Alonzo Harold SWAIN
1869 - 1915 (46 years)-
Name Alonzo Harold SWAIN Birth 1869 Lockport, New York Gender Male Death 30 Nov 1915 Toronto, York Co., Ontario - Mr. Swain was born in 1869 in Lockport New York, the son of Nelson and Rachel (Dickerson) Swain.
He married Isabella Sutherland Castlemaine, one of the world famous "Seven Sutherland Sisters".
The Sutherland Sisters were well known vaudeville actors, singers, but were best known for their successful marketing of "Seven Sutherland Sisters Hair Grower".
Most of the sisters had hair in excess of six feet long.
Mr. Swain marketed "Swains Hair Tonic" from the headquarters of Swain Medical Company in Kansas City Missouri.
Mr. Swain's first wife (Isabella Sutherland Castlemaine Swain) died in 1914 and is entombed in the Castlemaine mausoleum in Glenwood Cemetery in Lockport, N.Y.
It appears that Mr. Swain remarried shortly before he died.
Ontario marriage records show that he married Isabell Ellis (a spinster) on April 14, 1915. That marriage certificate indicates that his parents were Nelson and Rachel (Dickerson) Swain.
Burial Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, York, Ontario [1] Person ID I145 Pte. George H. Smith & Pte. Alfred Hardy Smith Family Last Modified 19 Mar 2023
Family Isabella ELLIS, b. 17 Jan 1883, Dalton Twp., Victoria Co Marriage 14 Apr 1915 Toronto, York, Ontario [2] Children 1. Alonza Isabell Doris SWAIN, b. 5 Mar 1916, Toronto, York Co. Ont. Family ID F51 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Mar 2023
- Mr. Swain was born in 1869 in Lockport New York, the son of Nelson and Rachel (Dickerson) Swain.
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Sources - [S4] Find a Grave.
Photo added by John Paterson
Alonzo Swain
BIRTH
1869
Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
DEATH
30 Nov 1915 (aged 45?46)
Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
BURIAL
Prospect Cemetery
Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
PLOT
Section 17, Lot 4168
MEMORIAL ID
221831636 - [S5] ONTARIO MARRIAGES.
Name: Isabell Ellis
Age: 31
Birth Year: abt 1884
Birth Place: Dalton, Ontario
Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1915
Marriage Place: York, Ontario, Canada
Father:
George Ellis
Mother:
Emma Trinser
Spouse:
A Harold Swane
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