Johnson Gibson Family History

Matthew Charles SWIERS

Male 1817 - 1878  (61 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Matthew Charles SWIERS was born in 1817 in Guiseley Yorkshire (son of James SWIERS and Elizabeth CRAVEN); died on 16 Jan 1878 in Ripon Yorkshire.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 9 Nov 1817, St Oswald Guiseley Yorkshire

    Notes:

    1851 HO107 2281 284 at Skelbank Ripon head married porter merchant aged 33 born Guiseley. Named as Matthew C Swires
    1861 RG9 3196 120 at High Skelgate Ripon head married wine and spirit merchant aged 43 born Guiseley
    1871 RG10 4275 18 at North Street Ripon head married wine and spirit merchant aged 53 born Guiseley

    Birth:
    1851 Census

    Baptism:
    Ancestry West Yorkshire C of E records St Oswald Guiseley no 738 9th Nov 1817
    Matthew son of James and Elizabth Swiers of Guiseley farmer

    Died:
    FreeBMD Mar 1878 Ripon 9a 57 aged 60

    Ancestry Wills and Probate
    The will of Matthew otherwise Matthew Charles Swiers late of The Crescent Ripon gentleman died 16th Jan 1878 at The Crescent was proved 15th Feb 1878 at Wakefield by Ann Swiers widow the relic and Robert Swiers gentleman brother both of the City of Ripon and Joseph Chapman of 1 Markham Street York gentleman the executors. Personal estate under £8,000

    Matthew married Anne CHAPMAN on 24 Jun 1843 in St Martin Coney Street York Yorkshire. Anne was born in 1817 in York Yorkshire; died in 1893. [Group Sheet]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Ancestry Select Marriages
    FreeBMD Jun 1843 York 23 569


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James SWIERS was born before 1807.

    James married Elizabeth CRAVEN on 29 Apr 1807 in Guiseley Yorkshire. Elizabeth was born in 1786 in Guiseley Yorkshire. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth CRAVEN was born in 1786 in Guiseley Yorkshire.

    Notes:

    1851 HO107 2281 400 at Sutton Grange mother in household of Thomas Swiers widow aged 65 born Guiseley

    Birth:
    1851 Census

    Notes:

    Married:
    Ancestry West Yorkshire C of E records St Oswald Guiseley Yorkshire no 1815 29th Apr 1807
    James Swiers of this parish and Elizabeth Craven of the same by Banns James signed wit by William Watkinson and Henry Ive?

    Children:
    1. John SWIERS was born in 1807 in Guiseley Yorkshire.
    2. Thomas SWIERS was born on 6 Feb 1812 in Guiseley Yorkshire; died in 1903.
    3. James SWIERS was born on 23 Apr 1814 in Guiseley Yorkshire; died in 1888 in Ripon Yorkshire.
    4. Robert SWIERS was born on 30 Aug 1815 in Guiseley Yorkshire; died in 1897 in Ripon Yorkshire.
    5. 1. Matthew Charles SWIERS was born in 1817 in Guiseley Yorkshire; died on 16 Jan 1878 in Ripon Yorkshire.