Daughter of John George Swindell and Louisa Mary Bond, born 1847 in Kilburn, Middlesex
Married Digby Brooke de Blaisy West in 1868 2
Children 4
Frances Augusta, born on the 14th of February 1870
in Strokestown, Roscommon,
Ireland 5
Valentina Agusta Louisa, born on the 14th of February 1870 in
Strokestown, Roscommon, Ireland 5
.
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Herrick, born on the 13th of August 1878 in Dublin 5
Frederick Benjamin Carroll, born on the 23rd of November 1879 in
Dublin 5
John F., born c. 1882 in Cosham, Hampshire
Constance Ellen Oldfield, born c1886 in Texas, USA (died 1905 in
Arkansas, USA) 4
Buried
At a boarding school in Brighton in 1861, she married Digby Brookes de Blaisy West, an Irish landowner, a few years later. They probably returned to Ireland since they are not found in the 1871 or later censuses. Fanny's younger brother, Frederick, had a daughter Mary Louisa born in Dublin about 1876.
The family emigrated to the USA but had returned to England for a visit in 1891. 6
1 The birth of Fanny Louisa Swindell was registered in Edmonton, Middlesex in the second quarter of 1847 (FreeBMD 3 161).
2 The marriage of Fanny Louisa Swindell was
registered in Hampstead in the third quarter of 1868. (FreeBMD 1a
1082).
Only one male is listed on the same page - Digby Brooke de B West -
but neither he nor a matching Fanny West can be found in the 1871
census.
Digby Brooke de Blaise is named as Fanny's husband in the following extract from the National Archives:-
Cause: Re Swindell (and Re Act of II Geo. IV and I Will. IV c.65) Counterpart deed of lease of 2 King Street, St James, Westminster, MIDDX., late of John George Swindell and belonging to his children John Sudlow Swindell, M.D., and Fanny Swindell, now wife of Digby Brooke de Blaisy, and his infant grandchildren Wilhelmina Frances Rose and Mary Louisa Henrietta Swindell (children of William Frederick Swindell, deceased). Deposited 28 Nov. 1889. Piece details J 90/1726
Digby Brooke West is listed as an Irish landowner in Roscommon in the 1876 survey.
3 There are only two Fanny Swindell's births registered between 1837 and 1855, and one of those is in 1854. The other is Fanny Louisa. It therefore seems probable that Fanny Louisa is the mother of Alfred Thomas Swindall, born 1865. NO the the mother of Alfred is Fanny Swindall
4 Visitation of Ireland:By Joseph Jackson Howard, Frederick Arthur Crisp pxxiv
'Constance Ellen Oldfield, 4th daughter of Digby Brooke de Blaisy West died at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA on Saturday 30 December 1905, and was buried there.
5 Family search (IGI)
6 Captain Digby B. West, who became well known as one of the successful farmers of Arkansas, established his home in the vicinity of Berryville in 1889 and there resided to the time of his demise in 1902. He was fifty-six years of age when death called him, for his birth occurred in Ireland in 1846. He was a son of Dean West, who was a dean of the Episcopal church of Ardagh, Ireland, and later in Presteign, Wales. Digby B. West was the third in order of birth in a family of eight children. He acquired a good education in an agricultural college at Cirencester, England, and was a magistrate in County Roscommon, Ireland, and also became captain of the Royal Longford Rifies of Ireland. He came to America in 1882, settling on a farm in Texas, and remained in that state for seven years, but his experience there was anything but encouraging. His family were all sick and he lost considerable money while attempt- ing to found a home in the Lone Star state. He had enough left to bring his family to Arkansas, when in 1889 he decided to try his fortune in this state and settled on a farm which he purchased near Berryville. Immediately he began to prosper and be continued to live on his farm throughout his remaining days, devoting his attention to the work of further improvement and development. In 1900 he set out a nice apple orchard of fifty acres and in 1920 Mrs. West shipped sixteen carloads of fine apples. It was in England, in 1868, that Mr. West was united in marriage to Miss Fanny Louisa Swindell, who was born in England, near London. She is a daughter of John S. and Mary Louisa (Bond) Swindell. Her father was a highly educated man, being a graduate of the Royal Engineers College of England, and he devoted his life to the profession of civil engineering. Mr. and Mrs. West became the parents of thirteen children, of whom eight are living: Francis married W. J. Jamison of Baltimore, and they are now living in Berryville. He has devoted his attention to the hotel and banking business and he also managed Deer Park Hotel, Maryland, in the summer sea- sons; Digby West, the second of the family, is mentioned elsewhere in this work; Sidney is an engineer on an ocean steamship and makes his home at San Francisco, California; Charles is a druggist of Minnesota; Fred is a railroad man, living at Eureka Springs, Arkansas; Heyrick C. follows farming in the vicinity of Berryville; Lucy is the wife of E. V. Wier, conducting a dry goods store in the vicinity of San Diego, California; John lives on his mother's farm and manages the orchard. All are members of the Episcopal church, but as there is no church of that denomination in Berryville, Mrs. West attends the Methodist Episcopal church and is pianist for the congregation. In politics Mr. West was an ardent democrat. Mrs. West lives in a comfortable home in Berryville. The family is most highly esteemed and Mr. West left to his wife and children not only a comfortable competence but also that priceless heritage of an untarnished name. http://www.archive.org/stream/centennialhistor00hern/centennialhistor00hern_djvu.txt (with thanks to John Swindell for finding and pointing this out)