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Seager Family History

 

Welcome to the Seager Family History page. Described here are the beginnings of the Seager Family history starting with Donald & Georgia Seager, with pictures relative to the time frame when they were born. This will be followed with information of the birth of each child and pictures if available. A timeline will also be presented appropriate to the era. The content will not present age-related issues. Other pages in the website reference birthdays, so only general information will be presented here. Personal details will be omitted to preserve privacy. It is our hope that the presentation here will help you to understand the family better.

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550 Liberty Street Donald Edward Seager born to William Thomas Seager & Ellen Bessie Nichols in Guyanoga, NY . The family later moves to Penn Yan. This is the house Don lived in until he entered the military.   Georgia Haley was born to Roscoe Merrill Haley and Lucille Alger in St. George, UT. Soon after the family moves to Caliente, NV where Georgia lived until she moved to Las Vegas, NV cal
nel Don Seager enters the Army Air Corps and is assigned duty at Nellis AB in Las Vegas, NV   Georgia Haley moves to Las Vegas to work at a hardware store. lv
Don & Georgia meet at a USO dance and on November 12, 1943, are married in Glendale, CA shortly before Don ships out to India on a troop ship. uo
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py2 Phillip Donald Seager is born in Penn Yan, NY
syr Sheryl Margaret Seager is born in Syracuse, NY
py Lynnette Joy Seager is born in Penn Yan, NY
por Deena Louise Seager is born in Porterville, CA
Newfield home Home on Court Street These are 2 of the homes the family lived in while living in New York. One is in Newfield and the other on Court Street in Penn Yan.
The family moved to Caliente, NV in 1953, so that Don can live in a drier climate due to health issues. Grandpa [Don] begins working for Caliente Elementary School.
Home on Dixon Street Caliente Elementary School Here is the picture of the home on Dixon and the school where Grandpa Don taught and Sheryl & Phil attended.
book While in Caliente, Grandpa receives his first exposure to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, he is not ready to accept its teachings at this point.
801 W. Belleview 2421 Mountain View When the family moved to Porterville California in 1956, they first lived in the home (far left) on Belleview and then in the home on Mountain View. While here, Phil & Sheryl attended Porterville Union High School; Lynne & Deena went to Vandalia Elementary. Grandpa Don joins the church and shortly thereafter also does Phil & Sheryl.
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stg In 1962, the family is sealed together in the Saint George, Utah Temple
1962 This family picture was taken on the grounds of the temple.
or In 1964, the family moved to Orem, Utah where Sheryl graduated from Orem High School, while Dad and Phil attended Brigham Young University in nearby Provo. Phil entered the Norwestern States Mission in 1966 and the family moved to Greeley, Colorado where both Lynne & Deena would graduate from high school and Mom and Dad would live for 17 years while Dad worked for the University of Northern Colorado.
byu During this time Grandpa Don graduated from Brigham Young University with a Doctoral degree In Education[1968], while Sheryl also graduated from BYU in Interior Design & Decoration [1970]
unc Phil received his degree in Elementary Education from the University of Northern Colorado [1970].
After 1970, the children started to leave home to pursue careers and other adventures. The continuation of this story is found on individual family pages by family name. Eventually Grandpa Donald and Grandma Georgia moved to Kanab, Utah where they lived the remainder of their lives, Grandpa passed on in 1999 and Grandma in 2009.

 

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