Ancestry untraced 1 - born 1833 in London, Middlesex according to 1881, 1891 census
Married Ann Hilton (born Heywood, Lancashire)
Children
(Moses?) Edward, born 1861/2 in Canada
Emily Ann, born 1865/6 in Quebec, Canada
Henry, born 1867/8 in Ottawa, Canada
Thomas, born 1870 in Winchester, Hampshire
William, born 1872/3 in Dover, Kent
Elizabeth, born 1874/5 in Canterbury, Kent
Lucy, born 1876/7 in Canterbury, Kent
Mary A., born 1878/9 in Canterbury, Kent
Caroline, born 1879/80 in Canterbury, Kent
George, born 1882 in Canterbury, Kent
Probably died 1896 or 1897 2, 4
Joined army, Winchester (1861) posted to Canada before returning to Winchester, then Uckfield, Sussex then Kent. Staff Sergeant in the East Kent Militia in 1881. A Pensioner in North Bierley, Yorkshire in 1891
1 Possibly Henry James Humphreys Swendell born 1830 or Henry Swindell born 1832 or Henry Swindell born 1830/1
Not found in 1851 census. In 1861 Henry Swindell is listed in Winchester Barracks, in 1871 in Uckfield, Sussex
2 The death of a Henry Swindlehurst aged 65 was registered in the third quarter of 1897 in North Bierley (FreeBMD 9b 160)
3 The death of a George James Swendell aged 62 was registered in the first quarter of 1896 in North Bierley (FreeBMD 9b 115)
The death of an Ann Swendell aged 68 was registered in the fourth quarter of 1906 in North Bierley (FreeBMD 9b 110)
4 Henry's wife Ann is identified as Ann Hilton by a descendant (Kevin Swendell), who also confirms that the 'George James Swendell' whose death was registered in 1896 was in fact Henry George Swendell.