Verification Documents

Proposed: - This page represents a possible location to include various documents or sections of documents that may help in verifying the accuracy of some of the data and people in the Swails Family Tree contained on this web site. If continued, there will be pointers added throughout the website pages indicating where a document related to the current topic can be located.

In the case of census documents, only the data lines related to people in this website will be shown. This should make searching for data in these documents easier than searching through entire census sheets. Other documents will be represented by actual images of such documents.

For example,

1850 United States Census

US Census, 1850. Lack, Juniata, Pennsylvania,
United States. (NARA Series M432, Roll 786)

Name	Gender	Age	Birth (est.)	Birthplace	House-hold ID	Line Nbr.
W C Swails	Male	26	1824	Pennsylvania	57	10
S Swails	Female	20	1830	Pennsylvania	57	11
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M Swails	Female	40	1810	Pennsylvania	61	33
J Swails	Male	13	1837	Pennsylvania	61	34
S E Swails	Female	10	1840	Pennsylvania	61	35
T Swails	Female	7	1843	Pennsylvania	61	36
L Swails	Female	17	1833	Pennsylvania	61	37

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1880 United States Census

US Census, 1880, Tahayn Township, Perry, Pennsylvania,
United States. (ED105, sheet 12, NARA Series T9, Roll 1165)

Name	Gender	Age	Relation- ship	Civil	Profession	Birth- place	Father Birthplace	Mother Birthplace	Family Nbr.	Line Nbr.
Abigal Swales	F	40		Widowed	Keeping House	Penna	Penna	Penna	32	46
George	M	16	Son	Single		Penna	Penna	Penna	32	47
Reed	M	14	Son	Single		Penna	Penna	Penna	32	48
William	M	10	Son			Penna	Penna	Penna	32	49
John	M	3	Son			Penna	Penna	Penna	32	50

The (more complete) names in the above census (and estimated birth dates) are:
  Abigail D. Swales, 1831-1833
  George Washington Swails, 25 Aug 1863
  Elijah Reed Swails, 23 May 1866
  William Sylvester Swails, 23 Sep 1870
  John Swails

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1880 United States Census

US Census, 1880, Tuscaroso Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania,
United States. Page 9, Supervisor's Dist. No. 7, taken 6/8/1880

Name	Gender	Age	Relation- ship	Civil	Profession	Birth- place	Father Birthplace	Mother Birthplace	Family Nbr.	Line Nbr.
Swails, John	M	42		Married	Farm Laborer	Penna	Penna	Penna	68	1
Margret	F	42	Wife	Married	Keeping House	Pa	Pa	Pa	68	2
??	M	17	Son	Single	Farm Laborer	Pa	Pa	Pa	68	3
William	M	14	Son	Single	At Home	Pa	Pa	Pa	68	4
Albert N	M	9	Son	Single	At Home	Pa	Pa	Pa	68	5
John W	M	7	Son	Single	At Home	Pa	Pa	Pa	68	6
Robert ?.	M	6	Son	Single	At Home	Pa	Pa	Pa	68	7
George A.	M	4	Son	Single	At Home	Pa	Pa	Pa	68	8
Mary J.	F	8/12	Daughter	Single	At Home	Pa	Pa	Pa	68	9

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William S Swails and Elizabeth Pannebaker Marriage License (1893)

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John M. Swails Marriage Application in 1901

Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950

Application for Marriage License	September 16, 1901
Man	John M. Swails
Woman	Margaret Hockenberry
Age of man	64 Years
Age of woman	65 Years
Residence of Man	Lack Township, Juniata Co., Pa.
Residence of woman	Doylesburg P.O. Franklin Co, Pa
Parent's name - man	Isaac & Margaret Swails, both dead.
Parent's name - woman	John & Lizzie Kell, both dead.
Date of death of man's former wife	Sept 16 - 1900
Date of death of woman's former husband	March 1890
Occupation of man	Bucher
Occupation of woman	House Work

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1910 United States Census

US Census, 1910, Tahayn Township, Perry, Pennsylvania,
United States. (ED105, sheet 12, NARA Series T9, Roll 1165)

Name	Relation- ship	Gender	Age	Civil	Children	Birth- place	Father Birthplace	Mother Birthplace	Profession	Family Nbr.	Line Nbr.
Swails, Mary L.	Head	F	43	M	4	Pa	Pa	Pa	-------	22	3
James R Dobbs	Son	M	19	S		Pa	Pa	Pa	Laborer	22	4
Carrie R.	Daughter	F	15	S		Pa	Pa	Pa	Laundress	22	5
Charles L.	Son	M	13	S		Pa	Pa	Pa	None	22	6
Edna J.	Daughter	F	9	S		Pa	Pa	Pa	None	22	7

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1930 United States Census

Mary E Bowersox in 1930 US Census, Green Township, Clinton
County, Pennsylvania, United States. (ED 14, sheet 3A, family 58)

Name	Relation- ship	Sex	Age	Civil	Age 1st Marriage	Birth- place	Father Birthplace	Mother Birthplace	Profession	Family Nbr.	Line Nbr.
Conrad L Bowersox	Head	M	74	M		Pa	Pa	Pa	Farmer	58	9
Mary E	Wife	F	64	M	20	Pa	Pa	Pa	None	58	10
Victor J Swails	Grandson	M	10	S		Pa	Pa	Pa	None	58	11
Charles L.	Head	M	32	M	23	Pa	Pa	Pa	Laborer	59	12
Anna G	Wife	F	31	M	22	Pa	Pa	Pa	None	59	13
Charlotte E	Daughter	F	7	S		Pa	Pa	Pa	None	59	14
Mary C	Daughter	F	6	S		Pa	Pa	Pa	None	59	15
Margaret G	Daughter	F	4	S		Pa	Pa	Pa	None	59	16
Robert B	Son	M	2	S		Pa	Pa	Pa	None	59	17

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Headstone for Elijah Swails (1931) & Emma Brubaker Stamm

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Headstone for Howard D. Swails (1977) and Carrie C. Swails

Howard D. Swails was the son of Elijah R. Swails and Emma J. Stamm.