Hattie (Hildreth) Seaver
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Hattie Louisa (Hildreth) Seaver (1857 - 1920)

Hattie Louisa Seaver formerly Hildreth
Born in Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 14 Dec 1874 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 63 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Hattie Louise Hildreth was born 28 November 1857 in Northborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, the daughter of Edward Hildreth, a comb manufacturer, and his wife Sophia (Newton).[1]

Edward, 28, his wife Sophia Hildreth, 24, and their daughter Hattie L., 2, lived in Northborough in 1860. Edward works as a comb maker. All are shown as being born in Massachusetts.[2]

Although the family still lived in Northborough in 1865,[3], they had moved to Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts by 1870, when Hattie L. Hildreth lived there with her parents, Edward and Sophia Hildreth.[4]

Frank Walton Seaver and Hattie Louisa Hildreth were married at Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, on 14 DEC 1874. The Rev. George W. Brown, Rector of St. James Church, Keene performed the ceremony.[5][6][7] (Text: in Leominster town list: Frank W. Seaver, age 22, resident of Leominster, ironworker, parents Isaac and Lucretia Seaver.) According to US Census and other records, Frank and Hattie had at least the following children born at Leominster:

By 1880, Frank and Hattie Seaver have had their first child. They lived in Leominster, and Frank still worked in the comb shop.[11]

In 1900, Frank and Hattie lived in a house they rented at 149 Lancaster Street in Leominster. They have been married for 26 years, and Hattie has had 7 children, but only 2 of them are still alive. Frank is now working as a teamster. Hattie's mother, Sophia "Haldreth," is living with the family.[12]

In 1910, Frank W., Hattie L., and Harry C. Seaver lived with Sophia Hildreth in a home she owned on Lancaster Street in Leominster.[13]

In 1920, Hattie and her family still lived in the same house in Leominster. Frank works as a combmaker, and Harry is the assistant superintendent of a horn? shop. Sophia Hildreth is also living with them.[14]

Hattie died of died of stomach cancer on 29 Nov 1920 at Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States,[15][16] and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Leominster, Massachusetts, with her husband.[17] You can see a picture of her tomb at FindAGrave.

Estate

Hattie L. Seaver died intestate before her mother and her husband, and her estate was probated simultaneously with that of her husband (Worcester County (MA) Probate Records, Probate Packet B-81,101, accessed at Worcester County Court House, Worcester, Massachusetts). J. Ward Healey petitioned the court to be named administrator of her estate on 6 September 1923. The heirs included husband Frank W. Seaver (who has since died), son Frederick W. Seaver and son Harry C. Seaver, both of Leominster.
An inventory was taken by J. Ward Healey on 10 September 1923 and found $33.10 in personal estate and $2,825 in real estate. The latter was the two family dwelling house at 149 Lancaster Street in Leominster, including a barn and 10,890 square feet of land. Bond of $4,000 was posted on 7 September 1923 by J. Ward Healey, Frederick W. Seaver and Frank C. Seaver.
The real estate was sold on 31 October 1923 for $6,000. The land is described as "land owned by the heirs of Edward Hildreth, Leominster, Mass." by Wm. P. Ray, C.E. It was on the southwesterly side of Lancaster Street, containing 19,317 square feet of land.
The final account of the estate of Hattie L. Seaver was submitted by J. Ward Healey on 10 December 1923, and approved by the court on 8 September 1924. The estate of $6,546.99 was distributed:
  • To Harry C. Seaver, $2,700 in cash as his partial distributive share, including a $1,600 payment to Merchants National Bank which was borrowed by him.
  • To Frederick W. Seaver, $2,700 in cash as his partial distributive share.
  • The furniture was divided by Harry C. and Frederick W. Seaver.
$150 To the City of Leominster for perpetual care of the cemetery lots of Edward Hildreth and Frank W. Seaver.
$55 to Leominster Granite and Marble Works for gravestones, and $294 to Chas. H. Richardson, undertakers.
The balance went to the administrator for taxes, repairs on the house, insurance, and probate costs.

Parents' Marriage

Husband: Edward Hildreth
Wife: Sophia Newton
Child: Hattie Louisa Hildreth
Child: Clarence Edward Hildreth
Marriage:
Date: 25 DEC 1852
Place: Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Source: #S277 Marriages: Volume 62, Page 212
Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
Text: In Northborough town list; married by S.S. Ashley, minister, Northboro.

