Hannah (White) Swan (1836 - 1918)

Born 16 Mar 1836 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1918 at age 81 in Warlingham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

• 1871 m. Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, inventor of the incandescent light bulb (which Edison improved upon); his 2nd wife & sister of his first wife
  • Hilda, Frances, Kenneth, Percival, Dorothy
• Buried in All Saints Churchyard^[1]

Census

• 1871 Gateshead, Durham: 34, Governess, Sister-in-Law in the household of Joseph W Swan^[2]
• 1901 Kensington, London: 65, Household: Joseph W (husband), Mary E, Hilda, Frances J, Kenneth R, Percivale, Gabriele Wieterwatz (visitor), Eliza Gamble (cook, domestic), Sarah J Rutherford (parlormaid), Mary J Stanbury (housemaid), Hannah Lishman (housemaid), Norah Kelly (house parlor maid), Helena J Stucton (kitchenmaid), August Kuster (footman)^[3]
• 1911 Warlingham, Surrey: 75, Married 39 years, 5 children 5 living, Household: Joseph W. (husband), Kenneth Raydon Swan, Mary Edmonds Swan, Dorothy Swan, Maria White (sister-in-law), Anna Mary Gosling (visitor), Robert Alfred Farthing (servant), Rose Maud Farthing (servant), Hannah Lishman (servant), Cordelia Elizabeth Eden (servant), Mary Alderson (servant), Grace Olive Tuffin (servant)^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #147022979, stone photo, accessed 8 Dec 2020
2. ↑ 1871 England Census: 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 5052; Folio: 32; Page: 12; GSU roll: 848415
3. ↑ 1901 England Census: Class: RG13; Piece: 20; Folio: 156; Page: 17
4. ↑ 1911 England Census: Class: RG14; Piece: 3266; Schedule Number: 508

• Ancestry.com. 1901 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
• Ancestry.com. 1871 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• <Ancestry.com. 1911 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.