My great grandmother was James' daughter Eleanor Murphy (Swinimer) Hatt. [[Swinimer-16|Eleanor Murphy (Swinimer) Hatt (1867-1935)]
I'm trying to trace when/where/how her family migrated to Nova Scotia (and/or New Brunswick.) Anyone have any info?
There are several different spellings of the family name as it was anglicized from German. I suspect the original was Schweinhammer, then Swinehammer, then Swinimer and/or variations.