Salina's name has been variously spelled Selina, Celina, Slina, Sabina. It is probable she is the "Caroline" listed with Martin Westervelt, the butcher in 1880. Martin, her husband, has not yet been located in the 1870 census. He may have been in the local jail since it was noted in newspapers that “Honey” Westervelt had been picked up several times for being drunk and disorderly. Salina and her daughter Kate were living with Salina's sisters. Until receiving Civil War pension papers of Martin Westervelt's widow, Selina, I had assumed he died before 1870. There is new information in the census records showing Selina's daughter Kate and her family. They were living at 15 Weiss in Paterson.

In 1905 Selina Westervelt sued her daughter, Kate Youngs, for money in the amount of $6964.19 which is alleged she absconded with.

©2015 Original Narrative by Nancy Ratay

Martin Westervelt, husband of Salina, and Elizabeth Hindle, spinster, not found in 1870 census as of 6/2007

1870 New Jersey, Passaic County, 6th Ward Paterson, page 101, stamped page 591, film M593-885 (taken 14 July 1870)
dwelling 509, family 820
Hindle, Elizabeth, age 68, female, keeps house, personal $100, born England, parents foreign born
Ackerman, Jane, age 36, female, cotton mill, born England, parents foreign born
------------, Mary E., age 12, female, school, born New Jersey, mother foreign born
page 102
Westervelt, Selina, age 28, female, cotton mill, born New Jersey, parents foreign born
------------, Kate, age 6, female, school, born New Jersey
Orr, Annie, age 34, female, flax mill, born Scotland, parents foreign born
family 821
Calvin, Josiah, age 47, male, cabinet making, personal worth $100, born Connecticut, father foreign born
--------, Mary, age 45, female, keeps house, born England, parents foreign born
--------, Olive, age 82, female, at home, born Connecticut

1880 New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson, E.D. 164, sheet 19, page 298C, film T9-0796 (taken 15 Jun 1880)
8 Bank Street, dwelling 109, family 161
Westervelt, Martin, white, male, age 43, married, butcher, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey
-------------, Caroline, white, female, age 35, wife, married, has chronic rheumatism, born New Jersey, parents born England
-------------, Kate, white, female, age 14, works in silk mill, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey

1900 New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson, 8th ward, E.D. 157, sheet 9B, film T623-993 (taken 6 Jun 1900)
15 Weiss St., dwelling [crossed out], family 198
Youngs, Gavin, head, white, male, May 1866, age 34, married 13 years, born New Jersey, parents born Scotland, blacksmith
---------, Kate, wife, white, female, Aug 1868, age 31, married 13 years, mother of 3 children, 1 living, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey
---------, Lawton H., son, white, male, Sept 1891, age 9, single, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey
Westervelt, Selina, mother-in-law, white, female, Feb 1842, age 58, widow, mother of 1 child, 1 living, born New Jersey, parents born England

1910 New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson, Ward 10, E.D. 149, sheet 14B, film T624-907 (taken 22 Apr 1910)
15 Weiss Street, dwelling 128, family 171
Westervelt, Selina, head, female, white, age 67, widow, mother of 1 child, 1 living, born New Jersey, parents born England
Youngs, Lawton, grandson, male, white, age 17, single, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey, laborer lumberyard

The Paterson Sunday Chronicle (Paterson, New Jersey) 2 January 1921
Obituary
Salina Hindle Westervelt
Mrs. Salina Hindle Westervelt, the widow of Martin Westervelt, passed away yesterday morning, following one week’s illness from pneumonia and had lived in Paterson her entire lifetime.

Mrs. Westervelt is the last of the well known Hindle family, being a sister of the late Freeholder John H. Hindle, who for many years was one of the leading undertakers of the city. Mrs. Westervelt’s husband was one of the early business men of the city and for years conducted a butcher store on lower Main street. The deceased was one of the well-known and respected women of the southern section of the city, where she has resided for the past thirty years.

Mrs. Westervelt is survived by one daughter with whom she made her home at 15 Weiss street, and one grandson, the survivors being, Mrs. Kate Young and her son, Lawton Young.

The funeral services will be held at the Weiss street home tomorrow eevning [sic] at 8 o’clock, and will be in the charge of the Rev. David W. Hutchinson, D.D., pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church. The interment will be made in the Westervelt plot at Cedar Lawn, at the convenience of the family.

Same notice in Paterson Morning Call, Monday, 3 January 1921

Paterson Morning Call, 13 January 1921 (fultonhistory.com)
Westervelt Will Admitted

Surrogate Beggs yesterday admitted to probate the will of the ate [sic] Selina Westervelt, of 15 Weiss street, and John Eagleson, of 386 Lafayette avenue, Hawthorne.

In the will of Mrs. Westervelt, who died last Jan. 1 in her eightieth year, the premises at 17 Weiss street are bequeathed to her grandson, Dawton [sic] H. Youngs, and her residuary estate, including the property at 15 Weiss street, to her daughter, Mrs. Catherine Youngs, a widow, of the same address who is named as sole executrix.