Alexander Swan
and Ann Graham

Ann (Graham) Swan and Alexander Swan

Alexander Swan b 17 Apr 1819 Dumphrieshire Scotland d 14 Mar 1903 New Annan Col Co Nova Scotia, buried Bell Gift Cemetery, New Annan Nova Scotia, s/o John Swan and Ann Hainon.

Alexander Swan m. 20 Sept 1843 New Annan Col Co Nova Scotia to Ann Graham b 29 Aug 1824 Millbrook, Col Co Nova Scotia d 1915 New Annan, Col Co Nova Scotia buried Bell Gift Cemetery, New Annan Nova Scotia, d/o George Graham and Margaret Murray. Children of Alexander Swan and Ann Graham;

Anna Haining Swan b 7 Aug 1846 d 5 Aug 1888 Seville, OH m. 17 Jun 1871 St Martin in the Fields Church, London England to Martin Van Buren Bates b 9 Nov 1837 KY d Jan 1919 age 81 Seville OH, s/o John Wallis Bates and Sarah Waltrip Walthrop. Children; Sister Bates b 19 May 1872 d 19 May 1872 (stillborn) buried Seville OH; Baby Bates (male) b 19 Jan 1879 lived 11 hours buried Seville OH.  Martin Van Buren Bates m. 1901 Seville OH to Annette Lavonne Weatherby b 1870 d 1940, d/o JW Weatherby.

Margaret Swan b 1847 d 6 Nov 1848 buried Bell Gift Cemetery, New Annan Nova Scotia.

Janet Swan b about 1850 New Annan Nova Scotia m. 22 Sept 1875 to Mingo H Scott b about 1847 New Annan Col Co Nova Scotia, s/o William Scott and Deborah Heughens..

John Swan b about 1856 New Annan Col Co Nova Scotia d 28 Jul 1915 buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Denmark, Nova Scotia m. 4 Oct 1882 New Annan Col Co Nova Scotia to Mary L Wilson b 8 Sept 1863 New Annan Col Co Nova Scotia d 2 Apr 1930 buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Denmark, Nova Scotia, d/o Robert Wilson and Amelia Cock. Children;

Amelia Ann Swan b 16 Oct 1883 New Annan Nova Scotia d 19 Jul 1906 Middleton, Col Co Nova Scotia buried Brule Corner Cemetery, Col Co Nova Scotia m. 27 Dec 1905 to James Andrew Stevenson b 15 Dec 1885 Brule Col Co Nova Scotia d 24 Apr 1936 Brule Col Co Nova Scotia buried Brule Corner Cemetery, Col Co Nova Scotia, s/o Robert Stevenson and Susannah Susan Langille. James Andrew Stevenson  m. after 1906 to Annie McCullough.

Casson Swan b 1887 d 1973 m. Grace Maccoul b 1904 Middleton Col Co Nova Scotia m. d 13 May 1984 Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, d/o Orlow Maccoul and Mariah Baillie. Grace Maccoul was church organist and choir director for the Middleton Union Church for more than 60 years. Children of Casson Swan and Grace Maccoul; James, Irene and 3 more children Swan.

John K Swan b 16 Jul 1887

Daisy M Swan b 9 Sept 1889 Middleton Col Co Nova Scotia d 16 May 1945 River John, Pictou Co Nova Scotia buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Denmark, Nova Scotia Funeral 20 May 1945 Middleton Church, Rev JA Fraser of Scotsburn. Daisy M Swan was a talented musician with a soprano voice. She married 13 Aug 1913 to Robert E Macleod b 1889 Denmark Col Co Nova Scotia, s/o John W Mcleod and Ella McKenzie. Children;

J Carl Macleod b 1916 d 27 JUl 1984 Newfoundland Canada m. Irene Verna Giles b 16 Jul 1914 West Wentworth, Cumberland Co Nova Scotia d 20 Jan 2004 West Memorial Hospital, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia age 90 buried Forest Hill Cem. Denmark, Nova Scotia. Funeral 23 Jan 2004 Salem United Church. She was d/o William John Giles and Annie Teed. 3 Children

J Carl Macleod died in Newfoundland as a result of a drowning accident. He and his son owned a hardware and building supply business in River John. He was also a licensed embalmer and funeral director, and a partner in MacLeod's Funeral Home, River John. 

