I gave my wife a gift subscription to Ancestry.com so she could try to trace her family roots. Unfortunately, I have been doing most of the work for her.
I have traced her Swackhamer line so far to John Swackhamer, father of George Vivien Swackhammer(b. 1882 in PA,spouse-Bessie Virginia Smith)who is her great grandfather. I have found a few public family trees with his name and have the correct birth information as well as his residence in Susquehannah County,PA. The problem I have is that I think that he was living with a John Swackhammer and his wife Mary in 1900 in PA. Because of George's age 18 and the reported age of Mary, 25, it makes me think that he is either John's son of another marriage or he is adopted. Because the 1890 Federal Census data was destroyed in a fire I can't confirm this. The only other clue I have is that John was born in PA but his father was born in New Jersey.
Can anybody who has a Swackhammer in there family tree help me sort this out? So far I thought that it was a possiblity that John was the son of Frederick Swackhammer but I'm not sure. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
Paul