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Author: Jerrydog
Surnames: Caldwell, Swartz
Classification: queries
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I was recently reading some of the Orphans' Court records of Washington County, Pa.,
and found a Joseph Caldwell who was appointed guardian of two people on my family tree,
Elizabeth Swartz and her brother Henry Swartz, children of Henry Swartz Sr. who died in
1811. I also found a record of a Joseph Caldwell marrying Catherine Swarts on 15 Jan
1813, with William Caldwell as bondsman. The source is "Washington County,
Pennsylvania Marriage Bonds, 1803-1827" on Ancestry. In the census, Joseph appears
to be considerably older than Catherine so I'm assuming she was not his first wife.
My Elizabeth and Henry Swartz had a sister named Catherine but she was not named in the
Orphans' Court records so I assume she was an adult when the father died. She may be
the one who married Joseph.
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