Husband: John William SEILEY
Birthdate: 20 Oct 1855
Birthplace: New Orleans, Orleans, LA
Death date: 7 Mar 1890
Place of death: Caney Creek, St. Landry, LA
Burial: Caney Creek, St. Landry, LA
Father: John Jefferson SEILEY (Abt 1817-1868)
Mother: Elizabeth Melissa DUNNAM (1831-1910)
Other Spouses:

Marriage date: 17 Feb 1876
Marriage place: Opelousas, St. Landry, LA

Wife: Laura GUILLORY
Birthdate: 13 Aug 1859
Birthplace: Grand Prairie, St. Landry, LA
Death date: 1 Apr 1920
Place of death: Reeves, Allen, LA
Burial: Caney Creek, Evangeline, LA
Father: Augustin Louis GUILLORY (1808-Abt 1873)
Mother: Eugenie SOILEAU (1821-????)
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: John Jefferson SEILEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10 Feb 1877
Birthplace: , St. Landry, LA
Death date: 26 Dec 1954
Place of death: Oakdale, Allen, LA
Burial: Oakdale, Allen, LA
Marriage date: [1] 1899 [2] 22 Dec 1905 [3] 1937
Marriage place: [1] [2] , Rapides, LA [3] Cheneyville, Rapides, LA
Spouses' names: [1] Carmilla R. WILLIAMS (1879-1904) [2] Lillian McRIGHT (1883-1927)
  [3] Stella V. YAWN (1891-1971)

Child No. 2: Andrew William SEILEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 14 Jul 1878
Birthplace: , St. Landry, LA
Death date: 17 Feb 1950
Place of death: Beaumont, Jefferson, TX
Burial: Beaumont, Jefferson, TX
Marriage date: Abt 1911
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Mollie DAVID (1894-1915)

Child No. 3: Benjamin SEILEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 21 Feb 1880
Birthplace: , St. Landry, LA
Death date: 19 Sep 1910
Place of death: Oakdale, Allen, LA
Burial: Oakdale, Allen, LA
Marriage date: 9 Jan 1899
Marriage place: Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
Spouses' names: Ida L. FONTENOT (1886-1974)

Child No. 4: Henry Hamilton SEILEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 8 Jul 1881
Birthplace: Mamou, St. Landry, LA
Death date: 8 May 1959
Place of death: Crowley, Acadia, LA
Burial: Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
Marriage date: [1] Abt 1901 [2] Abt 1934
Marriage place: [1] [2]
Spouses' names: [1] Celestine SAUCIER (1884-1930) [2] Eumea (1880-????)

Child No. 5: Dora SEILEY
Sex: F
Birthdate: 25 Mar 1883
Birthplace: , St. Landry, LA
Death date: 20 Jan 1963
Place of death: Mamou, Evangeline, LA
Burial: Mamou, Evangeline, LA
Marriage date: 24 Dec 1901
Marriage place: Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
Spouses' names: Arville CHAPMAN (1882-????)

Child No. 6: Oscar Onesime SEILEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 25 Jul 1884
Birthplace: Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names:

Child No. 7: Ella Melisse SEILEY
Sex: F
Birthdate: 10 Dec 1886
Birthplace: Mamou, St. Landry, LA
Death date: 2 Jul 1969
Place of death: Sulphur, Calcasieu, LA
Burial: Moss Bluff, Calcasieu, LA
Marriage date: 19 Mar 1902
Marriage place: Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
Spouses' names: Steven ISRAEL (1884-1958)

Child No. 8: Marie Ida SEILEY
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 Aug 1888
Birthplace: Spring Prairie, St. Landry, LA
Death date: 15 May 1977
Place of death: Oberlin, Allen, LA
Burial: Oberlin, Allen, LA
Marriage date: 5 Jul 1904
Marriage place: Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
Spouses' names: Adema Eddie CHAPMAN (1885-1935)

