Bertha Patterson Reid and Edwin Elbert Seely

EDWIN ELBERT SEELY was born in 1879 in California,¹²²⁰ and died September 17, 1950 in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California.^{1220, 3869} He is buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara, California.^{1220, 3869}

He married BERTHA PATTERSON REID on July 10, 1910 in Trinity Church, San Jose, Santa Clara, California,¹²⁵⁴ daughter of ANN ELIZABETH GREGSON and ROBERT MORISSON REID. She was born February 10, 1881 in Indian Valley, Monterey, California,^{250, 1213} and died September 6, 1974 in Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California.^{250, 1213} She is buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara, California.^{1213, 1220}

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Bertha P. Reid)

Children of BERTHA PATTERSON REID and EDWIN ELBERT SEELY:

1. VIRGINIA REID SEELY, b. May 1, 1912, San Jose, Santa Clara, California;^{100, 13} d. July 24, 1974, Santa Clara County, California.²⁵⁰
2. DONALD R. SEELY, b. February 7, 1914, San Benito County, California;¹⁰⁰ d. October 24, 1988, Santa Cruz County, California.²⁵⁰
3. Son

Personal Information

Bertha P. Reid

• graduated from San Jose State Normal School, California, June 25, 1902^{1153, 1154}
• was a school principal in Saratoga, California¹²¹³

Marriage Announcements and News

Evening News, July 9, 1910¹²²⁹

MARRIAGE LICENSES

The following secured marriage licenses this morning: ... Edwin E. Seely of Porterville, 30 and Bertha P. Reid, San Jose, 27.

Newspaper Articles

San Jose Mercury, March 17, 1900¹¹⁵⁵

A pleasant surprise party was tendered Miss Minnie Tupper at her home at the corner of Illinois and San Salvador streets last Saturday evening. The evening was delightfully spent with games, music and conversation. Refreshments were also served.

Those present were Misses Letitia and Bertha Reid, Blanche and Alice Hayes, Bernice and Pearl Smith, Alma, Daisy and Myra Lee, Estelle Stepehns, Loretta Hainer, Marguerite and Minnie Tupper, Messrs. Louis Austin of Campbell, Daniel Ingram of Evergreen, Henry Craft of Los Gatos, T. L. and E. Ingram of Angews, R. W. Tupper of Sonora, Victor Challens, George Kidder, Robert Reid, J. H. Donnelly, Fred Toley and F. Shepard.

Obituaries

Watsonville Register, September 18, 1950³⁸⁶⁹

Edwin Seeley, Prominent Aromas Resident Dies

Edwin E. Seeley, 71, pioneer in the berry and fruit industry of Monterey county and a resident of Aromas, died Sunday at the Watsonville hospital after an illness of a few weeks.

A native of Winters, Calif., he had been a resident of the Aromas area for 60 years. He was a past director of the California Prune and Apricot association, in which he had taken an active part, and a past director of the Soil Conservation association of Monterey county. He belonged to the Red Men and Native Sons lodges of Watsonville and the Aromas grange.

Surving are his widow, Bertha Seeley of the family home, route 1, box 69, Aromas, a daughter, Virginia, and a son Donald, of the family home, and another son Edwin E. Seeley, Jr. of Sacramento; a sister, Mrs. Jessie B. Axelson, Los Angeles; and a grandson Michael Edwin Seeley of Sacramento; and a niece and three nephews.

Funeral services are to be held at White's mortuary Wednesday at 9:40 a.m. and graveside services will be held at Oakhill cemetery, San Jose.

Watsonville Register, September 20, 1950³⁸⁷⁰

Edwin E. Seely Funeral Rites Held

The Rev. W.A. Molyneux officiated at funeral services Wednesday morning at White's mortuary for Edwin E. Seely, prominent Aromas resident who died Sunday. Mrs. J.K. Dyche played organ music.

Active pallbearers were John Reid, Robert Reid, Will Reid, Bob Lipton, Carly Kurzlin, and Steve Donahue. Honorary pallbearers were Mose Hutchings, Harold Hutchings, Charles Stevens, Bill Spurgeon, W.B. Denny and William A. East.

Burial was in the Oakhill cemetery at San Jose where graveside rites were exemplified by the Red Men Lodge.

San Jose Mercury, September 9, 1974¹²¹³

Long-Time Principal's Rites Set

LOS GATOS — Funeral services for Bertha R. Seely, 93, of 140 Euclid Ave., will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Oak Hill Mortuary's Chapel of Roses, followed by burial in Oak Hill Memorial Park.

Mrs. Seely died Friday in a Los Gatos convalescent hospital after an illness.

Mrs. Seely was born in Indian Valley, Monterey County, and had lived nearly all her life in Santa Clara County.

She was a long-time principal of Saratoga Grammar School, with some 30 years of teaching behind her when she retired in the 1940s.

She is survived by two sons, Edison E. Seely of Arizona and Donald R. Seely of Los Gatos.

San Jose Mercury, September 9, 1974¹²¹⁴

SEELY, Bertha—In Los Gatos, Sept. 6, 1974, Mrs. Bertha R. Seely, beloved mother of Mr. Edwin E. Seely of Arizona and Mr. Donald R. Seely of Los Gatos. Grandmother of Michael E. Seely of San Jose. A native of Indian Valley, Monterey County, now Monterey. Aged 93 years.

Funeral services Wed. Sept 11, 1974, at 1:30 p.m., from Oak Hill Mortuary's Chapel of Roses, 300 Curtner Ave., interment Oak Hill Memorial Park.

Cemetery Pictures



Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara, California

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 4, 19001148	San Jose, Santa Clara, California	Ann Elizabeth Gregson Ida Eliza Reid Alice Curry Reid Letitia Scott Reid Bertha Patterson Reid Robert Morrison Reid Lea Jane Reid Olive Frances Reid Samuel Warren Richards Harmon Lester Richards
April 15, 19101161	Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California	Alice Curry Reid Arthur Odell Cox Bertha Patterson Reid
April 27, 19101133	San Jose, Santa Clara, California	Ann Elizabeth Gregson Francis Henry Kean Letitia Scott Reid Thelma Ann Reid Kean Lea Jane Reid Olive Frances Reid Bertha Patterson Reid Robert Morrison Reid
January 26, 19201149	Castroville, Monterey, California	Edwin Elbert Seely Bertha Patterson Reid Virginia Reid Seely Donald R. Seely
April 4, 19301166	Redwood City, San Mateo, California	Edwin Elbert Seely Bertha Patterson Reid Virginia Reid Seely Donald R. Seely Son
April 4, 19402546	Pajaro, Monterey, California	Edwin Elbert Seely Bertha Patterson Reid Donald R. Seely