♀ Mary Jane Switzer

1837 - 1936

Mary Jane Switzer
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Parents
Peter Switzer
Peter Switzer
1813 - 1862
Spouse
James Summerville
James Summerville
1836 - 1870
Children
Siblings
Elsinda Switzer
Elsinda Switzer
1843 - 1922
John Harvey Switzer
John Harvey Switzer
1849 - 1916

1837


Apr 3
1837 • The Dutch sack the fortress of Bonjol, ending the Padri War.

1850


Age: 12y
Peter Switzer, Susannah Crick, & Mary Jane Switzer - 1850 United States Federal Census

residence


Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
Susannah Crick's brother Henry Crick is living next door. There is also a Peter Crick living nearby.
1 Source ⇓
1850 US census shows that 11.2% of the population classed as "Negro" are of mixed race.

1865


Age: 27y

birth of child


Joseph U Summerville
Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
1865 • American Civil War. Surrender to the British at Liverpool of the commerce raider CSS Shenandoah (Captain James Waddell), last significant organized Confederate unit.

1930


Age: 92y
1930 Mahatma Gandhi sets off on a 200-mile protest march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest at the British monopoly on salt; more will join them during the Salt March that ends on April 5.

1936


Apr 8
Age: 99y
Mary Jane Switzer - Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963

death


Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
It mentions her nephew, a "Jas Summerville." Her name is Green on the record because she remarried Thomas Green after the death of James Summerville.
1 Source ⇓
1936 May 28 - Alan Turing submits a paper describing Universal computation, to Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society.

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