Jessie Brownie Swain

Jessie Brownie Swain[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]

Female 1876 - 1966  (89 years)

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  • Name Jessie Brownie Swain  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
    Birth 27 September 1876  Big Prairie, Newaygo County, Michigan, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1880  Upper Loup, Sherman, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    • Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
    Residence 1910  Andrews, Sioux, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    • Occupation: Teacher; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head
    Residence 17 Jan 1913  Harrison, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Residence 1916  Fract, Sioux, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1920  Rock Creek, Coffey, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Married 1927  Sherman, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Name Jessie B. Swain  [10
    Name Jessie Brownie Ferry  [13
    Name Jessie Brownie Swain  [1
    Residence 1930  Ravenna, Ravenna, Buffalo, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Residence 1935  Rural, Howard, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1940  Clay Township, Clay, Sherman, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Residence 1950  Kitsap, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    • Relation to Head of House: Wife; Marital Status: Married
    Residence 1954  Bremerton, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1965  Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Death 15 April 1966  Kitsap County, Washington, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 13
    Burial Port Orchard, Kitsap County, Washington, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Person ID I272722693191  MacFarlane
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2026 

    Father John Farrar Swain,   b. 2 June 1853, Big Prairie, Newaygo County, Michigan, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 July 1938, Saint Paul, Howard County, Nebraska, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Josephine Flatcher,   b. 15 June 1856, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 December 1935, Boelus, Howard County, Nebraska, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F20  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 George Wyatt McFarland,   b. Abt 1861, Yorktown, DeWitt, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1906, Chico, Butte, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 26 Aug 1896  Missoula, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 14
    Children 
     1. Wintah McFarland,   b. 5 Apr 1898, Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1986, Lillian, Baldwin, Alabama, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     2. William Swain McFarland,   b. 1 November 1899, Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 January 1974, Retsil, Kitsap County, Washington, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     3. Henry Dahlman McFarland,   b. 12 Jul 1902, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1988, Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     4. Ruby Lee McFarland,   b. Bef. June 8, 1905, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F56  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2026 

    Family 2 Alfred W. Simmerman,   b. 17 Oct 1876, Toulon Stark, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1952, Madison Co., Monroe Twp. Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Divorce Abt Sept 1922  Waverly, Coffey, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20
    • Per Alfred's 1930 census, and Jessie is married by 1925.
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2026 

    Family 3 Lawrence Leslie Ferry,   b. 6 Aug 1881, Clyde, Iowa, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1970, Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1927  Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 15
    • Jessie's third marriage.
    Family ID F23  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2026 

  • Photos
    Jessie(Brownie), Roxie, Grace and Ruby
    Jessie(Brownie), Roxie, Grace and Ruby
    Jessie(Brownie), Roxie, Grace and Ruby
    Jessie(Brownie), Roxie, Grace and Ruby
    Newspapers.com - The Waverly Gazette - 1 Sep 1922 - 4 Alf Simmerman
    Newspapers.com - The Waverly Gazette - 1 Sep 1922 - 4 Alf Simmerman
    Newspapers.com - The Waverly Gazette - 1 Sep 1922 - 1 Alfred is holding a closing out sale, and moving to Lorimer, Iowa to care
    Newspapers.com - The Waverly Gazette - 1 Sep 1922 - 1 Alfred is holding a closing out sale, and moving to Lorimer, Iowa to care
    Jessie (Brownie) SWAIN McFarland
    Jessie (Brownie) SWAIN McFarland
     Jessie Brownie Swain Ferry
    Jessie Brownie Swain Ferry
    Newspapers.com - The Harrison Sun - 25 Jan 1918 - 1 Marriage of McFarland / Sitntnerman
    Newspapers.com - The Harrison Sun - 25 Jan 1918 - 1 Marriage of McFarland / Sitntnerman

  • Sources 
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    16. [S977005572] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Kitsap, Washington; Roll: 5870; Page: 33; Enumeration District: 18-39.

    17. [S977001692] Newspapers.com - The Harrison Sun - 25 Jan 1918 - 1, (The Harrison Sun), Marriage of McFarland / Sitntnerman 25 Jan 1918.
      Newspapers.com - The Harrison Sun - 25 Jan 1918 - 1 Marriage of McFarland / Sitntnerman
      Newspapers.com - The Harrison Sun - 25 Jan 1918 - 1 Marriage of McFarland / Sitntnerman


    18. [S977005417] Newspapers.com - The Waverly Gazette - 1 Sep 1922 - 1, (The Waverly Gazette), Alfred is holding a closing out sale, and moving to Lorimer, Iowa to care for his feeble mother. 1 Sep 1922.
      Newspapers.com - The Waverly Gazette - 1 Sep 1922 - 1 Alfred is holding a closing out sale, and moving to Lorimer, Iowa to care
      Newspapers.com - The Waverly Gazette - 1 Sep 1922 - 1 Alfred is holding a closing out sale, and moving to Lorimer, Iowa to care


    19. [S977005508] Newspapers.com - The Waverly Gazette - 1 Sep 1922 - 4, (The Waverly Gazette), Alf Simmerman 1 Sep 1922.
      Newspapers.com - The Waverly Gazette - 1 Sep 1922 - 4 Alf Simmerman
      Newspapers.com - The Waverly Gazette - 1 Sep 1922 - 4 Alf Simmerman


    20. [S977001963] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1930; Census Place: Walnut, Madison, Iowa; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0025; FHL microfilm: 2340401.