the microfilms in a library. (I always get a splitting headache trying to read those darn films; the films invariable have an energy source of their own which results in them springing across the room and unraveling--I really don't like the looks I get from others when that happens, etc.) Now, excuse me while I get back to searching for more Hoovers, and Keisers, and Winters, etc. Hope you enjoy this new addition to the Genealogy Library as much as I do. Carolyn Mussina Seaman Kinderhook, NY <gregseaman@berk.com>
In a message dated 5/21/99 4:25:54 AM Central Daylight Time, WOLF6PACK@aol.com writes: > Franklin Couch, Lawyer & genealogist of Peekskill traced many families in the > area in the early 1900s. As with the MacKenzie papers, the information > should be used as a guide. On the whole, he has been pretty accurate. > I hope someone knows of these people... > This is what he wrote about the surname SEAMAN: > Cornelius SEAMAN, Peekskill m. Leah Manning d. 23 Aug 1880 I don't have Cornelius placed (yet), but do have Leah Manning's ancestry: 1. Leah Manning b. 09 Aug 1783, m. 02 May 1807, in Ref. Dutch Ch., NY City, NY, Cornelius Seaman, d. 23 Aug 1880, Peekskill, NY. Parents 2. Samuel Manning b. 1749, Hunterdon Co., NJ, m. Catrina (Catherine) Cole. Samuel died 10 Nov 1832, Hunterdon Co., NJ. 3. Catrina (Catherine) Cole Grand Parents 4. Benjamin Manning b. 08 Feb 1723, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, note: Jr., m. ca. 1746, Elizabeth "Lena" Bescherer, b. ca. 1724, NJ, d. ca. 1765, res. Knowlton, Sussex Co., NJ. Benjamin died aft 1800?, res. Knowlton, Sussex Co., NJ. 5. Elizabeth "Lena" Bescherer b. ca. 1724, NJ, m. (1) bef. 1744, Tristram Hull, b. 06 Apr 1720, NJ, m. (2) ca. 1746, Benjamin Manning, b. 08 Feb 1723, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, note: Jr., d. aft 1800?, res. Knowlton, Sussex Co., NJ. Elizabeth died ca. 1765, res. Knowlton, Sussex Co., NJ. Great Grand Parents 8. Israel "Benjamin" Manning b. 30 Dec 1700, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, note: Sr., m. (1) bef. May 1722, in NJ, Susannah Skinner, b. 1704, Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ?, note: d. 22y, d. 02 Dec 1726, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, bur.: St. James churchyard, Piscataway, NJ, m. (2) 09 Sep 1727, in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, Mary Shotwell, res. "of Woodbridge, NJ". Israel died ca. 1782, Knowlton, Sussex Co., NJ. 9. Susannah Skinner b. 1704, Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ?, note: d. 22y, d. 02 Dec 1726, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, bur.: St. James churchyard, Piscataway, NJ. 10. Johan Jacob Bescherer b. 10 Nov 1681, Zweibrucken, Germany, m. Anna Barbara (Lowrens) Lorentz, b. Sep 1699, Germany. 11. Anna Barbara (Lowrens) Lorentz b. Sep 1699, Germany. Great Great Grand Parents 16. Benjamin Manning b. 08 Sep 1676, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, m. 19 Jan 1698/9, in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, Anne ("Anna/Hanna") Blackford, b. 22 Sep 1678, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, d. aft. 1741?, NJ?, res. Middlesex & Essex Co.'s, NJ. Benjamin died 28 Jan 1702, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ. 17. Anne ("Anna/Hanna") Blackford b. 22 Sep 1678, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, m. (1) 19 Jan 1698/9, in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, Benjamin Manning, b. 08 Sep 1676, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, d. 28 Jan 1702, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, m. (2) ca. 1702, in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, Joseph Drake, b. 21 Oct 1681, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, note: had 5 children, d. ca. 1715, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, res. Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, m. (3) ca. 1715, in NJ, Isaac Drake, b. 12 Jan 1687/8, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, d. Jan 1759, Green Brook, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, res. Piscataway 1739. Anne died aft. 1741?, NJ?, res. Middlesex & Essex Co.'s, NJ. 18. ___ Skinner m. ___. 