Benjamin Harrison Sewards (1859 - 1951)

Born 23 Oct 1859 in Quadring, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Mary Mae (Stanard) Sewards — married 5 Nov 1887 in Marcellus, Cass, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Apr 1951 at age 91 in Porter Township, Cass, Michigan, United States

Biography

Benjamin Sewards was born in Lincolnshire, England.

Benjamin Sewards was a homesteader in Michigan. Join the Homesteaders Project.

The son of Samuel George Sewards (1821-1907) and Frances Charlotte "Fanny" Harrison (1829-1966), Benjamin was born in Quadring, in Lincolnshire, in 1859.^[1][2][3] His siblings included:

1. Elizabeth (1861-)
2. Bridge (1863-)

His mother died in 1866 and Benjamin struck off for America, arriving in 1887. He migrated to Michigan, where he met his wife, Mary Mae "Mamie" Stanard (1869-1950), the daugter of Daniel Stenard and Mary Glass. They married in Marcellus Township, in Cass County, Michigan on November 5, 1887.^[4] Their children included:

1. Cora Mae (1891-1984)
2. Edna Marie (1903-1984)
3. Gladys Lucille (1908-2004)
4. George Samuel (1911-1987)

The family made their home in Newburg Township, where Benjamin homesteaded.^[5] By 1910, his nephew, William Sewards, had joined him in Newburh.^[6][7][8]

Mamie passed away in 1950 and, in 1951, Benjamin passed away in Porter Township, at the age of 91.^[9][10] He is buried at Poe Cemetery in Jones Township, Cass County, Michigan.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26YF-M91 : 1 October 2014), Benjamin Seward, 1859; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRXR-1XF : 29 September 2019), Benjaman Sewards in entry for Samuel Sewards, 1871.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27V-KMX8 : 12 December 2017), Benjiam Sewards in household of Samuel Sewards, Donington, Lincolnshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 9, Piece/Folio 3201/36, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,943.
4. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCYS-8LL : 17 January 2020), Benjamin Seward, 1887.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M91R-BPT : accessed 15 September 2020), Benjamin Sewards, Newberg township, Cass, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96, sheet 6A, family 149, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,705.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLP2-R34 : accessed 15 September 2020), B H Sewards, Newberg, Cass, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 111, sheet 3B, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 640; FHL microfilm 1,374,653.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQYQ-XF7 : accessed 15 September 2020), Ben Sewards, Newberg, Cass, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 5A, line 49, family 132, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 979; FHL microfilm 2,340,71
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K42K-RT7 : 16 May 2020), Benjiman Seward, Jones, Newberg Township, Cass, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-13, sheet 3B, line 52, family 106, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1738.
9. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFH4-XMV : 13 March 2018), Benjamin Harrison Sewards, 26 Apr 1951; citing Porter, Cass, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,211.
10. ↑ "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZ3-5PF : 16 January 2020), Benjamin Harrison Sewards, 1951.
11. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2BB-1L5H : 21 July 2020), Benjamin Harrison Sewards, 1951; Burial. Find A Grave: Memorial #174119548