Edmund Seager (1838 - 1922)

Born 22 Nov 1838 in Richmond Hill, York, Upper Canada

Husband of Elizabeth Ann (Taber) Seager — married about 1869 in Ontario, Canada

Husband of Isabella (Agar) Seager — married 17 Jul 1883 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Died 9 Jul 1922 at age 83 in Keewaten, Kenora, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Edmund was born and raised in Richmond Hill, Vaughan north of Toronto.^[1] By 1871, he was married to Elizabeth Ann Seager and working as a dentist in Toronto.^[2] By 1881, he had apparently split from Elizabeth as she was back living with her father at that point and using her maiden name.^[3] At some point in the 1870's, Edmund left his wife and children, and Toronto behind, moving to the frontier country of northwestern Ontario where he became a land surveyor. In 1883, he married Isabel Forneri, the widow of another land surveyor in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[4] By 1891, he and Isabel were living in Rat Portage with his stepchildren.^[5] They were still there in 1901.^[6] By 1921, now in his eighties, Edmund and Bella were living on Vancouver Island, off the British Columbia coast.^[7] Edmund died the following summer of stomach cancer. He was back in the Kenora district in Ontario.^[8] He was buried in Lake of the Woods Cemetery in Kenora.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Vaughan, York County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11759; Page: 29; Line: 33.
2. ↑ 1871 Census of Canada, St Johns Ward, Toronto West, Ontario; Roll: C-9971; Page: 15; Family No: 63.
3. ↑ 1881 Census of Canada, Yorkville, York East, Ontario; Roll: C_13248; Page: 61; Family No: 311.
4. ↑ Web: Manitoba, Marriage Index, 1879-1931, Vital Statistics. Manitoba Consumer and Corporate Affairs.
5. ↑ 1891 Census of Canada, Rat Portage West, Algoma, Ontario; Roll: T-6324; Family No: 12.
6. ↑ 1901 Census of Canada, Rat Portage (Town/Ville), Algoma, Ontario; Page: 5; Family No: 44.
7. ↑ 1921 Census of Canada, RG 31; Folder Number: 16; Census Place: Cowichan, Nanaimo, British Columbia; Page Number: 3.
8. ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKWZ-SZ7 : 11 December 2014), Edmund Seager, 09 Jul 1922; citing Keewaten, Kenora, Ontario, yr 1922 cn 17348, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,907,005.
9. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial #65772900.

See also:

• "Ontario Births, 1869-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM42-J7V : 15 January 2016), Edmund Seager in entry for Sarah Bertha Seager, 23 May 1870; citing Birth, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,844,885.