Born in Florida, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Perry Gilbert Ramsey
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
James Perry Ramsey and Marion Eloise (Ramsey) Gibbons
Died
at age 33
in Alachua, Florida, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Nov 2022
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Biography
Maria was born in 1867.
The 1880 census[1] places her in Nassau, Florida, United States living with her parents, James P. Swails, M, 42, South Carolina, United States and Julia Swails, F, 36, Georgia, United States, and siblings
- Estelle Swails, F, 11, Florida, United States
- Frances Swails, M, 9, Florida, United States
- James Swails, M,, 7, Florida, United States
- Julia Swails, F, 3, Florida, United States
The 1885 Florida State Census[2] has her As Ella Swails at age 18 in Suwannee, Florida, with parents J. p. Swails, 45, and Julia Swails, 42, and six sibl8mgs. Also listed are four black males identified as “servants”. Her siblings are given as
- Estell Swails, F, 16y
- F Swails, M, 16y
- I Swails, M, 11
- Julia Swails, F, 8
- M Swails, F, 5
- Grover Swails, M, 2
The 1900 census shows her at age 33 living In Archer, Alachua, Florida, United States with her husband, Perry J Ramsay, and two children, James P Ramsay, M, 6, and Marian Ramsay, F, 2.[3]
She passed away in 1901.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZH-994 : 13 January 2022), Eloise M. Swails in household of James P. Swails, Election Precinct 8 Lessie, Nassau, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- ↑ "Florida State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNJD-1LG : 19 February 2021), Ella Swails in household of J P Swails, , Suwannee, Florida; citing p. 177, sheet letter C, number , line 8, NARA microfilm publication M845 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 888,973.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3D5-WVP : accessed 30 November 2022), Maria Ramsay in household of Perry J Ramsay, Precinct 11, Archer, Alachua, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet , family , NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Admi nistration, 1972.); FHL microfilm .
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