Ebert T.H. SEARS
Census
Mother was born in PA, father in Vermont. The card file says Eber T. H. Sears of Philadelphia. Named as Harry in his father-in-law's obit. Name was Eber Th in the 1880 census. They were in Philadelphia. He was a salesman in a store. 1900 - Philadelphia - he was a plumber.
Obituary
Census
From the 1870 census. Census had Carrie F. 1880 - married and living in Philadelphia. 1900 - had 7 kids, 4 were alive. Living in Philadelphia. 1910 -living in Perkasie Ward 3, Bucks, PA. She was a roomer, she was widowed. Carrie T. was the one married to Eber. It looks like F in a couple of census. I don't know if I have these mixed up or not. She was alive in her father's obit. 1924 - alive and living in Lancaster. Joseph's name was Joseph Wilson, which is a WIlson family name, so.... 1900 United States Federal Census about Carrie F Sears Name: Carrie F Sears Home in 1900: Philadelphia Ward 20, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Age: 43 Birth Date: Sep 1856 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to Head of House: Wife Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother: number of living children: 4 Mother: How many children: 7 Spouse's name: Ebert T H Marriage Year: 1880 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 20 Household Members: Name Age Ebert T H Sears 45 Carrie F Sears 43 Elsie M Sears 18 William L Sears 16 Joseph W Sears 14 Wayne H Sears 11
I don't know where this guy came from. If he was real, he was dead before 1900.
1900 - she was a saleslady in a millinery.
1900 - clerk groceries. 1910- 1920 - driver of a milk wagon. 1910 - he was a boarder in the house of Sarah's brother. It says that he is married, and he has Thelma with him. Sarah is there, but listed as single and as the sister of the head of the house. ????? William had been married 6 years at this time, which would put the marriage at 1904. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 about William Leon Sears Name: William Leon Sears Birth Date: 13 May 1884 Birth Place: Philadelphia Residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Roll: WW2_2139790 Person to contact was Mrs. John Chaiza Social Security Death Index about William Sears Name: William Sears SSN: 182-09-3344 Last Residence: 08106 Audubon, Camden, New Jersey, United States of America Born: 13 May 1884 Died: Feb 1971 State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
1900 - was a card maker. 1930 - there was a Joseph W. again living with Dorothy Bidlingmaier in Philadelphia. It said he was single and a plumber. Born about 1887. Dorothy was born abt 1897. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Joseph Wilson Sears Name: Joseph Wilson Sears City: Philadelphia County: Philadelphia State: Pennsylvania Birth Date: 25 Feb 1886 Race: White FHL Roll Number: 1907953 DraftBoard: 45 Wife was May. Lived at 2904 N 8th St. Philadelphia. He was a plumber at Mosher Plumber. 2556 N. Orkney St. Philadelphia. 1920 - there is a Joseph W. Sears, a plumber, living with a Dorothy Bidlingmeier (or Bidlingmaier, a 33 year old widow, who was an examiner for a hosery mill. She had 3 kids. It said that he was her brother. That would put her born about 1897 - but there was no Dorothy in the family. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 about Joseph Wilson Sears Name: Joseph Wilson Sears Birth Date: 25 Feb 1886 Birth Place: Philadelphia Residence: Bucks, Pennsylvania Roll: WW2_2139790 Lived at Bristol Pike, Eddington, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. He was a self employed plumber. Born in Philadelphia. Apr 27, 1942 He had a wife, Mrs. Joseph Wilson Sears.
1910 - he was a boarder. He was a sign painter in a paint shop. He was in Philadelphia. 1920 - general artist. 1930- sign painter U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 about Wayne Harrison Sears Name: Wayne Harrison Sears Birth Date: 15 Oct 1888 Birth Place: Philadelphia Residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Roll: WW2_2139790 Born in Philadelpnia. Self employed 6833 Gratz St. Philadelphia. Person to contact: Gordon R. Sears same address. Social Security Death Index about Wayne Sears Name: Wayne Sears SSN: 196-26-5323 Last Residence: 19126 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Born: 15 Oct 1888 Died: Feb 1978 State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (1951)
He married Carrie F. Wilson 15 Feb 1880 at Methodist Episcopal Church, Wrightsville or Hellam Twp, York, Pennsylvania . Carrie F. Wilson was born at PA 7 Sep 1856 daughter of Joseph S. Wilson and Sarah Jane .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Frank W . Sears
born 22 May 1881.
Elsie M. Sears
born Jun 1881.
William Leon Sears
born 13 May 1884.
Joseph Wilson Sears
born 25 Feb 1886.
Wayne H. Sears
born Oct 1888.
Sears
Sears
Carrie F. Wilson died Dec 1924 .