Catherine (Hoy) Schwalm

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Catharine Wiltrout (Hoy) Swalm

"Kate "

Born - May 5, 1829

Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Baptized - December 29, 1829

Zion Lutheran and Reformed Church

Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County Pennsylvania

Married - December 25, 1848

Meeting House, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Died - January 3, 1887

Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania

Buried - Charles Barber Cemetery

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Photographs Courtesy of Calvin Hoy

Husband - John Andrew Swalm

Born - December 19, 1826

Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Occupation - 1860 - Cabinet Maker

JOHN ANDREW SWALM Was engaged in the furniture business in Orwigsburg
prior to the removal of the family to Mahanoy City, where
he entered the shoe business, being one of the pioneer shoe
dealers of that place. He subsequently removed to Shenandoah
with his son, where he died and is buried in the

Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville.

Occupation - 1870 - Worked in a Shoe Store

Died - June 2, 1894

Shenandoah, Pennsylvania

Buried - Charles Barber Cemetery

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

To This Union 5 Children Were Born

John's Father - Andrew Swalm

Born - August 8, 1793

Died - June 5, 1857

Buried - Salem Evangelical Cemetery

Franklin Street

Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

John's Mother - Hannah (Miller) Swalm

Born - May 8, 1798

Died - May 30, 1879

Buried - Salem Evangelical Cemetery

Franklin Street

Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Hannah's Parents - Andreas & Anna Elizabeth (Staudt) Miller

Hannah's First Husband - Henry Zerbe

Married About 1816

To This Union Was Born A Son

Son - Henry Zerbe Jr.

Born - 1817

Daughter - Emma Elizabeth (Swalm) Luburg

Born - October 6, 1849

Died - April 22, 1917

Buried - Charles Barber Cemetery

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Husband - Albert John Luburg

Died - March 1914

Buried - Charles Barber Cemetery

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Emma E., wife of Albert John Luburg, who was prominently
engaged in the hardware business in Shenandoah when
he removed to Philadelphia where he engaged in the manufacture
of light furniture and the well-known Luberg chair
upon which he secured a patent. He died March, 1914;

Children of Albert & Emma Luburg
Daughter - Carrie S. Luburg

Husband - Howard L. Kaucher, one daughter

Son - Guy A. Luberg,
m., and an infant deceased.

Son - Henry Andrew Swalm

Born - October 24, 1852

Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Marriage - 1880

Died - 1933

Mahoney City, Shenandoah County, Pennsylvania

Buried - Charles Barber Cemetery

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Occupation - Merchant Taylor in Mahanoy City, Pa.

Wife - Sarah K. "Sallie" Bowman

Born - February 1856, Pennsylvania

Died - 1935

Buried - Charles Barber Cemetery

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Children of Henry & Sarah Swalm

Daughter - Stella L. Swalm
Born - November 9, 1884

Died - February 19, 1907

Son - Phaon Henry Swalm

Born - April 1, 1890 / Died - 1962

Buried - Charles Barber Cemetery

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Wife - Marie "Muriel" (Townsend) Swalm

Born - August 22, 1891, New Jersey

Died - 1958

Buried - Charles Barber Cemetery

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
electrician, of Philadelphia. Mr. Swalm is engaged in the
merchant tailoring business in Mahanoy City, where the
family has resided for many years.

Son - Thomas Walker Swalm M.D.

Born - June 15, 1856

Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Married - 1893

Died - 1935

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Wife - Annie T. (Rickert) Swalm

Born - September 21, 1861

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Died - 1953

Buried - Charles Barber Cemetery

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Parents - Col. Thomas H. and Elizabeth (Van Dusen) Rickert

Excerpt from "History of Schuylkill County"

By: Adolf W. Schalck and David C. Henning

Published by State Historical Association, 1907

Swalm, Thomas W., M.D., a prominent Homeopathic physician and surgeon in Pottsville,

was born at Orwigsburg, this county, June 15, 1856. He is the son of John A. and

Catharine (Hoy) Swalm, natives of Schuylkill County. The father was born December 19, 1826,

and died June 2, 1894. He was a merchant for many years in Mahanoy City. The mother was

born May 5, 1829, and died January 3, 1887. Of the four children born to these parents Emma

is the eldest and the only daughter. She is the wife of Albert J. Luburg, and resides in Philadelphia;

Harry A. Swalm is a merchant in Mahanoy City; Dr. Thomas W., is the third in order of birth, and

Albert H., is a hardware merchant in Pottsville, but most recently located in Shenandoah in the

same line of business. Dr. Swalm received his general education in the public schools of

Mahanoy City and at New Berlin seminary, in Union county, Pennsylvania. He began his

professional studies at the University of Pennsylvania, but completed his course at the

Homeopathic Medical College of New York City, in which he graduated in the class of

1878. He spent one year in practice in the New York City hospital on Ward Island, and in

1879 he came to Pottsville, where he has since been in continuous and successful practice.

Dr. Swalm has no specialties or hobbies, but is devoting his energies to general practice of

medicine and surgery , according to the tenets of his profession. He is a close student

of professional literature, and has a large and valuable library of carefully selected professional

books. He is a member of the state and county medical societies of Homeopathic physicians,

and keeps in the front rank in the onward march in his profession. Dr. Swalm has been a member

of the Pottsville school board for the past seven years, and is president of that body at the present time.

He was married in 1893 to Miss Annie Rickert. His church affiliations are with the First

Presbyterian church in Pottsville. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is the only fraternal

society with which he is affiliated.

Son - Twin - William Swalm

Born/Died - March 1,1860

Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Son - Twin - Allen Hoy Swalm

Born - March 1,1860

Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Married - June 5, 1884

Died - 1941

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Buried - Charles Barber Cemetery

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Wife - Margaret Wilson (Moffatt) Swalm

Born - September 22, 1858

Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Died - November 14, 1949

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Buried - Charles Barber Cemetery

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Parents - John Henry and Henrietta (Shearer) Moffatt

To This Union 2 Children Were Born

Son - John Moffatt Swalm Sr.

Born - May 17, 1889

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Married - March 10, 1914

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Died - April 6, 1960

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Buried - Charles Barber Cemetery

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Wife - Doris Eleanor "Dot" (Richards) Swalm

Born - June 1, 1890

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Died - May 9, 1975

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Buried - Charles Barber Cemetery

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Parents - William Joseph and Katharine Louise (Carty) Richards

John Moffatt & Doris Richards Swalm had 1 Son

Son - John Moffatt Swalm Jr.

Born - June 1, 1915

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Died - September 13, 1995

Vero Beach, Indian River County, Pennsylvania

Wife - Mary Antoinette (Geoghegan) Swalm

Born - February 16, 1916

Manhattan, Kings County, New York

Died - July 24, 2006

Palm Harbor, Pinellas County, Florida

Parents - Thomas Roe and Henrietta (White) Geoghegan

Son - Robert Allen Swalm

Born - December 4, 1892

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Died - June 16, 1977

Valrico, Hillsborough County, Florida

Allen H. Swalm, wife. Margaret W. Moffatt, of Mahanoy City.
They have two sons, John M. Swalm (1889-1960) who married, Doris Richards, (1890-1975),

Daughter of W. J. Richards, Managing Superintendent of the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company, and Robert A.,
single. On the removal of A. J. Luberg to Philadelphia, A.
P.L. Swalm, with his father, John A., purchased the Luberg
hardware business, Shenandoah, which he conducted many
years, removing later to Pottsville, where he became the head
of the Swalm Hardware Company doing a large business and
with his sons is also connected with the automobile business
and Swalm garage.