He was a member of the Pictou County Municipal Council and a member of the River John Fire Department. He was also elder and clerk of the session of Salem United Church in River John and had been a member of the choir for 40 years.

Irene Verna Giles was a graduate of the Nova Scotia Normal College. She was a much loved teacher, who until the 1970's was a substitute teacher in Northern Nova Scotia. She was a member of the Salem United Church choir and was a leader of Explorer Group for many years. During the winters she was secretary of the Canadian Club, St. Petersburg, Florida and a member of the Gulf Port Methodist Church.

Thelma McLeod m. J A Blanchard

Seldon W Swan b 23 Jul 1892 d 1972 buried Forest Hill Cem Denmark, Nova Scotia m. Glennie Laurie b 1893 River John, Pictou Co Nova Scotia d Nov 1979 Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia buried Fores Hill Cemetery, Denmark, Nova Scotia, d/o Charles Laurie and Mary Duhy. Children; John Swan; Jessie Eileen Swan and Phyllis Swan.

Jessie L Swan b 21 May 1894

George W Swan b 21 Dec 1857 New Annan Col Co Nova Scotia d 1927 buried Bell Gift Cemetery, New Annan Col Co Nova Scotia m. 2 Nov 1887 Truro Col Co Nova Scotia to Mary Ellen Johnston b 13 Apr 1869 New Annan Nova Scotia d 1940 buried Bell Gift Cem New Annan Nova Scotia, d/o John Johnston and Sarah Warwick. Children;

Christina Swan b 7 Apr 1888

Maud G Swan b 15 Sept 1890

Johnstone Swan b 17 Nov 1892

Warren A Swan b 15 Dec 1895

Leonard Swan b 1 Jan 1899

Douglas Swan b 1904

Eleanor Bassey Swan

Frances Swan b Jul 1906 New Annon Col Co Nova Scotia

Elizabeth H Swan b 1858 m. 26 Dec 1882 to Samuel Biswanger b 1847 Halifax Nova Scotia d Sept 1891 Truro Col Co Nova Scotia s/o Joseph Biswanger.

Mary J Swan b 1858 m. 8 Jan 1879 New Annan Nova Scotia to Robert B McIntosh b 1858, s/o John McIntosh b Scotland and Elizabeth Kennedy b Scotland.

Christine R Swan b 1863 New Annan Nova Scotia d 1 Sept 1887 buried Bell Gift Cemetery, New Annan Nova Scotia, m. 6 Jun 1885 Truro Col Co Nova Scotia to Robert William Murdock b 4 Feb 1862 New Annan Nova Scotia d 6 Nov 1928 buried Bell Gift Cemetery New Annan Nova Scotia, s/o James Murdock and Agnes Bell.

David Alexander Swan b 10 Jan 1871 New Annan Col Co Nova Scotia d 5 May 1872 buried Bell Gift Cemetery, New Annan Nova Scotia.

Arthur Nelson Swan b 10 Jan 1873 New Annan Col Co Nova Scotia d 1 Mar 1960 Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospial Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia buried Bell Gift Cemetery, New Annan Nova Scotia m. 13 May 1908 to Lila May Bell b 9 Jan 1886 New Annan Col Co Nova Scotia d 30 Sept 1965 buried Bell Gift Cemetery, New Annan Nova Scotia, d/o Robert Irvine Bell and Mary Ann Byers. Children;

Robert Lawrence Swan b 16 Dec 1908 New Annan Col Co Nova Scotia m. Edna Wells d New Annan Nova Scotia. 2 Children

Ernest Herman Swan b 8 Jun 1910 New Annan Col Co Nova Scotia m. Shirley Thompson, d/o Clifford Russell Thompson and Inez Vivian McClellan. 2 Children.

Marion Alice Swan b 9 Nov 1911 d 1956 buried Bell Gift Cemetery, New Annan Nova Scotia.

Freeman Roach Swan m. Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Hayden b 1932 Steep Creek, Guys Co Nova Scotia d Aug 1983 Lillian Memorial Hospital Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia buried Bell Gift Cemetery, New Annan Nova Scotia, d/o Percy B Hayden and Laura Unknown. 2 Children