1. Benjamin Swanton was born in Ballydehob about 1818. He
married his first cousin,
Mary Swanton, and they had the following
children:
2. George Swanton
3. James Swanton
4. Benjamin Swanton, born 1856
5. Sarah Swanton
3. James Swanton had four sons and three daughters. The
sons never married and they
lived on farms in Ireland.
4. Benjamin was born in Clonee (near Bantry) and died on
October 13, 1923. He married
Mary Kingston in 1888. Mary was born on
April 14, 1867 at Lower Meenies near
Drimoleague, Cork and died on February 23,
1945. They had ten children.
6. Benjamin Swanton, born 1889
7. Molly Swanton, born August 16, 1890
8. William Swanton, born May 12, 1892
9. Samuel Swanton, born April 13, 1894
10. George Swanton, born 1895
11. Annie Swanton, born August 14, 1900
12. Violet Swanton, born April 5, 1901
13. James (Jim) Swanton, born 1904
14. John Swanton, born August 18, 1907
15. Sarah Swanton
6. Benjamin Swanton married Kate Ann Ross. Kate was
born in December 1902 and
she died in February of 1976. They had 7
children, all of whom were born in County
Cork, Ireland. Benjamin died on August 14,
1962.
16. Chrissie Swanton, born April 1930
17. Sadie Swanton, born. August 1931
18. Violet Swanton, born Nov. 1933
19. Benjamin Swanton, born February 1936
20. Susan Swanton, born April 1939
21. Lillian Swanton, born January 1941
22. William Swanton, born May 1944
7. Molly Swanton married Eddie Agass and lives at Basingstoke Hants, England.
8. In 1912, William Swanton went to Canada with his
brother Sam to live with their uncle
Jack Kingston. William was in the Canadian Army
from 1914 or 1915 to 1921 or 1922.
Then he went to Dearborn, Michigan, where he
married Karoline Lean Ziegler. Her
father was Fritz Ziegler. Karoline was born on
June 10, 1891 and she died on May 3,
1949. Karoline had a daughter, Erna, who was born in
Germany, and she and William
had two children. William died in 1982.
23. Vera Swanton, born February 9, 1927 in
Germany
24. William Henry Swanton, born November
22, 1928
9. In 1912, Sam Swanton went to Canada with his brother,
William. He married and had
two children by his first marriage.
25. Ica (daughter)
26. Fred
Sam then married Velma Lamay and they had one child. Sam
died on January 12, 1978
at Clare, Michigan.
27. Helen
10. George Swanton died in 1939 in Cork.
11. Annie Swanton married Paul Bateman. They have 2
daughters and 2 sons and live at
Madame, Clonakilty, County
Cork.
12. Violet Swanton married Richard Ross. They have three
sons and 2 daughters and live
at Castletown Village,
Enniskeane.
13. Jim Swanton died at ten months.
14. John Swanton lives in London at 115 Elmhurst Cresent, East Finchles.
15. Sarah Swanton married George Deane. They had 2 children who died young.
16. Chrissie Swanton married Jack Kingston
28.
Paul Swanton
29. Kenneth Swanton
30. William Swanton
17. Sadie Swanton married Jack Deane.
31. Albert Swanton
32. Mary Swanton
33. Susan Swanton
34. Robert Swanton
18. Violet Swanton married Jackie Shannon.
35. Elizabeth Swanton
36. Leslie Swanton
37. Gordon Swanton
38. Susan Swanton
39. Jean Swanton
40. Vera Swanton
19. Benjamin Swanton never married. He is/was in a mental hospital in Bandon.
20. Susan Swanton stayed single and is/was a nurse in Dublin, Ireland.
21. Lillian Swanton stayed single and lives on the family farm in Meenies, County Cork.
22. William died at 3 months.
23. Vera Swanton married Robert Hilton. She died in
September of 1958 in Dearborn,
Michigan. They had the
following child:
41. Jimmy
24. William Henry Swanton was in the U. S. Army for 20
years. He first married Jacqueline
Bourd in Orleans, France.
They had the following children:
42. William F., born December 1, 1958
43. Richard
Edward born February 6, 1960
44. Vera Laura, born April 1961
He and Jacqueline divorced, and he married Helen Parker Diener, a divorcee with three children. He later adopted the children and they had one child together.
45. Terri
Lynn Swanton, born October 1, 1962
46. Scott
Lance Swanton, born March 8, 1964
47. Tracy Leigh Swanton, born September 13, 1966
48. Laurie Marie Swanton, born November 13, 1972