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Annie May “Valentine” <I>Barrett</I> Swezey

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Annie May “Valentine” Barrett Swezey

Birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
8 Mar 1934 (aged 70)
Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Burial
Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section Lot 37 Range 7
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Daughter of John Barrett of Brooklyn, and wife of Hiram Edward Swezey, mother of Edna, Hiram Chester, Louis H. and Iva Belle Swezey.

Given up by her parents, she was "adopted" by the Valentine family of Patchogue "and records have it that while she was still a child a mysterious, beautiful, woman from the city would periodically visit, occassionally accompanied by a man".

Obituary - "Mrs. Annie M. Swezey, wife of Capt. H. Edward Swezey, a bayman and ferry operator, died yesterday at her home at 363 Grove avenue after a long illness. She was 68 years old and was a Gold Star mother, one son, Lewis H. Swezey, having been killed in action during the World war. Besides her husband she leaves a son, H. Chester Swezey, head of an Eastport trucking concern and two daughters, Mrs. Edward Bristow of Eastport and Mrs. Charles A. Collins of this village. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. George C. Fort of the Methodist church officiating and the interment will be made in Cedar Grove Cemetery."

(Glen Bristow; Patchogue Advance, Friday, March 09, 1934, Page: 8)
Daughter of John Barrett of Brooklyn, and wife of Hiram Edward Swezey, mother of Edna, Hiram Chester, Louis H. and Iva Belle Swezey.

Given up by her parents, she was "adopted" by the Valentine family of Patchogue "and records have it that while she was still a child a mysterious, beautiful, woman from the city would periodically visit, occassionally accompanied by a man".

Obituary - "Mrs. Annie M. Swezey, wife of Capt. H. Edward Swezey, a bayman and ferry operator, died yesterday at her home at 363 Grove avenue after a long illness. She was 68 years old and was a Gold Star mother, one son, Lewis H. Swezey, having been killed in action during the World war. Besides her husband she leaves a son, H. Chester Swezey, head of an Eastport trucking concern and two daughters, Mrs. Edward Bristow of Eastport and Mrs. Charles A. Collins of this village. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. George C. Fort of the Methodist church officiating and the interment will be made in Cedar Grove Cemetery."

(Glen Bristow; Patchogue Advance, Friday, March 09, 1934, Page: 8)


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  • Created by: Aislin
  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94123519/annie_may-swezey: accessed ), memorial page for Annie May “Valentine” Barrett Swezey (1 Mar 1864–8 Mar 1934), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94123519, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York, USA; Maintained by Aislin (contributor 46535342).