When John Samuel Seeley was born on 10 August 1871, in Illinois, United States, his father, Michael Combs, was 32 and his mother, Mary Leanna Tatum, was 19. He married Minnie Victoria Jones on 16 June 1895, in Steamboat Springs, Routt, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Gorst, Kitsap, Washington, United States in 1935 and Gorst Election Precinct, Kitsap, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 29 March 1951, in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Port Orchard, Kitsap, Washington, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Historical Boundaries: 1877: Routt, Colorado, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1894: Mesa, Colorado, United States
English: nickname for a person with a cheerful disposition, from Middle English seli ‘happy, fortunate’ (Old English sǣlig, from sǣl ‘happiness, good fortune’). The word was also occasionally used as a female personal name during the Middle Ages. The sense ‘pitiable’, which developed into modern English silly, is not attested before the 15th century. See also Selman .
Altered form of German Seele , respelled to preserve the bisyllabic pronunciation of the German name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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