Researching Mary Seymour
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6121 people with the Seymour surname? In that year Seymour was ranked number 686 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Mary means "bitter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Mary Seymour on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Mary Seymour and the Seymour Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Seymour Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Seymour family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 9147 people with the Seymour surname in the UK? Seymour is now ranked number 633 for popularity in the UK. |
Seymour Genealogy Databases
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Seymour Forums
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Mary Seymour. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Mary Seymour
Mary Seymour
Mary Seymour (30 August 1548 – unknown), born at her father’s country seat, Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, was the only daughter of Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, and Catherine Parr, widow of Henry VIII of England. Although Catherine was married four times, Mary was her only child. Complications from Mary's birth would claim the life of her mother on 5 September 1548, and her father was executed less than a year later for treason against Edward VI.
In 1549, the Parliament of England passed an Act (3 & 4 Edw. 6 C A P. XIV) removing the attainder placed on her father from Mary, but his lands remained property of the Crown.
As her mother's wealth was left entirely to her father and later confiscated by the Crown, Mary was left a destitute orphan in the care of Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, who appears to have resented this imposition. After 1550 Mary disappears from historical record completely, and no claim was ever made on her father's meagre estate, leading to the conclusion that she did not live past the age of two.
Source: Mary Seymour, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaMary Foot Seymour
Mary Foot Seymour (1846 – March 21, 1893) was an American businesswoman and journalist. In 1879, in New York City, she started the first women's secretarial school. She also published a magazine devoted to the interest of women.
Seymour served as president of the Union Stenographic and Typewriting Association, commissioner of the United States Court of Claims, commissioner of deeds of New Jersey, and notary public of New York County, New York. She served three different terms in as many offices, and handled a large proportion of the writing done for the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Though she preferred journalistic work, she carried on her stenographic establishment as it paid better than correspondence or reporting. She was a member of the Woman's Press Club of New York City and Sorosis.
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