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John Swanton

First Generation

1.    John Swanton was born in Ireland in 1807, and died in Pickering, Canada in March of 1847. He married Elizabeth Ann Aikens. They emigrated to Canada in 1819. He made the first brick used in the construction of the Gore bank building in Toronto

    2.    Young, born November 29, 1836, Toronto, Canada
    3.    John, born February 24, 1842, Toronto, Canada

Second Generation

2.    Young Swanton was a farmer in Edenville Township. He married Lucy J. McConnell on April 11, 1859. She was born on June 15, 1841. He was a famouse lumberjack.

      4.    Etta A., born March 2, 1860
      5.    Thomas Young, born October 23, 1861
      6.    John S., born December 25, 1863
      7.    George Emory, born January 6, 1865
      8.    Lafayette, born July 7, 1868
      9.    Flora Belle, born March 14, 1870
    10.    Sydney Adrian, born April 12, 1874
    11.    Bertha, born November 2, 1876

3. John Simon Swanton was a farmer in Edenville Township, Michigan. His father died when he was five, and when he was eleven, he lived with Augustus Simon and then John Melhorn. After the Civil War, he returned to Erie, PA and stayed with John Melhorn. In 1867, he came to Edenville Township. He returned to Pennsylvania where he married Catherine Brown (Braun), daughter of Christian and Catherine Brown. Catherine and her sisters emigrated from Wurttemburg, Germany and joined their brothers in Erie, PA. John Simon Swanton had quite a career in the Civil war.

    12.    Ida May, born August 7, 1869
    13.    Alma Edith, born July 12, 1872
    14.    Otto C. B., born May 12, 1878
    15.    Katie Mercedes, born July 14, 1881
    16.    Floyd Brown
    17.    Hazel

Third Generation

4.    Etta A. married Anson Bobcock and had six children. She died on June 12, 1935.

5.    Thomas Young Swanton married Margaret McNair. He died on June 28, 1861. They had six children of which we know only:

    18.    Adrian Young

6.    John S. Swanton married Mary Colbeck on May 24, 1884. John died on April 9, 1942, and Mary died on August 19, 1946.

    19.    Mildred Amelia, born September 21, 1885
    20.    Bertha Helen, born October 23, 1892
    21.    Nina, born August 2, 1889, died 1889
    22.    John Hazen, born May 28, 1902
    23.    Bradford Young, born May 8, 1909

7.    George Emory Swanton died on July 30, 1966.

8.    Lafeyette Swanton died on February 22, 1956. He started out as a woodsman and decided to become a doctor. He was quite successful, and he dedicated the Lafyette Memorial Center to his hometown of Traverse City.

9.    Flora Belle married George Reynolds and then Charles Kesler - no children.

10.    Sydney Adrian Swanton married Florence Bowman.

    24.    Sydney D.

11.    Bertha married Frank McDonald and then Jean Manion, no children.

Fourth Generation

18.    Adrian Young Swanton, married.

    25.    Robert Thomas, Waco, Texas
    26.    James A., Hope, Michigan

19.    Mildred Amelia died on October 7, 1954.

22.    John Hazen Swanton died in November of 1968.

 

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