Frank Sweetman
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Frank Percival Sweetman (1886 - 1967)

Frank Percival Sweetman
Born in Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Walesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of [half], , and
Husband of — married 27 May 1918 (to before 16 Jun 1925) in Mecosta, Michigan, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 16 Jun 1925 in Coalpit Heath, Gloucestershire, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Father of
Died at age 80 in Midland, Midland, Michigan, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Frank Sweetman was born in Glamorgan, Wales.
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Frank Sweetman migrated from Glamorgan, Wales to Michigan, United States.
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Birth

Frank was born on 3 September 1886 in Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales to Edwin Henry Sweetman and Ruth Bird. who were married in March 1886 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales. [1][2] Before emigrating to America Frank worked as a coal hewer in the Welsh coal mines around Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales. [3]

Emigration and Naturalization

On 15 Jul 1913 Frank, with his father Edwin Henry Sweetman, emigrated to the United States departing Southampton, Hampshire, England aboard the SS Olympic and arriving in Quebec, Canada on 20 Jul 1913, and crossed to the US at Saint Albans, Vermont on the same day. They continued on to Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan on 24 July 1913 and then on to Bay City, Michigan.[4][5][6] In 1917 Frank became a naturalized US Citizen in Wayne, Michigan. [7] After immigrating to the United States he graduated with a law degree from Ferris State College in Big Rapids, Michigan and later retired from Dow Chemical in Midland.

WWI Draft Registration

In June 1916 he registered with the draft board in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States but wasn't called into service. [8]

First Marriage and Divorce

On 27 May 1918 Frank married his first wife Mary Francis Garver, who was 16 years older than him, in Mecosta, Michigan, United States.[9] In January 1920 he was working as a title clerk in an automobile dealership in Detroit, Michigan, United States. [7]

They divorced on 25 Jul 1925 in Wayne County, Michigan.[10] The were no children from this marriage as stated in the records.

Return to England and Second Marriage

Frank returned to England sometime between 1920 and 1927 where he married Eveline Louisa Clark on 16 June 1925 at the Parish Church, Coal Pit Heath, Gloucestershire, England. The witnesses were Stanford Clark and Doris Lilian Hooper. [11][12]

During that time he evidently was a poultry farmer in Ram Hill, Gloucestershire, England until returning to Michigan [11] on 18 May 1927, shortly after his only child was born. He sailed from Southampton, England aboard the SS Manhattan[13] arriving in New York on 24 May 1927.

WWII Draft Registration

Frank again registered for the draft, during WWII in 1942, in Midland, Michigan, United States but wasn't called into service.[14]

Death

He died on 27 July 1967 in Midland, Midland, Michigan, United States. [15][16]

Census

During his life he was counted in the following censuses:

  • 1891 British Census, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales. [17]
  • 1901 British Census, Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales. [3]
  • 1911 British Census, Llanwonno, Glamorgan Wales [18]
  • 1920 US Census, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States[7]
  • 1930 US Census, Midland, Midland, Michigan, United States [19]
  • 1940 US Census Homer Township, Midland, Michigan, United States [20]

Sources

  1. ↑ Marriage Certificate of son Frank Percival Sweetman
  2. ↑ Individual's Birth Certificate, Birth Certificate dated 11 October 1886, County Glamorgan, Wales
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 1901 British Census, Llanwono Glamorgan, Wales, Frank P Sweetman enumerated 31 Mar 1901.
  4. ↑ Canadian Border Crossings, digital image, FamilySearch, citing: Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954: downloaded 21 October 2016, Port of Quebec, 7/20/1913, SS Royal George, entered through Port Huron 7/24/1913; citing NARA microfilm publications M1461, M1463, M1464, and M1465
  5. ↑ 1920 US Census, US Census Bureau, Wayne County, Michigan
  6. ↑ Ancestry.com, US Citizen passenger list of SS Olympic
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 1920 US Census, US Census Bureau, Wayne County, Michigan
  8. ↑ US Military Draft Registration Card
  9. ↑ Marriage records of Mecosta County, 30 June 1918; State Marriage Records, Lansing Michigan
  10. ↑ "Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952", database on-line, Ancestry. com: (downloaded 3 August 2018), Frank Sweetman and Mary Hill, divorce; citing; Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Michigan Divorce Records. Wayne County Circuit Court Docket No. 1102843, filed 2 Apr 1924, citing "extreme cruelty" by wife Mary F., granted on 25 July, 1924.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Report of Birth of Children Born to American Parents, Bristol, England, May 10th 1927
  12. ↑ Marriage Certificate of Frank P Sweetman and Eveline L Clark, June 16, 1925
  13. ↑ Ancestry.com, US Citizen passenger list of SS Manhattan
  14. ↑ US Military Draft Registration Card
  15. ↑ Social Security Administration, SSDI Database, Social Security Administration, SSDI Database
  16. ↑ Personal knowledge of the author, (grandson to Frank P Sweetman), Barry Sweetman
  17. ↑ British Government, Office for National Statistics, 1891 British Census, Frank P Sweetman
  18. ↑ 1911 British Census, British Government, Office for National Statistics, Llanwonno, Glamorgan Wales
  19. ↑ 1930 US Census. Washington, DC, National Archives, Enum Dist 9-29, Supv Dist 6, Sheet 8B
  20. ↑ 1940 US Census, US Census Bureau, Homer Township, Midland, Michigan, enumerated May 25, 1940, FamilySearch: (accessed 17 May 2014), household of Frank P Sweetman, citing enumeration district (ED) 56-5, sheet 17A, family 321, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1790

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