Research Roadblock - Sweezie

Over the last few weeks I have been helping a friend of mine work on her family tree.  We've hit a fairly major road block, a George N Sweezie (aka Sweezy, Swayze, Sweazie, etc) and his wife Hannorah.

They have been very elusive - showing up periodically on birth records, mentioned on marriage records but not turning up on any census that I can find!

This couple had 4 children (that I've been able to find so far):  Sarah Catherine (b 1876), Elisabeth Ann (b 1878), Hannorah (b 1882) and John George (b 1884).  I have managed to find birth records for all 4, all with some very interesting spelling variations on the last name and their mother's name!

Variations found so far:

- George Nicholas Sweazie & Hannorah Heayer
- George Sweezey & Nora Neezar
- George N Sweeny & Hannorah Maser
- Geo N Sweeyie & Hannosa Mayer
- George Sweesy & Honorah Neizer
- Geoge N Sweeyie & Hannorah Mayer
- George Sweezy & Nora Nager

With some many variations they have been almost impossible to pin down anywhere.   Which has gotten a little frustrating!  The other irritating part - with so many variations, how am I to tell what is the 'real' spelling of the name?

Hopefully with some lucky I will be able to track down these elusive Sweezie's on the Canadian censuses.

Start of a beautiful friendship...

I've been working on my family tree now for going on 15 years, yup I said 15 years. Being only 28, that seems like quite a long time to be working on a single project. I have to say I do get quite a few comments about how young I am to be working on my family history.

This has been a project of love since the teacher proposed the project in grade 7 all those years ago. I have stacks of binders; much to my OH's (other half's) irritation and I'm sure it'll only get better or worse (depending on who you ask) as the years go on.

Over the next few weeks, months and hopefully years I will post about my finds, frustrations, irritations and breakthroughs. Hopefully some of those dreaded brickwalls will come crumbling down and the tree expand even more.

Happy hunting.