Henry Alvin Schwartz

Male1834–1874

Brief Life History of Henry Alvin

Henry Alvin Schwartz was born in 1834, in New York, United States. He married Mary Jane Thornton in 1857, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died in 1874, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States, at the age of 40.

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Henry Alvin Schwartz
1834–1874
Mary Jane Thornton
1838–1865
Marriage: 1857
Mary Mildred Thornton Swartz
1858–1901
Alvin Henry Swartz
1861–
Clara Ellen Swartz
1863–1936

Sources (9)

  • Henry A Swartz, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Henry Alvin Schwartz - birth-name: Henry Alvin Schwartz
  • Henry A. Swartz, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1857New York, United States
  • Children (3)

    World Events (6)

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 2

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    1846

    Age 12

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

    1863

    Age 29

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hyman, Emanuel, Meyer, Chaim, Isadore, Moshe, Aron, Ari, Mayer, Hershel.

    German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with black hair or a dark complexion, from Middle High German swarz, German schwarz, Yiddish shvarts ‘dark, black’. In some cases this may be a habitational name from any of the places called Schwarz, named with the same word. This form of the surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Denmark, Sweden, Hungary, etc. Compare Schwarcz , Schwarz , Shwartz , Swarts , and Swartz .

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

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