Hello jintie2v.
The only Swindells in my family history is James Swindells. I don't know for sure but the Swindells seem to be concentrated in Cheshire, in particular, Stockport and surounding areas. Unfortunately, he is in my dysfunctional family branch and this means that it seems to be impossible to prove anything for sure.
It seems that his involvement with my gg grandmother, Mary Maloney, nee Fahey, born Ireland c.1830, was very short lived, maybe only a year or so but he seems to have managed to father my g grandmother, Hannah Bella Maloney in 1865.
In the 1861 census Mary is a widow and James is with his wife, Anne, who died accidentally in 1864, James was a Greenwich Pensioner, born Stockport and aged 54 (mistranscribed as 34 on 2 commercial sites). James died accidentally in 1865 3 months after registering Hannah Bella's birth and in the 1871 census Mary and family have become Swindells and she is a widow again.
So on Hannah's birth certificate the informant was James, birth address same as his but the father claimed to be Daniel Maloney who is not to be found in any records. Hannah died in 1892 age 28 unmarried but having had my grandmother in 1887. Her death was registered by her brother, Henry, and states that she was the daughter of James Swindells, Royal Marine, deseased. 3 months later Mary died and again her death was registered by Henry and states that she was the wife of Henry Swindells, ditto, ditto.
So dispite there being no marriage, Swindells/Maloney, Henry fathered my g grandmother and changed the family surname. So, although i am sure that James is my gg grandfather i cannot prove it.
I have his navy discharge papers, he joined in 1824 age 17 and was discharged in 1846 and his length of service shortened by 1 year because he joined i year before reaching 18 y.o. BUT!! his birth place is given as Bolton, Lancashire.
I found a birth/baptism in Woodford, Stockport, in 1807, parent's John and Lucy Swindells and was as happy as larry until i found a death of a James Swindells in Woodford in 1830, age 23.
So that's my Swindells story for what it's worth, probably your Swindells are part of the same wider family, hard to say really unless any of the foregoing rings any bells for you.
I would certainly like to hear back from you as there maybe things we could help each other with, if not now, in the future perhaps,
Cheers.
Geoff.