Child No. 9: Mary Eunice SEILEY
Sex: F
Birthdate: 21 Dec 1889
Birthplace: Caney Creek, St. Landry, LA
Death date: 25 Oct 1977
Place of death: Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
Burial: Bel, Allen, LA
Marriage date: 27 Oct 1905
Marriage place: Oakdale, Calcasieu, LA
Spouses' names: Dr. James William Barry HUFFMAN MD (1883-1932)
 
 
Documentation:
General Notes: Husband - John William SEILEY
* New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899:
Name:John William Seily
Birth Date:20 Oct 1855
Birth Place:New Orleans, Louisiana
Gender:Male
Race:White
Father's Name:John J. Seily
Mother's Name:Elizabeth M. Donnan
Birth certificate #592, recorded on 14 Dec 1857.
* SWLR CD-101:
SEILEY, John (John Jefferson & Elizabeth Melisere DUNMON) m. 17 Feb. 1876 Laura GUILLORY (Opel. Ch.: v. E, # 220).
SEILEY, John W. m. 25 Jan. 1875 Laura GUILLORY (Opel. Ct. Hse.: Mar. # 8550).
* Marriage date in ancestry.com is shown as 25 Jan 1875 in St. Landry Parish.
* 1870 St. Landry Parish, LA, census, roll 530, page 258, shows "John W. Coley", age 14, living with his mother and brothers. The family was residing with the "Francois and Felicite Dupre" family on a farm near Bayou Chicot.
* Deed: St. Landry Parish conveyance records, vol. G-2, page 25, #16793, page 337, #18035, and #18036, dated 28 Oct 1879; vol. F-2, page 237, #16240 and page --, #16324.
* 1880 Federal Census for Louisiana, St. Landry Parish, roll #470, page 384, family #268, shows Jno. W. Seily, age 25, works at sawmill, born in LA, parents born in LA. His wife, Laura, and three sons; John J., Drew and Benjamin; were listed in the household located in the 6th Ward. Also listed was his brother, Thomas J. Seily.
* The Opelousas Courier, Opelousas, Louisiana, Saturday January 11, 1888, page 4:
Jury List - ... the undersigned Jury Commissioners did on 10th day of December, A. D. 1887, ... selected list of jurors .... Second Week - .... 24. John W. Seeley ..... Belair Cove.
* Buried in family cemetery on old Thomas Seiley homesite in an area called Spring Prairie, south of Beaver, LA.
* Birth and death information taken from headstone. Seiley Cemetery listing was published in la voix des Prairies, Vol. 21, No. 82, page 3.

General Notes: Wife - Laura GUILLORY
* SWLR CD-101:
GUILLORY, Laura (Augustin & Eugenie SOILEAU) b. 13 Aug. 1859 (Opel. Ch.: v. 6, p. 98); SWLR, vol. 6 page 277.
* GUILLORY, Laura (Augustin & Mirza SOILEAU) m. 17 Feb. 1876 John SEILEY (Opel. Ch.: v. E, #220).
* Death: Louisiana State Board of Health certificate #3783, year of 1920.
* Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925:
Name:Laura Guillory
Spouse:John W. Seiley
Marriage Date:25 Jan 1875
Marriage Pace:St. Landry
* 1900 St. Landry Parish, LA, census roll 581, page 270, shows Laura Seiley, head, born August 1859 in LA, age 40, widow, mother of nine children with eight living. Her occupation listed as farmer living in Ward 6, west of Meridian. Her children, Henry, Dora, Ella, Ida, Mary E., and sister Pauline Guillory were listed in the household. Next door was her brother-in-law, James H. Seiley and his family.
* 1920 Allen Parish, LA, census, ED 18, page 30A, family #356, shows Laura Seiley, age 60, living with her daughter Ella Seiley Israel's family in Ward 2.
* Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949:
Name:Laura Seiley
Death Date:1 Apr 1920
Estimated Birth Year:1890
Age:30 years
Parish:Allen
Certificate Number:2783
Volume:9
* Buried at family cemetery on old Thomas Seiley homesite south of Beaver, Evangeline Parish, LA.

Last Modified: 24 Aug 2018