Hello,
I am trying to find information on the family of John Smith and Catherine Swackhammer [or Smackhammer].
I recently received a copy of the marriage license for Adalaide B. [she went by Blanch] Smith [my great grandmother] and Howard Fremont Dean [great grandfather]. I have attached a copy to this message.
They were married in Lodi, Schuyler Co., NY on April 26, 1911.
The marriage license says that :
Blanch was born in PA to John Smith [born US] and Catherine Smackhammer [or Swackhammer] [born US]. It also says she was 23 years old at the time of the marriage, making her year of birth as 1888.
Her occupation was nursing.
My dad recalls that she was a nurse but she lost her leg in a factory accident and was unable to return to nursing.
Shortly after the wedding Howard and Blanch were in the Village of Owego, Tioga Co., NY, which is where their first son Harold Charles Dean was born on Dec. 26, 1912. Howard was born and lived in Hector, NY prior to that. In 1920 and 1930 Census' they are found living in Elmira, NY. Their second son Howard was born in Elmira in 1921.
Blanch died in October 1964 in a nursing home in Chemung County, NY and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira NY.
If anyone has any info on John Smith's or Catherine Swackhammer's family please email me at
jennifer_loc31@msn.comThanks for your help!