Olive (Gwin) Mack (1850 - 1907)

Born Jul 1850 in Darke County, Ohio, United States

Died 26 Apr 1907 at age 56 in Chico, Butte, California, United States

Biography

Olive was born in 1850. She passed away in 1907.

Early Life

She came to California when she was two years old, crossing the plains with her parents in 1852.

Family

• Parents: b. Pennsylvania
• Siblings (might not be a complete list): Enos L. Gwin b. ca1853
• Spouses: Armsted Swift b. 1843 m. September 6, 1868, Napa, Napa County, CA; Abner Mack b. 1838 m. 1890
• Children: (12 total, 3 living as if 1900) Anthony M. Swift b. 1869, William Armstead Swift b. 1871, John Swift b. ca1873, Eva Swift Rockholt b. 1878

Occupation

Housewife, housekeeper

Death & Legacy

She died in Chico at the age of 57 years after an illness of several days. Her last residence was on Lone Pine Ave.

Timeline

• 1850 Twin, Darke, Ohio: Theodore Gwin, 27; Abigail Gwin, 27; Enas L Gwin, 3; Olive Gwin, 0
• 1860 Vallejo, Solano, California: Enos M Guinn, 52; Angeline Guinn, 48; Washington Guinn, 28; Newton Guinn, 25; John H Guinn, 21; Ausil Guinn, 18; Cyril Guinn, 16; Orlando Guinn, 14; Enos Guinn, 12; Olive Guinn, 10; John Guinn, 45; H P Guinn, 21
• 1880 Lassen, Tehama, California: Armstead Swift, 37, b. MO; Olive Swift, 29, b. OH; Anthony Swift, 11, b. CA; Wm A Swift, 9, b. CA; John Swift, 7, b. CA; Ava A. Swift, 1, b. CA
• 1900 Humboldt and Kimshew Townships, Butte County, CA: Cusick family with Olive C. Mack as a housekeeper.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6PP-SH2 : 22 August 2017), Olive Swift in household of Armstead Swift, Lassen, Tehama, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 147, sheet 525B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,085.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9P4-KZX : accessed 2 July 2020), Olive C Mack in household of John Cusick, Humboldt and Kimshew Townships, Butte, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 17A, family 449, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,084.
• Chico Cemetery (Chico, California, United States.) Olive C. Mack’s headstone. Personally photographed by Kim Collins, 14 June 2020.
• Chico Record, Saturday Morning, April 27, 1907, pg 4 col 4
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Q-71JV : 13 August 2019), Olive C. Gwin Mack, 1907; Burial, Chico, Butte, California, United States of America, Chico Cemetery; citing record ID 60237574, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HG7F-SHZM : 4 February 2020), Ollie C. Mack, 1907.