Born about in Rupert's Land, British North America
Daughter of James Swain
and Unknown Native Woman
Sister of
James Swain, Sarah Swain, Thomas Swain, Mary Ann Swain, Elizabeth (Swain) McLeod and John Swain
Wife of
Donald Gunn
— married
17 Jan 1826 in Red River Settlement, Rupert's Land
Descendants 
Mother of
William Gunn, James Gunn, John Gunn, Alexander Gunn, Mathilda (Gunn) Pruden, George Gunn, Jane Gunn, Margaret (Gunn) Taylor, Donald Gunn, Robert Gunn, Janet Gunn and William Gunn
Died about
at about age 68
in St. Andrews, Manitoba, Canada [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jul 2014
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Biography
Margaret was born about 1802 in Rupert's Land. She was the daughter of James Swain and a native woman. This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources?
Sources
- 1870 Census of the Red River Settlement, line 599, page 196, volume 3, St. Andrews Parish.* Tombstone image on CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project
- Red River Ancestry: James Swain (c1775-1829)
- Marriage Record, Canadiana Héritage; Parish registers: St Boniface, Manitoba, Reel H-1344, Image 1510.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Karen (Umbach) Bedingfield 
:
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Gilda Tweedie :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Kyle Talbourdet :
Autosomal DNA Test
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~1.56%
Dorthea Atwater :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H001798 [compare]
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Rejected matches › Margaret Swanne (abt.1800-)
Margaret is 17 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 28 degrees from Carl Sagan, 22 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 31 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 23 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 20 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 22 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 10 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 18 degrees from Isaac Newton, 26 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 20 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 16 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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