The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Minnie Gray Swain (1880-1972)

Personal data Minnie Gray Swain 

  • She was born on November 9, 1880 in Liverpool, Lancashire. England.Source 1
    Shown on 1881 census as being 4 months old

    First name(s) MINNIE GRAY Last name SWAIN Birth year 1880 Birth quarter 4 Registration month -
    Mother's last name - District Liverpool County Lancashire Country England Volume 8B Page 135
  • Profession: from 1910 till 1939 Grocery Shop Keeper.Source 2
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: Poplar Street, Ordsall, East Retford, Nottinghamshire.Source 3
      Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 3303; Folio: 97; Page: 11; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341787.

      Census Transcript Household Nottinghamshire 1881
      Address Poplar Street
      Parish Ordsall
      Registration District East Retford
      Image Reference RG11/3303/F?
      Found 5 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      Thomas N Swain 44 1837 Head Castle Donnington, Leicestershire Railway Stationery Engine Man
      Ellen Swain 42 1839 Wife Pimlico, London
      Frances E Swain 11 1870 Daughter Liverpool Scholar
      Christina T Swain 4 1877 Daughter Liverpool Scholar
      Minnie G W Swain 4 M 1881 Daughter Liverpool
    • in the year 1891: 148 Wood Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire.Source 4
      Lived with his elder sister and her family as mother had died and father in workhouse?

      Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 2615; Folio 7; Page 10; GSU roll: 6097725.

      1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Wood Street, Great Grimsby, Caistor, Lincolnshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Henry S North Head Married Male 26 1865 Fisherman Middlesex, England
      E G M North Wife Married Female 23 1868 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England
      Ethel North Daughter - Female 2 1889 - Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
      Lily North Daughter - Female 0 1891 - Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
      John Swain Wifes Brother Single Male 17 1874 Painters Apprentice Liverpool, Lancashire, England
      Minnie Swain Wifes Sister - Female 10 1881 Scholar Liverpool, Lancashire, England
    • in the year 1901: Great Grimsby Workhouse.Source 5
      Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 3096; Folio: 151; Page: 6.

      First name(s) Minnie Trey Last name Swain Relationship Inmate Marital status Single Gender Female Age 21
      Birth year 1880 Occupation Dom Servant Birth town Nottingham Birth town as transcribed NOTTINGHAM
      Birth county Nottinghamshire Birth county as transcribed NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Birth place England Town Great Grimsby
      Parish Great Grimsby City - Country England County Lincolnshire Municipal ward South Registration district Grimsby
      Archive reference RG13 Piece number 3096 Folio 151 Page 6
    • from 1910 till 1911: 32 Lime Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire.Source 2
      RG14PN19950 RG78PN1197A RD422 SD1 ED5 SN338)

      Address 32 Lime St Grimsby Civil Parish Great Grimsby Sub District Great Grimsby Registration District Grimsby
      Image Reference RG14 - PN19950 RD422 SD1 ED5 SN338 Found 3 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Gender Relation Marriage Status Years Married Birth Place Occupation

      Minnie Swain 30 1881 Female Head Married 2 Liverpool, Lancashire Grocery
      Jack Swain 1 1910 Male Son Grimsby, Lincolnshire
      Kate Swain 13 1898 Female Niece Grimsby, Lincolnshire School
    • from 1935 till 1939: 26 Nelson Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
  • She died on December 19, 1972 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. England, she was 92 years old.
    First name(s) MINNIE GRAY Last name STEWART Gender Unknown Birth day 9 Birth month 11
    Birth year 1880 Age - Death quarter 4 Death year 1972 District Grimsby County Lincolnshire
    Volume 3B Page 685 Country England Record set England &

    Name: Minnie Gray Stewart Death Age: 91 Birth Date: 9 Nov 1880 Registration Date: Oct 1972 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration District: Grimsby Inferred County: Lincolnshire Volume: 3b Page: 685
  • A child of Thomas Nicholson Swain and Ellen Thornton
  • This information was last updated on October 17, 2021.

Household of Minnie Gray Swain

She is married to David Gray Stewart.

They got married on November 16, 1909 at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. England, she was 29 years old.Source 1

Name: Minnie Gray Swain Year of Registration: 1909 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Grimsby County: Humberside, Lincolnshire Volume: 7a Page: 1359

First name(s) Minnie Gray Last name Swain Sex Female Age 29 Birth year 1880 Residence 32 Nelson St Marriage year 1909 Marriage date 16 Nov 1909 Marriage place Grimsby St Andrew Church St Andrews Spouse's first name(s) David Gray
Spouse's last name Stewart Spouse's age 29 Spouse's residence 32 Nelson St County Lincolnshire Country England
Father's first name(s) Thomas Father's last name Swain Spouse's father's first name(s) Robert Spouse's father's last name Stewart
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First name(s) David Gray Last name Stewart Sex Male Age 29 Birth year 1880 Residence 32 Nelson St
Marriage year 1909 Marriage date 16 Nov 1909 Marriage place Grimsby St Andrew Church St Andrews Spouse's first name(s) Minnie Gray Spouse's last name Swain Spouse's age 29 Spouse's residence 32 Nelson St County Lincolnshire
Country England Father's first name(s) Robert Father's last name Stewart Spouse's father's first name(s) Thomas Spouse's father's last name Swain Page 23

Name: David Gray Stewart Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Age: 29 Birth Date: 1880 Marriage Date: 16 Nov 1909 Marriage Place: Great Grimsby, Lincoln, England Father: Robert Stewart Spouse: Minnie Gray Swain
FHL Film Number: 1542136

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Notes about Minnie Gray Swain

Also living with her on 1911 census a Kate Swain Nices age 13 b. Grimsby ??

No sign of her husband on census.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Minnie Gray Swain

John Swain
1811-1883
Mary Nicklinson
1811-1846
JAMES THORNTON
1810-1872
PHOEBE JANE WHEELER
1812-1891

Minnie Gray Swain
1880-1972

1909

David Gray Stewart
1881-1942

Jack Stewart Swain Stewart
1910-1994

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    Sources

    1. e mail address rosemary.noble@btinternet.com, From Rosemary Pearson Genes-reunited, From Rosemary Pearson Genes-reunited
    2. 1911 Census England, 2nd April 1911
    3. 1881 Census England, 1881 Census
    4. 1891 Census England, 5th April 1891
    5. 1901 Census England

    Historical events

    Birthday November 9, 1880

    • The temperature on November 9, 1880 was about 4.5 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 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 1880: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
      • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
      • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
      • June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
      • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
      • December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

    Day of marriage November 16, 1909

    • The temperature on November 16, 1909 was between -1.7 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
      • January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
      • February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
      • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
      • August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
      • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
      • November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.

    Day of death December 19, 1972

    • The temperature on December 19, 1972 was between -0.8 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
      • February 10 » Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.
      • March 22 » In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.
      • May 6 » Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
      • July 31 » The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
      • November 29 » Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
      • December 14 » Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia

    Source: Wikipedia


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