David Howard Seaman

Brief Life History of David Howard

When David Howard Seaman was born on 28 April 1855, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Theodore D. Seaman, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Neelands, was 21. He married Elizabeth Angelina Caswell on 4 November 1879, in Sydenham Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Sydenham Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 8 December 1934, in Grey, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 79, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

David Howard Seaman
1855–1934
Elizabeth Angelina Caswell
1860–1948
Marriage: 4 November 1879
Annie Louella Seaman
1880–1983
Harriet Mabel Seaman
1882–
Walter H Seaman
1884–1930

Sources (32)

  • David Seaman, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1917
  • David H Seaman, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

World Events (6)

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

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1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Seman, Semon (Old English Sǣmann, composed of the elements ‘sea’ + mann ‘man’). The surname may have become confused with variants of Simon .

English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name for a sailor, from Middle English seman ‘sailor’ (Old English sǣmann), but the most common source of the name is 1.

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Seemann .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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