I have run into a little mystery in
regards to my family tree and I was wondering if you could help me shed some
light on it.
Matthew Swift married Hannah Secrist
Jones on 2/14/1873. From what I have gathered in my research, they got a
divorce sometime between 1873 and 1880. Hannah remarried on 9/27/1880 to a
Theophilis Neely in Michigan. In the 1880 census it shows Matthew Swift
and his father Malachi Swift boarding with a family named the Tuttles in
Yorktown, Indiana, and they were both listed as widowed and Matthew was listed
as having no children.
The mystery begins here: On
3/7/1883, Wesley Henderson Swift was born (cannot find an official birth
certificate). On 11/27/1886 Matthew Swift married Mary Elizabeth
Blevins/Blevans/Blevens (not sure on official name spelling). This
marriage took place 3 years after Wesley was born.
All documents that I find show Mary
as Wesley's mother. So, did Matthew and Mary have Wesley out of wedlock
and were living together for 3 years prior to their marriage? Or did
Matthew have Wesley with another woman that I cannot find? Or did Mary
have Wesley with another man and Matthew adopted Wesley and give him the last
name of Swift?
All of the events listed above
occurred in Delaware County and/or Madison County. An official birth
certificate or christening for Wesley Henderson Swift listing the parents name
would help out tremendously. Also, if you could help me find out how Mary
Elizabeth Blevins/Blevans/Blevens last name is spelled would be a help as
well. If Matthew was married to another woman between his marriages to
Hannah Secrist Jones and Mary Elizabeth Blevins/Blevans/Blevens, who was
she and how did she die?
Any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks.
Christopher
Swift
IGS
Member since 2018
If you have any questions, please contact me at propatria1972@gmail.com
No comments:
Post a Comment