Martha Rebecca (Boyd) Swanner (1862 - 1940)

Born 11 Mar 1862 in Wood, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Calvin Shorter Swanner — married 28 Aug 1879 in Quitman, Wood, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Aug 1940 at age 78 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Boyd Name Study.

Martha Rebecca Boyd was born on March 11, 1862 in Wood, Texas, daughter of James A Boyd (1833–~1864) and Emily F. Weems (1836–1917).

Beckie (17) married Calvin Shorter Swanner (21) (born on March 9, 1858 in Butler, Alabama, United States; son of John Haywood Swanner and Penelope (Hargett) Swanner) on August 28, 1879 in Quitman, Wood. ^[1]Their children were:

• Francis Penelope Swanner (1880–1916)
• Mary Jane Swanner (1892–1976)
• Calvin McGary Swanner (1899–1976)
• Dolly Lois Swanner (1904–1998)

Beckie died on August 9, 1940 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, aged 78.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX97-H36 : 23 February 2021), Calvin Swanner and M. R. Boyd, 29 Aug 1879; citing Marriage, citing Quitman, Wood, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,632,006.
2. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3MP-VGX : 27 March 2023), Martha Rebecca Swanner, 1940.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CWDW-BMM : accessed 11 December 2022), Martha R Swanner in household of Dollie L Hutchison, Precinct 5, Comanche, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 13A, line 38, family 275, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2311; FHL microfilm 2,342,045. ( age 69, widowed ,in daughters household )*
• ” United States Census, 1940”, Dublin, Erath, Texas, age 36, in household with mother Martha and 3 children.https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MY-ZJLN?i=28&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AKWVW-PNL ( age 79, widowed, in daughters household)*
• Information based on a photograph taken at family reunion 9/21/1956.
• Unsourced family tree handed down to DGregor.

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #55529967 (accessed 24 October 2023)
  Memorial page for Mrs Martha Rebecca Boyd Swanner (11 Mar 1862-8 Aug 1940), citing Hanson Cemetery, Comanche County, Texas, USA (plot: Sec A row 9); Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 47283837).