Ellen Angeline Swingle

Brief Life History of Ellen Angeline

When Ellen Angeline Swingle was born about 1845, in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Justus Cobb Swingle, was 33 and her mother, Maria Clark, was 35. She married Albert Wells Sayles about 1865, in Shopiere, Rock, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 20 years and Township of New Trier, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 29 June 1917, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Albert Wells Sayles
1835–1910
Ellen Angeline Swingle
1845–1917
Marriage: about 1865
Arthur Grant Sayles
1869–1949
Fred Sayles
about 1871–
Albert Wells Sayles Jr
about 1874–

Sources (9)

  • Ellen A Sayles in household of Albert W Sayles, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ellen Angeline Swingle - Government record: birth-name: Ellen Angeline Swingle
  • Ellen A. Sayles, "Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and is open 22 hours per day . 

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: probably a variant of Swinger with r/l substitution.

Possibly an Americanized form of German Zwingel, a topographic name from Middle High German zwingel ‘citadel’.

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

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