Richard Wellington Swain (1853 - 1930)

Born 16 Aug 1853 in Carleton Place, Lanark, Canada West

Husband of Catherine (Greenley) Swain — married 3 Dec 1877 in Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 24 Apr 1930 at age 76 in Conquest, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Biography

Dick was the son of John Swain & Sarah Morris.

Research Notes

Adopted Francis "Frank" Hornby as per family lore written in Familysearch notes - https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/L4JS-C7G

Sources

• "Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQW3-BB9 : 8 November 2014), Richard W Swain, Beckwith, Lanark, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 45, line 11; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1042-1043, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,862.

• "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4W3-ZX5 : 13 November 2014), Richard Swyan in household of Robert Swyan, Beckwith, South Lanark, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 34, line 7; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10018, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,764.

• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMNF-4WY : 10 April 2015), Richard Swain and Kate Greenly, 03 Dec 1877; citing registration , Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,863,649.

• "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6M-FGN : 18 November 2014), Richard Swain, Dufferin, Marquette, Manitoba, Canada; citing p. 18; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13283, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,919.

• "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWKH-MDL : 13 November 2014), Richard Swain, Carleton, Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148097.

• "Canada Census, 1901", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHV5-TPQ : 1 February 2017), Richard W Swain, 1901.

• "Canada Census, 1916," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMP6-RGL : 5 November 2014), Ritchard Swain, Saskatchewan, Canada; citing p. 20, line 8; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,434,952.

• "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPLV-PJNN : 24 September 2020), Richard Wellington Swain, Rosetown, Saskatchewan, Canada; citing Census, Rosetown, Saskatchewan, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214049366/richard-wellington-swain : accessed 19 April 2022), memorial page for Richard Wellington Swain (16 Aug 1853–24 Apr 1930), Find A Grave: Memorial #214049366, citing Fertile Valley Cemetery, Conquest, Battleford Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada ; Maintained by Nory (contributor 49545599) .

See Also

• "Ardath, Bounty, Conquest Histories 1998", published 1999 by ABC History Committee, Conquest, SK. Swain, R. W. (Dick) and Kate pp.559-60.