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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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
1834–1874 Male
1838–1865 Female
Children (3)
1858–1901 Female
1861– Male
1863–1936 Female
World Events (6)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 2
1846
Age 12
1863
Age 29
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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