Navorska tree » Mary Elizabeth Switzer (1861-1929)
Personal data Mary Elizabeth Switzer
- She was born on August 8, 1861 in Monclova, Lucas Co., OH.
- Resident:
- on January 5, 1880: Pike Twp., Fulton Co., OH.Source 1
- on March 28, 1882: Pike Twp., Fulton Co., OH.
- Census on June 14, 1900, Angola Town, Pleasant Twp., Steuben Co., IN.
- She died on June 2, 1929 in Toledo, Lucas Co., OH, she was 67 years old.
- She is buried on June 4, 1929 in Perrysburg, Wood Co., OH.
- A child of Jacob S. Switzer and Matilda A. Knapp
- This information was last updated on August 18, 2023.
Household of Mary Elizabeth Switzer
She is married to Christopher Columbus (Charles) Alwood.
They got married on May 7, 1879 at Delta, Fulton Co., OH, she was 17 years old.
Christopher Columbus Alwood oo Mary Elizabeth Switzer
Marriage source: 1880 Pike Twp Fulton Co., OH soundex, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib. for fact of marriage.
14 Jun 1900 Angola Town, Pleasant Twp., Steuben Co., IN census, T-163-404, sheet 81A - 14, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.
'12, 311, 371, Alwood, Christiphr, Head, white, male, b. May 1850, ae 50, married 21 yrs, ... 13, Mary E, wife, white, fem, b. Aug 1860, ae 39, married 21 yrs. ...'
Mosey, Susan, Wallin-Mosey March 2010, (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wallin-mosey&id=I4187, xiii Mar MMX)
"... Christopher Columbus Alwood Sex: M Birth: MAY 1850 in Tuscarawas Co, OH Death: 20 OCT 1901 in Steuben Co, IN ... Marriage 1 Mary Elizabeth Switzer b: 8 AUG 1861 in Monclova, Lucas Co, OH Married: 7 MAY 1879 in Delta, Fulton Co, OH ..." <>
Child(ren):
- Robert Garfield Alwood 1882-1952
- Peola G. Alwood 1882-????
- Etha Jane Alwood 1883-1959
- Edna J. Alwood 1884-????
- Edward Alwood 1887-1983
- Lesta M. Alwood 1890-????
- William Franklin Alwood 1896-1991
Notes about Mary Elizabeth Switzer
Mary Elizabeth Switzer
Source: 1880 Pike Twp, Fulton Co., OH soundex, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.
Mary Alwood, wife (of Christ Alwood), age 19 born OH
Stringfellow, Helena, The Alwood Family Tree, (Grantville PA, Wert Bookbinding, MCMXCVI), pg. II-FGS-34, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib. for born Aug 1860 in OH & name = Mary Ann Switzer.
Mrs. Stringfellow cites her source: Marine S. Damvelt 1995.
18 Jun 1880 Pike Twp Fulton Co OH census, pg 96A-25, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.
'9 [Alwood] Mary, white, fem, 19, Wife, married, b. OH, fath b. PA[?], moth b. NY'
14 Jun 1900 Angola Town, Pleasant Twp., Steuben Co., IN census, T-163-404, sheet 81A - 14, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.
'12, 311, 371, Alwood, Christiphr, Head, white, male, b. May 1850, ae 50, married 21 yrs, ... 13, Mary E, wife, white, fem, b. Aug 1860, ae 39, married 21 yrs. 7 children born, 7 children living, b. OH, fath b. Ger, moth b. NY, can read/write, can speak Eng'
Morton W.P., D.C. for Mary Elizabeth Alwood, (Toledo OH, W.P.M, iii June MCMXXIX)
'Place of Death County Lucas City of Toledo Mary Elizabeth Alwood Res. 3338 Glenwood Ave Female White Widowed Husband Christopher Date of birth Aug 8 1861 [0 is crossed out] Age 69y [another number is overwritten] 10 m 8 d Housewife, Birthplace Monclova, Lucas Co., Ohio Father Jacob Switzer fath. birthplace Sandusky Co. Maiden name of mother Mary E. Switzer moth. birthplace Swanton Informant W. P. Mortson 3338 Glenwood Ave Toledo filed 6 3 1929 Date of death 6 - 21929 Cause cronic Myocardiois ... Place of burial Perrysburg Ohio Date of burial 6 - 4 - '29'
Mary's parents: Jacob & Mary E. Switzer
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Historical events
Birthday August 8, 1861
- The temperature on August 8, 1861 was about 17.8 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
- From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
- February 4 » American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
- March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
- April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
- July 16 » American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
- September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
Day of marriage May 7, 1879
- The temperature on May 7, 1879 was about 7.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
- February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
- March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
- July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
- October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
- October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13⁄2 hours before burning out).
Day of death June 2, 1929
- The temperature on June 2, 1929 was between 4.4 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
- January 1 » The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
- April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
- April 8 » Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
- July 27 » The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
- August 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
- October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
Day of burial June 4, 1929
- The temperature on June 4, 1929 was between 6.3 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
- January 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
- April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
- April 8 » Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
- May 1 » The 7.2 Mw Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
- June 17 » The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
- December 27 » Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".
Same birth/death day
- 1851 » George Turner, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Victoria († 1916)
- 1856 » Thomas Anstey Guthrie, English journalist and author († 1934)
- 1857 » Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer († 1944)
- 1866 » Matthew Henson, American explorer († 1955)
- 1874 » Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade († 1948)
- 1875 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil († 1955)
- 1927 » Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)
- 1929 » Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
- 1933 » Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)
- 1937 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
- 1941 » Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
- 1942 » Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
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