19. ___ 20. Johann Jacob (Bashore) Bescherer b. ca. 1647, Breitenbach, Zweibrucken, Germany, m. (1) 20 Jan 1680/81, in Zweibrucken, Pfalz, Germany, Anna Gertrudt Meyer, b. 17 Oct 1647, Brietenbach, Zweibrucken, Germany, d. 04 Mar 1692/3, Zweibrucken, Pfalz, Germany, m. (2) Anna Christina Maurer, b. ca. 1651, Germany, res. "of Hornbach, Germany". Johann died 1719, Hurley, Ulster Co., NY, res. "of Zweibrucken, Germany". 21. Anna Gertrudt Meyer b. 17 Oct 1647, Brietenbach, Zweibrucken, Germany, d. 04 Mar 1692/3, Zweibrucken, Pfalz, Germany. 22. Johannes Lorenz b. 1666, Bellheim, Pfalz, Germany, m. 13 Feb 1690/1, in Bellheim, Pfalz, Germany, Anna Margaretha Heiliger, b. bef 1670, Oberlustadt, Pfalz, Germany, d. aft. 1745, NJ. Johannes died 1745, Peapack, Somerset Co., NJ. 23. Anna Margaretha Heiliger b. bef 1670, Oberlustadt, Pfalz, Germany, d. aft. 1745, NJ. 3rd Great Grand Parents 32. Jeffrey Manning b. ca. 1640/41, MA or NY, Marshal, Middlesex Co.,NJ, m. ca. 1662, in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, Hepzibah Andrews, b. ca. 1645, Hingham, Plymouth, MA, d. 26 Jan 1692, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, res. Hingham, MA. Jeffrey died 26 Jan 1692/3, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, res. Piscataway, NJ by 1676. 33. Hepzibah Andrews b. ca. 1645, Hingham, Plymouth, MA, d. 26 Jan 1692, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, res. Hingham, MA. 34. Samuel Blackford b. ca. 1640, England, note: Sr., m. ca. 1672, Anna or Hannah (Smalley?) Munday, b. 14 Jun 1641, Plymouth, MA?, d. aft. 1708, Eastham, Barnstable, MA. Samuel died ca. 1712, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, res. West Samptown, Middlesex Co., NJ. 35. Anna or Hannah (Smalley?) Munday b. 14 Jun 1641, Plymouth, MA?, d. aft. 1708, Eastham, Barnstable, MA. 40. Hans Albrecht (Boshaar) Bescherer b. ca. 1625, Breitenbach, Zweibrucken, Germany, m. Anna Margaretha ___, b. ca. 1625, Germany, res. "of Breitenbach, Germany". Hans res. "of Breitenbach, Germany". 41. Anna Margaretha ___ b. ca. 1625, Germany, res. "of Breitenbach, Germany". 42. Hans Lux Meyer b. Zweibrucken, Germany, m. Benigna ___. 43. Benigna ___ 46. Johannes Heiliger b. Oberlustadt, Pfalz, Germany, m. ___. 47. ___ Regards, John Stewart Grand Island, NE
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Franklin Couch, Lawyer & genealogist of Peekskill traced many families in the area in the early 1900s. As with the MacKenzie papers, the information should be used as a guide. On the whole, he has been pretty accurate. I hope someone knows of these people.. Judy Wolf This is what he wrote about the surname SEAMAN: Obidiah , shoe dealer, Peekskill m. Christina Burgdorf of Albany, NY children Arthenia m. John Tompkins of Yorktown Willet Henry m. ___ Mason William Sylvenus Phebe m. Isaac Boice Mary m. Wm. Ducker On the bottom of the page was the following: Samuel SEAMAN, painter, Peeksill, removed to Pokeepsie, NY Cornelius SEAMAN, Peekskill m. Leah Manning d. 23 Aug 1880 in the margin next to the last 2 items was written: Annie d. 29 June 1900 10.6.15
Someone sent me this link for fill-in-the-blank request letter to get information from states under the open information law. http://www.splc.org/ltr_sample.html Looks like it is very simple to operate, and when done filling in the blanks, it lets you print a very professionally written letter. Figured someone could use it. Terry === Terry Wilson 40 S. Gamble Street Shelby, OH 44875 Researching: ALLEN, COLTMAN, EDMAN, FERRIS, HARLAN/HARLAND, HOLLENBAUGH, HORNER, JANNY/JANNEY/JENNING, KELLER, KLINKLE, KRUNK/CRUNK/CRONK,MARING/MEARING, MAY, McCORMIC/McCORMICK, SEAMAN, SHOMO, SIFFERLIN, TOUSLEY/TOSELEY, & WILSON _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
I have done some work on updating the Seaman rootsweb.com list of subscribers. My question is: Is anyone still receiving more than one copy of the messages? If so, please contact me privately. If there are other matters regarding your subscription, just let me know. Carolyn Mussina Seaman, listowner, SEAMAN -L and SEAMAN-D Kinderhook, NY <gregseaman@berk.com>
Sorry to have to use the list this way but all other methods have failed: If R. Agee sees this message, please contact me. We need to straighten out a subscribing problem. Carolyn Mussina Seaman, listowner, SEAMAN list Kinderhook, NY <gregseaman@berk.com>
