looking for info on Joseph Eligah Seeley born

[City Hall]

Hi Susanmj, J.J. and polarbear,
This is how I have distilled all the info supplied by your good selves.

Joseph Sealey Married Henrietta Laronde        John McNeiley Married Catherine Dubreuil
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                             -                                                                            -
                       Francis Chas Sealey                 Married              Mary Ann McNeilly
                            (Died 1899)                                               -                      =
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                                                                 Joseph Eligah Seeley                     =
                                                                     (Born 1897)                             =
                                                                                                                   =
                                                                                                                   =
                       Edward Dubreuil                    Married                 Mary Ann McNeilly                 
                                                                                                        (2nd Marriage)
                                                                                                         (Married 1901)
Questions
Am I right in assuming  there is no evidence that Joseph had 2 full brothers called Charles and Ned?

If Mary Ann McNeilly's mother's maiden name was Dubreuil, do you think her 2nd husband, Edward Dubreuil, was in fact her 1st or 2nd cousin? I certainly do!! 

If Francis Chas died on 20/12/1899, and Mary Ann married Edward Dubreuil on 10/02/1901, then who is the father of William, born December 1900(as per 1911 census). I presume it was Edward,before they got married.

Susanmj, we now know our great grandparents and our Great great grandparents on Joseph Eligah's side.

City Hall.

[susanmj]

thank you city hall 

[polarbear]

William Clifford Dubreuil was actually b. 01 Dec 1901 according to the birth record. Father Edouard Dubreuil, mother Mary Ann McNealy. Birth district Nipissing.

I think the 1900 as year of birth would have been calculated by the enumerator based on the age given, or something similar.

PB

[J.J.]

That birth is on that list of Nipissing births link which has a few generations of information for you, although of course, not all.
Francis Chas Seely & Mary Anne married 1897 and he died a few years later, so there is not room for living births in that amount of time unless they were born out of wedlock.
The thought that there was a twin appears to have some weight, though...again from that link.
There may have been a baptismal forename, though, since it was a live birth. The one birth has "McKim" whereas Joseph's was Sudbury. McKim is part of Sudbury, but it was once a separate entity I think?

The death in Renfrew 1899 could be good as that is where you can find the parents Joseph and Henrietta in 1871 with son Francis and siblings ...and if not visiting them, brother John & Alex and likely others are still there later in life
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/jpg/4396765_00044.jpg

altho, hmmmm This may be the ancestor, remarried, to a Catherine? http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/ViewFrame.jsp?id=46970&highlight=8
although it says born Ontario not United States it is likely correct person if you check all the inlaws, and his proximity to Alexander makes it look good...
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1891/jpg/30953_148168-00352.jpg

[J.J.]

altho here is Harriet living with John in 1881 http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e327/e008173477.jpg

But then here is a death for her in 1884   https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JK85-L26

Noted that she can be found a.k.a. Harriet Larone

Joseph appears to have died 1906 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXWM-STP

ah here is, in 1881 household McCullum family and Jane is likely his first born from the 1851 census. Maybe he was helping out family on census day
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVXF-4ZR

the children's marriages have conflicting information on his birth place as well...
Here's a little info which may or may not be entirely correct on Catherine Mcleod /Black Seeley, Durbrow
http://boards.ancestry.ca/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=979&p=surnames.mcleod