Ernest
Alfred
(Ernie)
"Ernie"
Swainson
Born in Tologa Bay, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Brother of
Amy Florence (Swainson) Slade [half], Frederick Freeman Swainson [half], Daisy (Swainson) Cooper [half], Joseph Moffatt [half], Myrtle Deighton (Swainson) Moran, Herbert Swainson, Ivy Emily Swainson, Lillian Ruby Swainson, Deighton Alexander Swainson, Hazel May (Swainson) McLachlan, Charles Seymour Swainson, Beatrice Alice (Swainson) Wilson and Samuel Deighton Swainson
Husband of
Georgina Mary (Powell) Swainson
— married
12 Nov 1920 in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Ernest Harold Swainson, Frederick Clauden Swainson, Evelyn Dawn (Swainson) Hyde and NR Swainson
Died
at age 61
in Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jun 2013
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Ernie Swainson is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Biography
Ernest was the son of Samuel Swainson and Emily Freeman.
He worked as a Dairy Farmer in the Hawkes Bay area and was a member of the East Coast Mounted Rifles.
He enlisted WWI, March 1917 - serial no 51197 with the NZEF 26th Reinforcements, F Company. Ernest embarked June 9 1917 to Devonport, England on the troop ship Willochra. He was wounded in 1918 and his active service ceased in 1919 arriving back in New Zealand, July 2 1919.
Ernest married after the war to Georgina Mary Powell with 3 children being born during their marriage.
Ernest 'Ernie' Swainson died age 60 and is buried at Opoutama cemetery, Wairoa, Hawkes Bay
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #205711994: accessed 28 Sept 2022
- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGYD-8PBG CEMETERY TRANSCRIPT
- 1920/11644 Georgina Mary Powell to Ernie Alfred Swainson Marriage registration
- 1951/30659 Death registration at 60 years
- http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11190661 MILITARY RECORD
- https://ancestrylibrary.com.au NZ Electoral Rolls
- https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Poverty Bay Herald 10/4/1918 out of copyright
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ernie by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ernie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ernie by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ernie:
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~25.00%
50.00%
Beth Weir 
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Andrew Hammond :
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