Ellen Swartz
Ellen Swartz was born on March 28, 1842, in Pennsylvania to Andrew and Catherine Swartz. Her father was a coach maker who owned $1,500 of real estate and $250 of personal property by 1860. She grew up and attended school in Plumstead, Pennsylvania, and by 1880, she was working as a mantua maker. She married Civil War veteran Charles Solliday in the 1880s, but he apparently died soon afterward. She applied for a widow’s pension in July 1890 and eventually secured one. She “died suddenly” from apoplexy in Plumstead on May 10, 1907.
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(4457)Swartz, Ellen ~ Solliday, Ellen1842-03-281907-05-10
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 16

  • (12411) [recipient] ~ William H. Swartz to Andrew Swartz et al., 2 October 1862
  • (12413) [recipient] ~ William H. Swartz to Andrew Swartz et al., undated
  • (12416) [recipient] ~ William H. Swartz to Andrew Swartz et al., 14 October 1862
  • (12417) [recipient] ~ William H. Swartz to Andrew Swartz et al., 17 October 1862
  • (12418) [recipient] ~ William H. Swartz to Andrew Swartz et al., 24 October 1862
  • (12419) [recipient] ~ William H. Swartz to Andrew Swartz et al., 25 October 1862
  • (12421) [recipient] ~ William H. Swartz to Andrew Swartz et al., 2 December 1862
  • (12423) [recipient] ~ William H. Swartz to Andrew Swartz et al., 19 December 1862
  • (12424) [recipient] ~ William H. Swartz to Catherine Swartz et al., 1 January 1863
  • (12425) [recipient] ~ William H. Swartz to Andrew Swartz et al., 5 January 1863
  • (12427) [recipient] ~ William H. Swartz to Andrew Swartz et al., 6 February 1863
  • (12428) [recipient] ~ William H. Swartz to Andrew Swartz et al., 9 February 1863
  • (12429) [recipient] ~ William H. Swartz to Andrew Swartz et al., 13 August 1862
  • (12433) [recipient] ~ Andrew Swartz to Catherine Swartz et al., 9 September 1862
  • (12434) [recipient] ~ William H. Swartz to Andrew Swartz et al., 13 September 1862
  • (12435) [recipient] ~ William H. Swartz to Andrew Swartz et al., 21 September 1862

People - Records: 7

  • (4457) Swartz, Ellen is the [sibling of] (4444) Swartz, William H.
  • (4457) Swartz, Ellen is the [child of] (4445) Swartz, Andrew
  • (4457) Swartz, Ellen is the [cousin of] (4446) Swartz, Henry B.
  • (4457) Swartz, Ellen is the [child of] (4447) Swartz, Catherine
  • (4449) Swartz, Nicholas is the [grandparent of] (4457) Swartz, Ellen
  • (4458) Swartz, Mary Hambleton is the [sibling of] (4457) Swartz, Ellen
  • (4459) Swartz, Joseph W. is the [sibling of] (4457) Swartz, Ellen

Places - Records: 2

  • (277) [birth] ~ Pennsylvania
  • (2822) [death] ~ Plumstead, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1970, available from Ancestry.com