Ella May Swint

Brief Life History of Ella May

When Ella May Swint was born on 18 February 1877, in Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, John Wendell Swint, was 25 and her mother, Delia Strong Richardson, was 29. She married Seth Ames Lewis M.D. on 14 November 1900, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1900 and Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States for about 40 years. She died in 1936, at the age of 59.

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Family Time Line

Seth Ames Lewis M.D.
1878–1965
Ella May Swint
1877–1936
Marriage: 14 November 1900
Seth Gage Lewis
1901–1973

Sources (19)

  • Ella M Swish, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Ella May Swint, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Ella May Swint, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Perhaps an Americanized form of German Schwind(t) (see Schwind ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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