Reverend George and Nancy (Fry) Swartz/Schwartz had 12 children. The family has a unique marital pattern (or at least one I’ve never run across before) of marrying the widowed in-laws.
Category: Swartz Schwartz Family Research
Is there a name for this phenomenon?
I’ve spent many years working on the Swartz/Schwartz Family of southeastern Indiana (aka Clark and adjoining counties, including Jefferson County KY really) and Pennsylvania. When John Swartz and Elizabeth Ohlweiler
The parents and family of Sarah Ann Swartz Bennet – a proof argument
Research Report – Sarah Ann Schwartz Bennett phase 6 – September 2023
Research Report – Sarah Ann Schwartz Bennett phase 5 – June 2023
Prather, Gaither, Bennett – a very complicated network of marriage connections
As I continue to think about endogomy vs. multiple lines of descent and the impacts of both/either on my at-DNA match lists I realized I simply couldn’t hold all of
Airy Gaither – Airy Prather – Airy Hilton – Airy Swartz: where did this unusual name come from?
Airy Swartz was born about 1815, in Clark County Indiana, to newly weds John Swartz and Nancy Prather.1 Throughout her long life the census takers would have problems with her