A lady sent me this link & I thought I would share. Fill in the box with a name, etc & see what photos are available. I tried SEAMAN and found 5. Use the ENTIRE URL. http://carlisle-www.army.mil/cgi-bin/usamhi/PhotoDB/FindPhotos.cfm Good luck. Terry === Terry Wilson 40 S. Gamble Street Shelby, OH 44875 Researching: ALLEN, COLTMAN, EDMAN, FERRIS, HARLAN/HARLAND, HOLLENBAUGH, HORNER, JANNY/JANNEY/JENNING, KELLER, KLINKLE, KRUNK/CRUNK/CRONK,MARING/MEARING, MAY, McCORMIC/McCORMICK, SEAMAN, SHOMO, SIFFERLIN, TOUSLEY/TOSELEY, & WILSON _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Hello Hi I am a Junior taking a Genealogy class. I am stuck on my Semans. Henry Semans married Rebekah I have know idea where or when this all happened. Henry and Rebekah had a son named William Semans. William married Lettetia. Lettetia and William had a son named William, William died somewhere between Feb-Mar in 1807 in Warsaw, Kosciusko Co., IN, this is the first date I have for one of the Semans. William Semans married Ellen or Eleanor Beason she dies around 1780. If any of these Semans look familiar I would love to hear what you have Thanks : ) Jill mailto:kcccs1@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
In a message dated 99-05-16 03:22:50 EDT, you write: << Looking for parents of Sylvanus SEAMAN. He was born in Fairfield, Herkimer County, NY, About 1806 and died Macoplin Couy, IL. in 1893. He marrid Nancy MCWAIN on Sept. 19, 1841 in Carlinville, IL. Bill Shepherd, Colo. Spgs., CO >> Believe Bill is a cousin of ours. Another person to help us find the illusive Sylvanus Seaman. I think Sylvanus is living the the outskirts of Carlinville now!! LOL,LOL. Does anyone know what I mean? Mary
-----Original Message----- From: billy shepherd [mailto:billyjoyce@webtv.net] Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 10:18 PM To: seaman-l@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Seaman Looking for parents of Sylvanus SEAMAN. He was born in Fairfield, Herkimer County, NY, About 1806 and died Macoplin Couy, IL. in 1893. He marrid Nancy MCWAIN on Sept. 19, 1841 in Carlinville, IL. Bill Shepherd, Colo. Spgs., CO
Do these records include Confederates? My GG-grandfather Thomas W. SEAMANS was in the 1st Arkansas Infantry, Co. 'H'. "With Honor Untarnished" (a history of the 1st Ark. Inf.) lists him as captured at the battle of Shiloh. Can you suggest any ways to follow-up on this info? Thanks, Ralph
For anyone who doesn't know about it, the scanned Civil War army & navy Original records (OR) are available from Cornell. Here are the addresses: For Army http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/MOA/MOA-JOURNALS2/WARO.html For Navy http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/MOA/MOA-JOURNALS2/OFRE.html Have fun. Terry === Terry Wilson 40 S. Gamble Street Shelby, OH 44875 Researching: ALLEN, COLTMAN, EDMAN, FERRIS, HARLAN/HARLAND, HOLLENBAUGH, HORNER, JANNY/JANNEY/JENNING, KELLER, KLINKLE, KRUNK/CRUNK/CRONK,MARING/MEARING, MAY, McCORMIC/McCORMICK, SEAMAN, SHOMO, SIFFERLIN, TOUSLEY/TOSELEY, & WILSON _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
What can anyone tell me of a SEAMAN who commanded a naval squadron on Lake Ontario(???) in the Rev War time frame? Also, anyone have info on a seaman-type SEAMAN who died at Gibraltar? Last one, how about a SEAMAN who was rousted out of his bed by the British & forced to navigate them up to West Point, NY? Terry (Did you notice, I hate black & white questions & answers?) === Terry Wilson 40 S. Gamble Street Shelby, OH 44875 Researching: ALLEN, COLTMAN, EDMAN, FERRIS, HARLAN/HARLAND, HOLLENBAUGH, HORNER, JANNY/JANNEY/JENNING, KELLER, KLINKLE, KRUNK/CRUNK/CRONK,MARING/MEARING, MAY, McCORMIC/McCORMICK, SEAMAN, SHOMO, SIFFERLIN, TOUSLEY/TOSELEY, & WILSON _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Life in the 1500s This is really interesting (and TRUE!!) Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and were still smelling pretty good by June. However,they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the b.o. ���~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~��� Baths equaled a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water." ���~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~��� Houses had thatched roofs. Thick straw, piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the pets ... dogs, cats and other small animals, mice, rats, bugs lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs." ���~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~��� There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could really mess up your nice clean bed. So, they found if they made beds with big posts and hung a sheet over the top, it addressed that problem. Hence those beautiful big 4 poster beds with canopies. ���~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~> The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, hence the saying "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors which would get slippery in the winter when wet. So they spread thresh on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on they kept adding more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed at the entry way, hence a "thresh hold." ���~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~��� They cooked in the kitchen in a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They mostly ate vegetables and didn't get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes the stew had food in it that had been in there for a month. Hence the rhyme: peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old." ���~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~��� Sometimes they could obtain pork and would feel really special when that happened. When company came over, they would bring out some bacon and hang it to show it off. It was a sign of wealth and that a man "could really bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat." ���~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~��� Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with a high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food. This happened most often with tomatoes, so they stopped eating tomatoes ... for 400 years. ���~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~��� Most people didn't have pewter plates, but had trenchers -- a piece of wood with the middle scooped out like a bowl. Trenchers were never washed and a lot of times worms got into the wood. After eating off wormy trenchers, they would get "trench mouth." ���~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~��� Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the "upper crust." ���~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~��� Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock them out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake." ���~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~�����~>�<~��� England is old and small, and they started running out of places to bury people. So, they would dig up coffins and would take their bones to a house and reuse the grave. In reopening these coffins, one out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they thought they would tie a string on their wrist and lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night to listen for the bell. Hence on the "graveyard shift" they would know that someone was "saved by the bell." === Terry Wilson 40 S. Gamble Street Shelby, OH 44875 Researching: ALLEN, COLTMAN, EDMAN, FERRIS, HARLAN/HARLAND, HOLLENBAUGH, HORNER, JANNY/JANNEY/JENNING, KELLER, KLINKLE, KRUNK/CRUNK/CRONK,MARING/MEARING, MAY, McCORMIC/McCORMICK, SEAMAN, SHOMO, SIFFERLIN, TOUSLEY/TOSELEY, & WILSON _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
looking for information on my grandfather Walter Scott SEAMAN. born march 20, 1884 in Oceola< Neb. Married June 30, 1910 Mary Elizabeth SCOTLAND. Would like to know names and dates of their parents and siblings. Thanks for any information anyone can give me.
Looking for information on family and ancestors of Frank Herman Seaman. DOB unknown, DOD 5-24-54. He was married to Nellie Wylie Seaman, who preceeded him in death. He had 5(?) childred: F.H., Jr., Ruth, married Charles Gumbert - Helen married Herbert Bassett - Gertrude married James Bricker, and George - not sure of marriages. As far as I know, all are now deceased. Particularly interested in families of these 5 and also ancestors of F.H. Sr., and Nellie. Any information will be greatly appreciated. F.H. Jr., was my father and no records were left when he passed away . Thank you