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Query Number: 1811-2

Requested By: Agneta (A.G.) Breitenstein
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Requested Information

A.G. is interested in learning more about her paternal grandmother Mabel/Maybell Seeley. She wonders whether her father Robert Seeley Breitenstein is an SGS descendant and if there are other descendants of his line still living in New Haven.

Initial Response Information
Query Responder: Query Editor

1940 census New Haven, New Haven, CT

  • Breitenstein, Albert F age 56, widower, b. CT, mechanical engineer and manager at tool factory
  • Breitenstein, Louise C age 67, Julia F. age 60, both sisters, b. CT
  • Breitenstein, Robert S age 4 b. CT

1930 census New Haven, New Haven, CT

  • Breitenstein, Albert F age 45 b. CT, SWITZ, SWITZ, tool factory manager, md 7 yr to
  • Breitenstein, Maybelle J age 35 b. CT, CT, CT

1920 census New Haven, New Haven, CT

  • Seeley, Joseph T age 44 b. CT, CT, CT, RR conductor
  • Seeley, Mary B age 44 b. CT, CT, CT
  • Seeley, Mabel J age 24 b. CT, CT, CT, stenographer at tool company

1910 census New Haven, New Haven, CT

  • Seeley, Joel age 38 b. CT, ?, CT, steam rail conductor, md 17 yr to
  • Seeley, Mary age 37 b. CT, CT, Wales, 7 ch., 4 living
  • Seeley, Mabel age 16, Grace age 8, Olive age 4, Walter age 2, all b. CT, CT, CT
  • also a lot of lodgers

1900 census New Haven, New Haven, CT

  • Seeley, Joel T. b. Nov 1871 CT, CT, Cuba, RR brakeman, md 7 yr to
  • Seeley, Mary b. May 1872 CT, CT, CT, 2 ch, 1 living
  • Seeley, May bell b. Oct 1893 CT, CT, CT
  • Blakeslee, James, father-in-law b. July 1851 CT, IRE, CT, widower, day laborer

Also in New Haven

  • Seeley, Henry b. Oct 1843 CT, Ct, CT, plumber, divorced, boarder in home of William C Monsell

1880 New Haven, New Haven, CT

  • Seeley, Almira D age 72  md. b. CT, CT, CT
  • Seeley, Henry S age 39, b. CT, CT, CT, son widower, plumber
  • Seeley, Almira A. age 36, dau. b. CT, CT, CT,, divorced
  • Seeley, Harry W age 21, silver plater, Alice W age 19, Joel T age 10, all grandchildren b. CT, CT, So. America

1870 New Haven, New Haven, CT

  • Seeley, Henry S age 32 b. CT, plumber
  • Seeley, Ann age 27 b. Dominica
  • Seeley, Ella age 14, Henry W age 12, Alice A age 10, Deuritta age 7, Addie age 6, Edna age 2, all b, CT

1860 New Haven, New Haven, CT

  • Seeley, Charles age 54, b. CT, ship Master
  • Seeley, Almira age 52 b. CT
  • Seeley, Adelbert age 21, seaman; Almira age 18,
  • Seeley, Henry age 23 , plumber
  • Seeley, Ann age 21
  • Seeley, Ella age 3, Harvey age 1

1850 New Haven (Fair Haven), New Haven, CT

  • Seely, Charles age 41 b. Ct, sailor
  • Seely, Almira age 42 b. CT
  • Seely, Henry age 12, Albert age 10, Almira age 8, all b. CT

Charles Seeley is SGS# 1194 and his son Henry S is SGS# 2935. In our “Seventh Generation Families of Nathaniel Seeley” we don’t have information that Henry had descendants, nor do we list his brother Albert/Adelbert. Our database does not have Henry’s children either so I will be updating the Ancestral File to show these additions.

I couldn’t find a marriage record for Henry S and his wife Ann, nor her death record. If anyone has further information on this family let us know.

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