New Branch on Barr Family Tree

My 2nd Great Grandmother was Mary Barr.
She married (1) Joseph Melvin Bailey on 17 Sept 1899 in LeRoy Township, Osceola, Michigan
She married (2) Horace M. Myers on 23 Sept 1893 in LeRoy Township, Osceola, Michigan
She married (3) Charles E. Burton 8 March 1895 in Cedar Township, Osceola, Michigan

All three marriage records on familysearch.org, mention Mary Hagerman as Mary's mother.

Looking further, I entered the name Hagerman into the search engine, and included Barr as married name.
 I came up with the birth records of Mary's siblings in Auglaize County, Ohio.

The siblings were: Joseph Bahr born in 1861
                              John Alfred Bahr born in 1864
                              Eliza Matilda Bahr born in 1868
                              Eva Louise Bahr born in 1870
                       and Bertha Malisa Bahr born in 1876.

Mary was born in Auglaize, Ohio in 1872.

On siblings birth records mentions father is August (Augustus, Augustin) Bahr, born around 1835 in Germany (Prussia).

New Information on the Sweaney Family

Found on the Web/Maryland Archives:


Edward Swany of Frederick Co., farmer. Will dtd. 6 Jan. 1778, very sick. 
To wife Lydia: the old mare. Estate to be sold and money equally to wife and 
sons William and Edward. To dau. Anne: colt. To daughters Lidia and 
Margaret: cattle and sheep or cash. All farm tools to sons. Wife executrix. 
/s/ Edward Swany. Wit: Patrick Monney, Daniel Delozier, Lodwick 
Harbough. Proved 31 July 1779 by wit. (141-2) 

(Source: Frederick Co., Md. Will Book 1, pp 141-2.)



This mentions Lodwick Harbough as a witness to Edward Swany's Will and Testament. Lodwick (Ludwig) was the father of Christina Harbaugh who married William Sweeny (Swany). 

Edward's two sons mentioned are William and Edward. This must mean that this William was the son of Edward Swany, and wife of Christina Harbaugh. 

Are these the same Sweaney's that are related to the Swaney's of Frederick County, Maryland that are descendants of French Huguenots? I am not sure. I will do more research.

This also means that William Sweany cannot be the son of James Sweany and Frances Ward, although the surname Ward came up in my DNA.

More to come.

My DNA analysis from Ancestry.com

Here it is -- what the DNA test revealed about me.
It was hardly a surprise ---->  68% British Isles (Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales)
                                              29% Central European (France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Austria)
                                                3%  undetermined (I believe this was Native American Indian).

The undetermined part explains there is a part of my DNA they have not the genetic coding for yet -- and yet, I know  I am part American Indian, so perhaps that is where the 3% lies.

Surnames that popped up that matched were: Means, Saunders, Kimes, Laudermilk, Barr, Ward, and Meyer...no surprise there. However, it proved some theories.

Theory 1 proven -- Great Grandma Florine was not adopted. Her mom was a Saunders.
Theory 2 proven -- My distant great grandmother, was a WARD, not a William or Dorsett, and also her father was most likely James WARD and not George WELLS, making her brother Nathan WARD, her half brother, not full blooded brother.
Theory 3 proven -- Those that came to Frederick County, Maryland were GERMAN, not Dutch. These Germans belonged to the Moravian Church and went to Tuscawaras County, Ohio on missions to convert the American Indians there to Christianity.


My American Indian heritage may also be mixed within German roots. Found the surname Whitcomb mixed with the Native American name Thompson -- as Adam Whitcomb may have taken the name Thompson or vise versa --...in my tree Jeremiah Thompson married Louisa Whitcomb. Her father was most likely Adam Whitcomb and her mother Susanna Steinwetz (or surname close to this spelling). They were from New Hampshire.

More updates to come.

Ida Helen Sweaney

Ida Helen Sweaney has been added to my family tree as the first child of Frederick Reginald Sweaney and Sarah Ann Thompson.

She was born 12 Nov 1859 in New Philadelphia, Tuscawaras County, Ohio.
She died 3 April 1862 in New Philadelphia, Tuscawaras County, Ohio.

She is in the 1860 Census w/ her parents in Tuscawaras County, Ohio.

Searching the 1940 Census

Records I have found so far on the 1940 Census: (Downloadable)

1. Della V. Teague, Anver Teague, and Floyd B. Myers (grandson of Della); 1940 Box Township; Cedar, Missouri  download here

2. Ethel (Teague) Tolle, Lloyd Tolle, Lloyd (son), Phyllis (daughter); 1940 Box Township; Cedar, Missouri download here

3. Rachel E. Sweaney, Doris V. Sweaney, Raymond Thacker; Brewster Township, Okanogan, Washington 1940 download here

4. Charles Sweaney, Laura Sweaney, Faye O'Neal (daughter); Tioga Township; Ward 1; Chanute, Neosho, Kansas 1940 download here

5. George D. Flinn, Velda Flinn, Viola (Myers) Flinn; Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado 1940 download here

6. Elmer Sweaney, Zenobia, Elmer Jr. (Pat), Esther, Jack, and Harold Sweaney; Nyssa, Malhuer, Oregon 1940 download here

7. Charles Carter Portland Oregon 1940 (has himself as a lodger) download here


Other records will come as I find them or when the 1940 Census is finally indexed.

