Initial Response Information:

: We had several John Wesley Seeleys in the SGS Ancestral file including one born in 1879 and married to Mary Ann Hoadley. To verify that this was the correct one I began with census information:

1940 census South Canaan, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA

• Seeley, Wesley age 61 b. PA, farmer
• Seeley, Mary age 51
• Seeley, Leroy age 31, farm laborer, Margaret age 17, Laura age 13, Mildred age 11, Shirley age 9, all b. PA

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• Seeley, Wallace age 45 b. PA, farmer
• Hartshorn, William, hired hand age 19 b. PA, farm laborer

1930 census South Canaan, Wayne, PA

• Seeley, Wallace age 34 b. PA, PA, PA, farmer
• Robinson Eugene, hired man age 58, b. PA, PA, PA, farm laborer

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• Seeley, Edward J age 38 b. PA, PA, PA, farmer
• Seeley, Andrew A age 83, foster father b. PA, PA, PA, 1st md at age 25
• Seeley, Sarah, age 79. foster mother b. NJ, NJ, NJ
• Seeley, William age 78, widower, foster uncle b. PA, PA, PA

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• Seeley, Wesley  J. age 50 b. PA, PA, PA, farmer, md 24 yr to
• Seeley, Mary age 40 b. PA, PA, PA
• Seeley, Leroy A. age 20, Beatrice H. age 19, Raymond age 17, Robert A. age 15, Gerald W. age 13, Laurence age 11, Irene E age 9, Margaret H age 7, Laura E. age 3 yr 8 mos., Mildred K age 1 yr 6 mos. all b. PA, PA, PA

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• Seeley, H….l age 71, widower, b. PA, PA, PA

1920 census South Canaan, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA

• Seeley, Wesley age 40 b. PA, PA, PA, farmer
• Seeley, Mary age 31 b. PA, PA, PA
• Seeley, Harold age 13, Leroy age 12, Beatrice age 10, Raymond age 8, Robert age 6, Gerald age 4, Laurence age 2, all b. PA, PA, PA

1910 census South Canaan, Wayne, PA

• Seeley, Wesley J. age 32 b. PA, PA, PA, farmer, md 6 yr to
• Seeley, Mary age 32 b. PA, PA, PA, 3 ch., 3 living
• Seeley, Herold C age 3, Leroy age 10 months, Beatrice H age 0 mos.

1900 census South Canaan, Wayne, PA

• Seely, John L, b. Aug 1831 PA,,md 46 yrs to Louisa b. Dec 1833 PA
  Seely, Hershel b. Nov 1856, Wessley b. May 1879

1880 census South Canaan, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA

• Seeley, John age 48 b. PA, NJ, PA, farmer
• Seeley, Louisa A. age 47 b. PA, PA, PA
• Seeley, Hurshel son age 23, laborer, Birdsel, son, age 14, Cordela age 11, Emery age 9, Blanche age 4, John W age 1 b. May 1879, all b. PA, PA, PA

1870 census So Canaan, Wayne, PA

• Seeley, John age 39 b. PA, farmer
• Seeley, Louisha age 37 b. PA
• Seeley, Hershel age 14, Arthur age 10, Isabelle age 8, Seymour age 7, Birdsall age 5, Delia age 2, all b. PA

1860 census Salem, Wayne, PA

• Seeley, John, age 30, laborer, b PA
• Seeley, Ann L, age 28, b. PA
• Seeley, Harchell, age 3, b. PA, John age 6 mos b. PA
• Swingle, Mary 7 mos, b PA; Harriet 12 b. PA, John 10, b. PA

I believe John’s wife is Louisa Ann Swingle, dau. of Otho Swingle:
1850 census Canaan, Wayne, PA

• Otho Swingle, age 40, b. PA, farmer
• Bridgett Swingle, age 60, b. Ireland, laborer
• Lavina Swingle, age 49, b. PA
• Swingle, Melissa age 19, Louisa A. 17, Genette 15, Elizabeth 11, Emily 9, Samuel 7, Harriet 5, John 6 mos, all b. PA

PA Birth Certificate

• Beatrice Hilda Seeley b. 16 Apr 1910 at So Canaan to John Wesley Seeley age 31 b. So Canaan and Mary Hoadley age 21 b. Canaan Corners
• Harold Edwin Seely b. 6 Jan 1907 at Canaan, Wayne, PA to John Wesley Seely and Mary Ann Seely

WWI Draft Reg’n

• Wesley John Seely of Gravity, Wayne, PA b. 2 May 1879, farmer, next of kin is wife Mary Ann Seely of Gravity, signed Wesley John Seely

WWII Draft Reg’n

• John Wesley Seeley of South Canaan, Wayne, PA b. 2 May 1879 at So. Canaan, self employed, next of kin Mrs Mary Seeley of same address; signed Wesley Seeley
• Robert Seeley of Gravity, Wayne, PA b. 8 Oct 1914 in Wayne Co., next of kin Mrs Mary Seeley, mother

SSDI

• Wesley Seeley, last res. Lake Ariel, Wayne, PA, b. 2 May 1879, d. Jan 1968

PA Death Cert.

• Mary Hoadley Seeley, age 62, md, b. 10 Dec 1888 at Waymart, PA to James Hoadley and Emma Shaffer, d. 25 May 1951 at South Canaan, Wayne, PA, informant: Wesley Seeley

I also found death and marriage information for several of Beatrice Seeley’s siblings which I can send to anyone who asks. You will also note that John Wesley is a son of John Seely, SGS #3482.

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