Wilbur M. Swan

Family

Sources

1. Springfield Daily Republican obituary, 15 Aug 1918: WILBUR M SWAN, age 62, born Agawam, burial Chicopee; spouse Mary C Bemis; children Douglas Swan, Hobart Bemis Swan; sibling Leila W Tapley

   Springfield Daily Republican obituary, 15 Aug 1918: WILBUR M SWAN, age 62, born Agawam, burial Chicopee; spouse Mary C Bemis; children Douglas Swan, Hobart Bemis Swan; sibling Leila W Tapley

2. History of the Class of 1918 S., Yale University, Douglas Lawrence Swan entry: "His father is Wilbur Martindale Swan, who was born July 14, 1856, in Agawam, Massachusetts; he is the owner of the New England Card and Paper Company of Springfield. Mrs. Swan's maiden name was Mary Catherine Bemis, and her home, before her marriage, was in Chicopee, Massachusetts. There are two sons in the family."

   History of the Class of 1918 S., Yale University, Douglas Lawrence Swan entry: "His father is Wilbur Martindale Swan, who was born July 14, 1856, in Agawam, Massachusetts; he is the owner of the New England Card and Paper Company of Springfield. Mrs. Swan's maiden name was Mary Catherine Bemis, and her home, before her marriage, was in Chicopee, Massachusetts. There are two sons in the family."

3. Springfield Daily Republican obituary, 15 Aug 1918: WILBUR M SWAN, age 62, born Agawam, burial Chicopee; spouse Mary C Bemis; children Douglas Swan, Hobart Bemis Swan; sibling Leila W Tapley

   Springfield Daily Republican obituary, 15 Aug 1918: WILBUR M SWAN, age 62, born Agawam, burial Chicopee; spouse Mary C Bemis; children Douglas Swan, Hobart Bemis Swan; sibling Leila W Tapley

4. Springfield Daily Republican, Wed Aug 14, 1918, p. 2, obituary 'WILBUR M. SWAN Well-Known Business Man Dies at 62': "At the age of 18 he went into his father's business, which was then the D. L. Swan & Sons' company, and later became the New England card and paper company. He was married to Miss Mary C [Bemis]". Matches wilbur-martindale-swan-1856: same obituary (age 62, b. Agawam, wife Mary C. Bemis, sons Douglas and Hobart Bemis Swan, sister Leila W. Tapley per masslive index of the 15 Aug 1918 notice). Father = D. L. (Diodate L.) Swan, proprietor of D. L. Swan & Sons, Springfield (1875 Springfield directory ad).

   Springfield Daily Republican, Wed Aug 14, 1918, p. 2, obituary 'WILBUR M. SWAN Well-Known Business Man Dies at 62': "At the age of 18 he went into his father's business, which was then the D. L. Swan & Sons' company, and later became the New England card and paper company. He was married to Miss Mary C [Bemis]". Matches wilbur-martindale-swan-1856: same obituary (age 62, b. Agawam, wife Mary C. Bemis, sons Douglas and Hobart Bemis Swan, sister Leila W. Tapley per masslive index of the 15 Aug 1918 notice). Father = D. L. (Diodate L.) Swan, proprietor of D. L. Swan & Sons, Springfield (1875 Springfield directory ad).

5. William T. Davis (ed.), The New England States (Boston: D. H. Hurd, 1897), vol. 1, pp. 332-333, sketch "DIODATE LORD SWAN": "Diodate Lord Swan, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Swan was born in East Haddam, July 24, 1824 ... removal to Springfield in 1846 ... New England Card and Paper Company ... associated with his three sons, under the firm-name of D. L. Swan & Sons ... Alderman 1876-77-78 ward six ... Mr. Swan died in Springfield April 13, 1859 [OCR/typo; ~1895]".

   William T. Davis (ed.), The New England States (Boston: D. H. Hurd, 1897), vol. 1, pp. 332-333, sketch "DIODATE LORD SWAN": "Mr. Swan married, August 22, 1850, Lydia Jane, daughter of Richard and Lydia (Martindale) Chamberlain, of Holyoke, Mass., and had six children — Ella Jennie, born in Springfield October 16, 1851...; Frank Newell, born in Springfield April 4, 1854...; Wilbur Martindale, born July 14, 1856, who married Mary Catherine Bemis, of Chicopee, Mass.; Frederick Richard, born August 29, 1859; Leila Wells, born March 25, 1862, who married George K. Tapley, of Springfield, and Hobart Estabrook, born May 18, 1864..." Same sketch: business carried on "associated with his three sons, under the firm-name of D. L. Swan & Sons." Matches wilbur-martindale-swan-1856: name Wilbur Martindale; b. July 14, 1856 (= Yale Class of 1918 S. history: father Wilbur Martindale Swan "born July 14, 1856, in Agawam"); wife Mary Catherine Bemis (= Mary C. Bemis in 1918 obit); sister Leila Wells m. George K. Tapley (= Leila W. Tapley, sibling in 1918 obit / heir in Swan v. Tapley); D. L. Swan & Sons. So Wilbur's mother = Lydia Jane (Chamberlain) Swan.