Ancestry of
Hilary Swank

Movie Actress

Lewis Elsworth Swank

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• • Great-grandfather of Hilary Swank — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • William Henry Harrison Swank 
  • Mother:
  • Amanda Josephine Phillips   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Oct 1883 
  • Birth Location:
  • Shannon City, Iowa 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • from 11 Mar 1965 to 24 Mar 1965 
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  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Lottie Tedrow
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Dec 1910 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Athens Township, Ringgold, Iowa 
  • Child:

  Glen Swank (Ahnentafel No:4 )

  • Notes: 

  • The Social Security Death Index gives Lewis Swank's birth year as 1884, while his WWI draft registration gives it as 1885. However, the 1900 census and his tombstone has it as 1883 which is what is probably correct.

• Sources for Lewis Elsworth Swank

  • ¹ Federal Census, IA, Union County, 1940, Jones, E.D. 88-13, Sheet 2B, Image 4 of 16.
  • ² Federal Census, IA, Ringgold County, 1930, Grant, E.D. 88-8, Sheet 3B, Image 6 of 10.
  • ³ Federal Census, IA, Ringgold County, 1900, Athens, E.D. 100, Sheet 9A, Image 17 of 26.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/26/2016).
  • ⁵ Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947, Marriage record for Lewis E Swank and Lottie Tedrow.
  • ⁶ Iowa, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997, Will for mother Amanda Josephine Swank.
  • ⁷ Lenox Time Table (Lenox, Iowa), 25 MAR 1965, p. 4, Card of thanks from Lewis Swank family.
  • ⁸ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for Lewis Elsworth Swank.

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