flag female ancestor  Margaret (Olive)  ACKERMAN

  (b. 6 January 1806 New Jersey, USA   d. 18 June 1892 Woodland, Barry, Michigan, USA )  

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Margaret (Olive) ACKERMAN was born 6 January 1806 in New Jersey, USA

Margaret (Olive) ACKERMAN was the child of David Albert ACKERMAN   and   Elizabeth VAN WINKLE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Abraham ACKERMAN and Elizabeth Frances VERWEY (maternal)  Simon VAN WINKLE and Cornelia UNKNOWN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Margaret (Olive)  married  James SWIN 3 July 1831 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
James SWIN  was born abt. 1810 in Essex, New Jersey, USA.  James died 7 November 1879 in Hastings, Barry, Michigan, USA. 

Margaret (Olive) ACKERMAN died 18 June 1892 in Woodland, Barry, Michigan, USA.
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Margaret (Olive) ACKERMAN married Grave has been locatedUS Civil War Soldiers flag male ancestor James SWIN-- Date: 3 July 1831 Place: Paterson, New Jersey, USA
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Name: James Swin
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Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 03 Jul 1831
Event Place: Essex, New Jersey
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Spouse's Name: Margaret Ackerman
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Page: 218
GS Film number: 914211
Digital Folder Number: 004541235
Image Number: 00232

James Swin of Belleville and Margaret Ackerman of Paterson
Rev. Samuel Fisher, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Paterson, New Jersey.

"New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch.org : 12 December 2014), James Swin and Margaret Ackerman, 03 Jul 1831; citing Essex, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 914,211.


Children of James SWIN and Margaret (Olive) ACKERMAN:

flag female ancestor Lavinia SWIN (b.5 September 1832, Belleville, Essex, New Jersey, USA  d. , , Connecticut, USA)
m. Bernard BAVIER 



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birth1806 Birth
6 January 1806
New Jersey, USA
NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
marriage1831 Marriage / Partner
Margaret (Olive) ACKERMAN and James SWIN 3 July 1831, Paterson, New Jersey, USA

She was 25 years old.
1832 Birth of Child
Lavinia SWIN was born 5 September 1832, Belleville, Essex, New Jersey, USA

Margaret (Olive) was 26 years old.
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
1879 Death of Spouse/Partner
James SWIN died 7 November 1879, Hastings, Barry, Michigan, USA
death1892 Death
18 June 1892
Woodland, Barry, Michigan, USA

She died at the age of 86.
Added: 9/30/2016 2:17:44 PM - Updated: 7/8/2025 3:45:24 PM

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