The Children of John Siverd and
Susanna Boley
1)John Boley: The
eldest son of John and Susanna was born October 1, 1854 in Lancaster County Pa.
On March 29, 1877 he married Mary Catherine Lydick. Together they had eight
children: Robert L. (1879), Bert (1882), Pearl (1884), Dolly (1886), Meda
(1889), Elsie (1893) and Claire L. (1897). John's trades including farming,
retail merchandising and lumber. He died September 6, 1936 in Indiana County, Pa
and is buried in the East Union Cemetary.
2) Jacob B: Jacob
was born 1859 in Lancaster County, Pa. Sometime between 1880 and 1883 he
moved to Des Moines, Iowa. It is here on September 13, 1883 he married Nettie
Tears. Jacob died on September 2, 1918 in Polk County Iowa and is buried
in Glendale Cemetary in DesMoines.
3) George : George was
born in Lancaster County, November 1859. He married Clara Pion. He and his
family moved around quite a bit before settling in New Orlaens. His known
children are: Alice (1883), Arthur William (1887) Florence, (1892) and Clarence
Eugene (1898).
4) Eli Frank:
Frank was born in April 1859 in Lancaster County. About 1882 he married Eva
, they had two known children: Charles F. (1884) and Albert S. (1885). He lived
most of his married life in Springdale, Allegheny County, PA.
5) Elmer Ellsworth:
Born February 1861 in Pennsylvania. Elmer married Susan Overbeck Lyle
about 1893, possibly in Jefferson County, Pa. Elmer and Susan had five children.
Three of which are known at this time: John (1895), Amelia May (1897) and Edith
(1902). From all indications Elmer moved to Jefferson County before 1893 and
spent the remainder of his life there.
6) Ulysses Grant:
Grant was born on October 14, 1864 in Chambersville, Cambria County, Pa. On
January 13 1886 he married Nannie Knox Marcy. Their only child was Percy Dwight
Siverd, he was born in 1889. Before 1890 Grant and his family moved to Pittsbugh
and later to Crafton, both in Allegheny County. He was a tennis coach at
Duquesne University and also was employed by Connecticut General Life Insurance
Company. At one point in his life Grant palyed against tennis great Bill Tilden.
Grant died in Crafton Allegheny County on November 21, 1955.
7) Melissa
Lillian: Lillie is my
direct ancestor and was born February 1, 1865. Although her given name was
Melissa she went by Lillian or Lillie throughout her life. She married James
Davis about 1883 and they had 10 children together. Lillie died in Allegheny
County, Pa after 1930.
8) Harris : Born in
Pennsylvania about 1866. Alsmost nothing in known of Harris except that he died
before 1913.
9) Madusa : Madusa was
born October 1871. Her husband was Samuel Davis who was born October
1870. They married in Allegheny County on August 2, 1894 She was living in
Pittsburgh in 1909,1913 and 1936. They have one known child, Robert S
(1899).
10) Matilda:
Matilda was born in Pennsylvania on November 25, 1872.
In 1899 she married Lee Hurt, probably in Louisiana or Arkansas. They had
one child. Lee died before 1930. Matilda moved from Texas to California between
1930 and 1936 where she married a man named Nau. Matilda died in Los Angeles on
March 30,1950.
11)
Robert: Robert was born in Pennsylvania in October of 1869. Very
little is known about him other than he was living in Wheeling, West Virginia
between 1909 and 1913. he died before September 1936.