William Orin Seekins (1918-1996)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Carlene L. Belden 2. Hazel Irene Gordon William Orin Seekins Born: 21 Dec 1918, Searsport, ME Marriage (1): Carlene L. Belden on 27 Oct 1948 in ME Marriage (2): Hazel Irene Gordon on 1 Oct 1964 in ME 1 Died: 18 Jul 1996, Freeport, ME at age 77    FamilySearch ID: LRTH-P3D.   Events • Census, 20 Jan 1920, Searsport, ME. 2 • Census, 17 Apr 1930, Searsport, ME. 3 • Census, 26 Apr 1940, Searsport, ME. • Census, 10 May 1950, Prospect, ME. 4 • Obituary: Portland Press Herald, 19 Jul 1996, Portland, ME. William Seekins, 77, of Freeport died Thursday at Hawthorne House. He was born in Searsport, son of Alonzo and Ruth Anne Young Seekins, and attended schools there. During World War II, he served in the Army. Mr. Seekins was a woodsman in his early years until he moved here. He then worked at Freeport Shoe until its closing and later for Dingley Press. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans and the American Legion. Surviving are his wife of 31 years, Hazel Gordon Seekins, a daughter, Geneva Maines, and a stepson, Robert Gordon, all of Freeport; two sisters, Bertha Belden of Palermo and Gertrude Cook of Searsport; and six grandchildren. A funeral will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Lindquist Funeral Home, 37 Portland St., Yarmouth. Burial will be private. William married Carlene L. Belden on 27 Oct 1948 in ME. The marriage ended in divorce in Oct 1959. (Carlene L. Belden was born on 20 Oct 1932 in Liberty, ME and died on 8 Nov 2005.) William next married Hazel Irene Gordon, daughter of George Clarence Gordon and Ruby Geneva Merry, on 1 Oct 1964 in ME.1 (Hazel Irene Gordon was born on 28 Apr 1923 in Brooks, ME,5 6 died on 29 Jul 2015 and was buried in Webster Cemetery, Freeport, ME.)

1 Maine State Archives, "Maine Marriages, 1892-1996," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 Jul 2012), entry for William O. Seekins and Hazel I. Gordon.

2 1920 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Searsport, enumeration district (ED) 146, sheet 13A, p. 25, dwelling 300, family 346, Alonzo A. Seekins; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Dec 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_649.

3 1930 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, population schedule, Searsport, enumeration district (ED) 0023, sheet 13A, p. 25, dwelling 276, family 287, Alonzo A. Seekins; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 14 Dec 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll T626.

4 1950 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, Prospect, enumeration district (ED) 14-25, sheet 9, p. 10, household 106, William O. Seekins; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 16 Feb 2024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628, roll 986.

5 1930 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, population schedule, Thorndike, enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 1, p. 1B, dwelling 23, family 23, George C. Gardner; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 9 May 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 840.

6 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Hazel Irene Gordon; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 4 Feb 2021).