Born in Duplin, North Carolina, United States
Daughter of Farrand Swinson
and Elizabeth (Grady) Swinson
Wife of
July Chestnut
— married
5 Jan 1888 in Duplin, North Carolina, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 72
in Maple Hill, Pender, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Jul 2022
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Biography
Bertha (Swinson) Chestnutt is a part of US Black heritage.
Bertha Swinson was born in 1867. She was the daughter of Farrand Swinson.[1]
She died in 1939.[1]
Research Notes
Her year of birth is off significantly on her death certificate. Census records indicate that she was born around 1867.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Death:
"North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976"
North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina Death Certificates
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1121 #65890
Bertha Swinson Chestnutt death 12 Apr 1939 (born Dec 1895), daughter of Farrand Swinson & Betsy Grady, in Maple Hill, Pender, North Carolina, USA.
- 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1870; Census Place: Kenansville, Duplin, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1135; Page: 437A
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #19931188 (accessed 15 July 2022)
Bertha Swenson (4), At Home, in Kenansville, Duplin, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina. - 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1880; Census Place: Warsaw, Duplin, North Carolina; Roll: 962; Page: 568D; Enumeration District: 079
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #19458129 (accessed 15 July 2022)
Bertha Swinson (13), single daughter, Farm Work, in household of Ferin Swinson (45) in Warsaw, Duplin, North Carolina, USA. Born in North Carolina. - 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1900; Census Place: Warsaw, Duplin, North Carolina; Roll: 1193; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0119; FHL microfilm: 1241193
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #68126177
Bertha Chesnutt (33), wife, in household of July Chesnutt (43) in Warsaw, Duplin, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina, USA.
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