Ethel Maude McSwiney

b. 30 October 1861 2 Chester Place, Hyde Park Square, London.

1881 Census 36 Gloucester Square, Paddington, London Parent Henry Trower M 67 Parent Helen Trower F 64 Ethel M Trower, F, 19 Ernest Trower, M, 33

Ethel was 'a lady of coin' (Fred McSwiney's quote)

1899 Dec 4 (Monday) Married William Daniel McSwiney in the Church of S.S.Michael, Paddington, London - both were aged 38. A relative, Rev. Cuthbert Fetherston Trower, married them)

Married only six years. January 5, 1906 Widowed

London Electoral Register (Hyde Park Polling District): 12 Oxford Square

1911 UK Census - 12 Oxford Square, Paddington, London

-born Paddington, London - Widow, age 49, living on private means with her daughter Helen (age 7), a governess and 5 servants.

1928, 2 May - Ethel (66) and her daughter Helen (24) arrived in Southampton, England from Buenos Aires, Argentina via the s.s."Asturias"

1930, April 21 -Ethel (68) and her daughter Helen (26) arrived in Southampton, England from Durban, South Africa, via the s.s. "Walmer Castle".

1931, 18 Aug - Ethel and her daughter Helen arrived in Southampton, England from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1936 12 June - Ethel, aged 74, and daughter, Helen Isabel, aged 32, arrived in Vancouver, BC, Canada from Auckland, New Zealand (departed May 26) on board R.M.S."Niagara". (note next to Helen "Withdrew application. Decided not to enter U.S." (Source: Border Crossings, Canada to US, 1895-1956)

1942 August 2 - her great-niece Joan McSwiney received a pc from Ethel while Joan was serving in the A.T.S. working for the Military Administrator OETA in Eritrea.