When Solomon Swartz was born on 17 November 1817, in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Abraham Swartz, was 26 and his mother, Christina Zehner, was 24. He married Catherine Hill on 28 October 1837, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Des Moines Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States in 1880. He died on 10 May 1898, in Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Silver Creek Cemetery, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Historical Boundaries 1837: LaGrange, Indiana, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1839: Jefferson, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Jefferson, Iowa, United States
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schwartz or Schwarz ‘dark, black’, and of their Slavicized forms Švarc (Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, and Croatian) and Szwarc (Polish).
Dutch: variant of Swarts .
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