Ancestry of
John Butler Swann

(1875–1910)

John Butler Swann

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • John Swann 
  • Mother:
  • Lilian Louisa Butler   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Jun 1875 
  • Birth Location:
  • Lee, Kent, England 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 8 Aug 1910 
  • Death Location:
  • Narragansett Pier, Washington, Rhode Island 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts 
  • Notes: 

  • John Butler Swann was known to his family and friends as Jack.

    John Butler Swann died from injuries sustained during a practice polo match when he collided with another player and his pony fell on him.

    John Butler Swann was an English instructor at Harvard University when he took the U.S. oath of allegiance in 1900.

• Marriages for John Butler Swann

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  • Spouse:
  • Marguerite Gray
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Jan 1902
  • Marriage Location:
  • Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts

• Sources for John Butler Swann

  • ¹ BillionGraves, (accessed 12/23/2020).
  • ² Federal Census, MA, Berkshire County, 1900, Stockbridge, E.D. 83, Sheet 14B, Image 28 of 44.
  • ³ Federal Census, VA, Fauquier County, 1910, Marshall, E.D. 48, Sheet 9B, Image 18 of 33.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Records, 1840-1915, Birth record for son John Butler Swann.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950, 27 OCT 1900, Oath of allegiance for John Butler Swann.
  • ⁶ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Marriage record for Percy Musgrave Jr and daughter Marguerite Swann.
  • ⁷ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Stockbridge, Vol. 524, p. 121, Marriage record for John Butler Swann and Marguerite Gray.
  • ⁸ Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1917, Birth record for son Howard Swann.
  • ⁹ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for daughter Marguerite S Musgrave.
  • ¹⁰ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for son Howard Gray Swann.
  • ¹¹ The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), 19 SEP 1931, p. 3, Wedding announcement for Percy Musgrave Jr and daughter Marguerite Swann.
  • ¹² U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 16 AUG 1921, Application for spouse Marguerite Swann.
  • ¹³ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 16 AUG 1921, Application for son John Butler Swann.
  • ¹⁴ Leonard, John William, ed., Woman's Who's Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915, New York: The American Commonwealth Company (1914), 796.