Frederick Sweaney's Gravestone

My 3rd Great-Grandfather, Frederick Reginald Sweaney was born 18 May 1835 in New Philadelphia, Tuscawaras County, Ohio. He was a Civil War Veteran who died on 6 Jan 1887 in Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas.

Not much is known about Frederick, except that him and his wife, Sarah Thompson, a full blooded American Indian woman, had 8 children, 2 of which died in infancy.

The headstone to the left has his name as T.R. Sweaney. He is buried next to Sarah in Elmwood Cemetery in Neosho, KS. It was a mystery for some time why T.R. was put on his headstone, but searching through military records on Ancestry, I stumbled upon a discovery that answered my question.

The record, which was taken from national archives for headstones made for Civil War veterans, is fuzzy, but you can see below how it could have become miscontrued. The F, almost looks like a T, as if someone wrote it fast, but if you look at what is thought to be a "T" more closely, you can see the a slight, almost invisible mark in middle of the character which makes it more clear as an "F".

History of a Photograph

Moore Family; ca. 1907 in El Derado Springs, Cedar County, Missouri

This photograph was taken in 1907. From left to right, starting in the front row are: Mary Victoria Teague b. 1905, Viola Oneta Kivett b. 1906, Howard Moore b.1904?  Gertrude Moore b. 1905; Velda Marie Teague b. 1903; and Charles Gerald Whited b. 1907.  middle row: Della Victoria (Moore) Teague, Lillian Josephine (Moore) Kivett, John Snyder Moore, Ida Belle (Daley) Moore, Virginia May Whited b.1900, and Annis Elizabeth (Moore) Whited. Back row: Floyd Edgar Teague, George Clinch Kivett, Charles Whited, and John Phineas Whited b. 1903

John Snyder Moore -- born 3 April 1863 in Grayson, Virginia to Nimrod Moore and Elizabeth Snyder. He married Mary Annis Briles 25 Feb 1880, daughter of John and Annis Briles (1st cousins); their four children were Della Victoria, Lillian Josephine (Josie), Annis Elizabeth, and John Franklin Moore (died in infancy).  Mary died of cancer in Nepuesta, Colorado in 1892. He married Ida Belle Daley on 5 April 1894 in Cass, Missouri. John died 19 July 1916 in El Derado Springs, Cedar, Missouri.

Annis Elizabeth Moore was the first child born to John Snyder Moore and Mary Annis Briles on 4 Jan 1881 in Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri. She married Charles Whited in 1900 in El Derado Springs, Cedar County, Missouri. They had three children: Virginia May Whited b. 1900, John Phineas Whited b. 1903, and Charles Gerald Whited b. 1907. Annis Elizabeth died on 3 Jan 1955 in Parsons, Labette, Missouri.
Della Victoria Moore was the second child  to John Snyder Moore and Mary Annis Briles born 7 July 1882 in Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri. She married Floyd Edgar Teague on 20 Nov 1902 in El Derado Springs, Cedar, Missouri. Their children were Velda Marie Teague b. 1903 (married 1- Frank Burton Meyers 2- George Daniel Flinn); Goldie Elfrieda Teague b. 1904 and d. 1907 in an accident where a horse kicked her in the stomach. She died before this photograph was taken., Mary Victoria Teague b. 1905, Floyd Anderson Teague b. 1909, Ethel Lucille Teague b. 1912, Adola Josephine Teague b. 1917, Anver Carlisle Teague b. 1921. She died 18 Sept 1961 in El Derado Springs, Missouri.

Lillian Josephine Moore was the third child of John Snyder Moore and Mary Annis Briles. She was born 24 April 1887 in Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri. She married George Clinch Kivett 25 Dec 1905 in El Derado Springs, Cedar County, Missouri. Their children were Viola Onieda Kivett b. 1906 and George Melvin Kivett b. 1908. She died 14 Aug 1966 in Denver, Colorado.

Ivan H. Moore was the first son of John Snyder Moore and Ida Belle Daley b. 6 Oct 1895 in Grand River, Cass, Missouri. He married a woman named Claudia and had 2 children (twins) both born in 1921, Bernard and Lovetta Moore. He died April 1974 in Corning, Adams County, Iowa.

Gertrude "Gertie" Moore was the second child of John Snyder Moore and Ida Belle Daley born 1904.

Moore sisters; Josie, Della, and Elizabeth w/ unknown grandchild in front and on roof. Probably taken in the 1930s or 40s in Missouri.

Cousins: Mary Hamm, Velda Marie Teague, Viola Kivett, Gertie Moore and Goldie Whited.