Catherine Hamilton ^{1 2}

Catherine married Abraham Swartz, son of Henry Swartz and Sarah Beery, on 18 May 1851 in , Fairfield County, OH.^{1 2} (Abraham Swartz was born in 1829 in , Fairfield County, OH ^{1 3} and died in 1918.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Hebron Township, Licking, OH on 1 August 1870.

1870 US Census
Page 16, Family 115
Hebron Township, Licking County, Ohio
Abraham Swartz..39..OH
Catharine Swartz...40..OH
William Swartz..18..OH
Mason Swartz..16..OH
Franklin Swartz..14..OH
Mary Swartz..11..OH
Aroaari Swartz..9..OH
Ida B Swartz..4..OH
Nelson Swartz..2..OH
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  Marriage Notes:

Possible Census records:

1870 US Census
Page 16, Family 115
Hebron Township, Licking County, Ohio
Abraham Swartz..39..OH
Catharine Swartz...40..OH
William Swartz..18..OH
Mason Swartz..16..OH
Franklin Swartz..14..OH
Mary Swartz..11..OH
Aroaari Swartz..9..OH
Ida B Swartz..4..OH
Nelson Swartz..2..OH


1880 US Census
page 126D, T9-1040
Hebron Township, Licking County, Ohio
Abraham Swartz.....Self...M...M...W...49...OH...Carpenter...OH-VA
Catherine Swartz....Wife...M...F...W...36...OH...Keeping House...VA-PA
Mason Swartz.........Son...S...M...W...26...OH...Painter...OH-OH
Frank Swartz..........Son...S...M...W...23...OH...Carpenter...OH-OH
Mary Swartz...Dau...S...F...W...21...OH...At Home...OH-OH
Benie Swartz..........Son...S...M...W...17...OH...Laborer...OH-OH
Nelson Swartz........Son...S...M...W...11...OH...At School...OH-OH
Minnie Swartz.........Dau...S...F...W...9...OH....OH-OH
Ida Swartz...Dau...S...F...W...13...OH...At School...OH-OH

I'm not positive that this is the correct Abraham Swartz. The surname is spelled consistent with the spelling convention used by his siblings. The age of the oldest son indicates a birth year of about 1854 which is consistent with a marriage date of 1851 (there might have been an older son who already left the household). However, Abraham shows his mother's birth location as Virginia instead of OH. This may have been an enumerator error in confusing it with the birth location of Catherine's father which was Virginia. Also, none of the names of the children seem consistent with the names of Abraham's ancestors or those used by his siblings for their children. He could have named the children as he saw fit without regard to customary naming conventions. Also, he seems to be the only sibling that relocated to Licking County, Ohio. All the other siblings either stayed in Fairfield County, Ohio, or moved to Shelby County, Illinois by 1880 with one sibling moving to Republic County, Kansas.

There is an Ohio Death database listing for an Abraham Swartz that was born 27 Oct 1830 and died 28 Jun 1918 in Muskingum County, Ohio which listed his parents as Henry Swartz and Cynthia Berry. That sounds very much like the correct Abraham Swartz but the birth date may be off slightly and the given name of his mother is not correct. His burial was in Licking County, Ohio which suggests that the 1870 and 1880 census records listed above may be correct after all.
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