Sources

  1. Source: #S277 Births: Volume 107, Page 232, Line 17
  2. "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCJ-SXK : accessed 22 August 2015), Edward Hildreth, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 121, household ID 984, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,528.
  3. "Massachusetts State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQHB-CNG : accessed 22 August 2015), Edward Hildreth, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 954,382.
  4. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQ8-DNV : accessed 22 August 2015), Hattie L Hildreth in household of Edward Hildreth, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 9, family 86, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,153.
    Edward Hildreth, 39 b. Massachusetts, worked in a machine shop; Sophia Hildreth, 34 b. Vermont, housekeeping; Hattie L. Hildreth, 12 b. Massachusetts, attended school.
  5. Source: #S277 Marriages: Volume 264, Page 286, Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  6. New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) Grooms S to 1901, Page 10267
  7. "New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLFW-YT1 : accessed 22 August 2015), Frank W. Seaver and Hattie L. Hildreth, 16 Dec 1874; citing , Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,300.
  8. "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX8Z-S4D : accessed 22 August 2015), Frank W. Seaver in entry for Fred Walton Seaver, 09 Oct 1876; citing Leominister, Massachusetts, reference p 311, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,169.
  9. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45X-J86 : accessed 22 August 2015), Harry Clifton Seaver, 31 Mar 1885; citing Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, 221; FHL microfilm 2,313,271.
  10. "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX6Y-3ZQ : accessed 22 August 2015), Frank W Seaver in entry for Howard Edward Seaver, 06 Jul 1893; citing Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, reference p 468, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,651,223.
  11. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHFQ-4S3 : accessed 22 August 2015), Hattie L Seaver in household of Frank W Seaver, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district 850, sheet 525C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0565; FHL microfilm 1,254,565.
    Frank W. Seaver, 27; Hattie L. Seaver, 22; Frederick W. Seaver, 3. All were born in Massachusetts.
  12. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9B3-2JQ : accessed 22 August 2015), Hattie L Seaver in household of Frank W Seaver, Leominster town (southeast quarter), Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 16A, family 372, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,692.
    Frank W Seaver, 48 b. June 1852; Hattie L Seaver, 44 b. Nov 1856; Fred W Seaver, 24 b. Oct 1876; Harry C Seaver, 15 b. March 1885; Sophia Haldreth, a 64 year old widow b. Sept 1835. The two boys are working as pointers?? in a comb shop.
  13. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M222-M95 : accessed 23 August 2015), Hattie S Seaver in household of Sophia Hildreth, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1772, sheet 13B, family 257, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,642.
    Sophia Hildreth, 73 b. Vermont. She has had 2 children, one of whom is living. Frank W. Seaver, 51, a foreman in horn/home? supply; Hattie L. Seaver (indexed as Hattie S.), 52; and Harry C. Seaver, 25, a laborer in a comb shop. All but Sophia were born in Massachusetts. Frank and Hattie have been married for 35 years, and Hattie has had 3 children, 2 of whom are living.
  14. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF9L-JVN : accessed 23 August 2015), Hattie L Seaver in household of Frank W Seaver, Leominster Ward 3, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 5B, family 132, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,747.
    Frank W Seaver, 66; Hattie L Seaver, 62; Harry C Seaver, 34; Sophia "Hildredth," 82. All were born in Massachusetts except Sophia, who was born in Vermont.
  15. "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23T2-4BN : accessed 22 August 2015), Hattie L Seaver, 29 Nov 1920; citing Death, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 207, page 354, State Archives, Boston.
  16. Source: #S700 Death certificate
  17. Source: #S152 Gravestone: "Hattie L. Hildreth, 1857-1920"
  • Source S152 Title: Evergreen Cemetery (Leominster, Mass., on Main Street), Grave Markers Repository: #R14
  • Source S277 Title: "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910," online database, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org), New England Historic Genealogical Society : 2004), citing original data at Massachusetts State Archives Repository: #R3
  • Source S700 Title: Leominster VR Certificates Author: Leominster, Massachusetts, Town Clerk's Office, Leominster, Mass. Repository: #R60
  • Repository R14 Name: Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
  • Repository R60 Name: Leominster MA Town Hall

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of randys ancestors-10generations.ged on 10 March 2011.




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