Franz
Alfred SCHWABE (SWABY)
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1851
- 1910
Father: Christian Friedrich Traugott SCHWABE
Mother: Anna Marie SPEER
Family 1 : Flora ANDREWS
2. Harry Lee SWABY
3. Bessie May SWABY
Adopted: Marguerite SWABY
_______Christian SCHWABE__________
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Christian Friedrich Traugott SCHWABE_____|
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Marie Justina ?????______________
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(1793 - 1863) m
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- Franz Alfred SCHWABE
| (1851 - 1909) m
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_____ Franz Anton SPEER_______
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Anna Marie SPEER___________________|
(1829 - 1910) m 1850 |
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|____ Margarethe TRUNK_____________|
(1798 - 1864) m |
TIMELINE
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
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1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879 - Roy is born
1880
1881
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1883
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1885
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1887
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1910
INDEX
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Family records list his birth city as Worcester, but a trip to Worcester in 1991 and a perusal of the business directories of the time found no record of the Schwabe family ever being in Worcester, or any Germans for that matter. There is, however, a Schwabe family in the mining town of Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, that might be related to our Schwabe line. In any case, Roy, their first child, was born 1879 in Bay City, Michigan, so Franz Albert's parents must have moved out of Massachusetts shortly after their marriage. Franz Albert is known sometimes as "Frank" and sometimes as "Alfred." He must have met his wife Flora (originally from Pulaski in upstate New York) in Bay City. The three-member family (Alfred, Flora and Charles R. [sic] Schwabe) show up on the 1880 Census in Bay City. He is listed as a 27-year-old "Laborer" born in Massachusetts; she is also 27; and young Charles is listed as 7 months old. "Frank A. Swaby" (as his name is given on his headstone) died suddenly of an aneurysm one day while walking on the street.
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