Melville Leigh Seller

1884 - 1953  (69 years)

• Name	Melville Leigh Seller
  Birth	11 Oct 1884	Union Road, Prince Edward Island
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Edmonton Alberta
  Death	18 Oct 1953	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  Burial	Edmonton Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  Person ID	I318	Minoque strain
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2014

  
  

  Family	Margaret Nathella Sophia Campbell,   b. 5 Nov 1894, Thornbury, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Apr 1988, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	10 Dec 1920
  Children	1. L.H. Seller   2. M. Seller   3. D. Seller   4. M.E. Seller   5. Joan Seller,   b. 21 Mar 1929   d. 15 Sep 1997 (Age 68 years)  [Natural]   6. Donna Kathleen 'Kay' Seller,   b. 5 Sep 1932, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada d. 14 Sep 1997, Poulsbo, Washington, USA (Age 65 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F051	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2014

  
  

• Notes

  See http://www.islandregister.com/seller1.html --------------------------------------------------- Attestation paper downloaded from Soldiers of the First World War web site: Signed May 26, 1916 No. 2557?4 Stamped: 210th O.C. C.E.F. Also stamped: DISCHARGED Medically Unfit Class 'Irreg Enlisted, C.K.R.O p. 322 Sec. 1' Auth. 12 M.D '28-0-183' Date '4/7/17' Officer Commanding 'G. G. Hirst, Lt.' Special Service Co. M. D. 12 [Note: the words in single quotes are written by hand, and not fully legible.] [Note: from comparison to other attestation papers, the date '4/7/17' probably means 4 July 1917] [Note: according to Margaret (Seller) Minogue, Melville suffered both a broken ankle and pneumonia while in the service - she can't remember which was the reason for discharge. He never saw active duty overseas.] Present address: "Alsask, Sask." Birth: "Charlottetown, PEI" ,"October 11th, 1884." Trade: "Grain buyer" Married: "no" Next-of-kin: "Mrs. Mary Seller", "mother", "20 Orchard Hill St., Hamilton, Ont" Back of form: Apparent age: 31 years 6 months Height: 5 ft 6 in Complexion: Fresh Eyes: Grey Hair: Black Religious denomination: Methodist ------------------------------------- Not listed in 1901 PEI Census (see notes for Mary MacMillan). According to Margaret (Seller) Minogue, he left home at the age of 12 and lived with his brother Morley. ------------------------------------ Western and Grants database lists the following Sellers: Walter Seller SE 2 18 5 W1 William Morley Seller SW 4 6 6 W2 Melville Leigh Seller NE 12 11 8 W2 Mary Seller NW 12 11 8 W2 William Elmer Seller NW 14 26 21 W2 Leigh H Seller SW 14 26 21 W2 William Seller SE 34 24 23 W2 The Revd John A Seller NW 25 58 12 W4 !NOTE: Soldiers of the First Word War; ; http://www.archives.ca/02/020106_e.html; ; ; Attestation paper. Names: SELLER , MELVILLE LEIGH Regimental number: 255754 Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8772 - 14 !DEATH: Personal communication; ; ; ; ; Margaret (Seller) Minogue, 22 Sep 2001 !BURIAL: Personal communication; ; ; ; ; Margaret (Seller) Minogue !MARRIAGE:Neil Hardy - nhardy@telusplanet.net, Descendants of Thomas Hardy and Mary Susannah (Hardy) Wares; ; http://www.islandregister.com/hardy1.html; ; ; !MARRIAGE:Preston Rodd, Seller Family Tree; ; June 12, 1961.; ; ;