Nathan
Benjamin
Sweet
Born in Dorchester, Thames Centre, Middlesex, Canada West
Son of Sheldon Sweet
and Martha (Norton) Sweet
Husband of
Martha (Gee) Sweet
— married
22 Feb 1871 in Mossley, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
William Sheldon Sweet, Nathan Daniel Sweet, Herbert Arthur Sweet, George Daniel Sweet, Maude (Sweet) Ayling, Mabel Victoria (Sweet) Hoad, Alice (Sweet) Morgan and Gertrude Martha (Sweet) Reutlinger
Died
at about age 52
in Dorchester, Thames Centre, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Jul 2011
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Biography
Nathan was born in 1844 in Dorchester, Ontario. He married Martha Gee.[1] His brother Sheldon, married her sister Elizabeth Gee. Nathan was a Harness Maker[2] by trade and although he wasn't wealthy he was well off. He and Martha had 8 children. One day he came home from work not feeling well, and did not have supper, just went to bed. He died of pneumonia during the night. Martha kept their home until the youngest two girls were of age to travel, and she went to Seattle to visit her son.
Sources
- ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMF5-2CF : 11 March 2018), Nathan Sweet and Martha Gee, 22 Feb 1871; citing registration , North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,695.
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVDN-LHX : 20 May 2019), Nathan Sweet, North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Nathan Sweet, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
Find A Grave: Memorial #185629887 Dorchester Union Church, Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nathan by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nathan:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nathan by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nathan:
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Karen Lowe
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Sweet-1491 and Sweet-561 appear to represent the same person because: These two Nathans have the same spouse - there are several duplicates in the family.
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