♀ 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 • In Philadelphia, The Institute for Colored Youth (ICY) is founded as the first institution for the higher education of black people in the United States.

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.
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1850 • The traditional date of Kansas City, Missouri's founding. This is the date on which it is incorporated by Jackson County, Missouri as the "Town of Kansas".

1860


Age: 22y

1865


Age: 27y

birth of child


Joseph U Summerville
Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
1865 • American Civil War: At Fort Towson in Oklahoma Territory, Confederate General Stand Watie, a Cherokee Indian, surrenders the last significant Rebel army.

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.
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1936 • The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) begins radio in Canada.

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