Fanny Harrison Winter

The Long brothers' 2nd great-grandmother.

How they’re connected
  1. Fanny Harrison Winter
  2. ↓ Rachel Winter Swift
  3. ↓ Francis Swift Perry
  4. ↓ Carol Perry Long
  5. ↓ John, Perry and Patrick Long

b. 1869 · d. 1914

2nd great-grandmother of John, Perry and Patrick Long (generation 4)

In the Stories

Descent to the Long Brothers

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  1. 2nd great-grandmotherFanny Harrison Winter1869 – 19149VNZ-J6H●Sourced
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  2. great-grandmotherRachel Winter Swiftb. 18969JGN-43B●Verified
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  3. grandfatherFrancis Swift Perry1923 – 2011L1V1-8D2●Verified
  4. Carol Perry Long
  5. John, Perry and Patrick Long

What the Records Show

Fannie Harrison Winter was born at Fall River, Massachusetts, on 4 April 1869, the daughter of Richmond C. Winter and Elizabeth Arden. [1] On 13 June 1894, at New Bedford, she married Le Roy Warren Swift. [2] They had two children: Rachel Winter Swift, born at New Bedford on 18 March 1896, and Leroy W. Swift Jr., born there on 15 January 1899. [3] [4] She died at Fairhaven on 22 January 1914. [1]

Family memory

Carol remembers a story of how her great-grandparents met: "a Perry or a Swift" came off a whaling ship, took his clothes to be cleaned and mended, and met Fannie, who was mending. [5] It is unproven. The likeliest couple is Le Roy and Fannie, but no crew list confirms that he ever sailed on a whaler. [6] In the photograph album her daughter Rachel labeled, she is "Mama." [5]

Notes

  1. “Massachusetts Deaths, 1841–1915,” database, FamilySearch, Fannie H W Swift, born 4 April 1869, Fall River, died 22 January 1914, Fairhaven; parents Richmond C Winter and Elizabeth Arden; husband Leroy W Swift.
  2. “Massachusetts Marriages, 1841–1915,” database, FamilySearch, Le Roy Warren Swift, age 25, and Fannie Harrison Winter, 13 June 1894, New Bedford; his parents Leroy E. and Rachel G. Warren; hers Richmond C. Winter and Elizabeth Arden.
  3. “Massachusetts Births, 1841–1915,” database, FamilySearch, Rachael Winter Swift, 18 March 1896, New Bedford; father Leroy W. Swift, mother Fannie H. Winter.
  4. “Massachusetts Births, 1841–1915,” database, FamilySearch, Leroy W. Swift, 15 January 1899, New Bedford; parents Leroy W. Swift and Fannie H. Winter.
  5. Family recollection (oral history, Carol Perry Long, recorded 9 April 2026).
  6. American Offshore Whaling Crew Lists, whalinghistory.org (searched 18 October 2026): no Swift of any first name on a crew list after 1878.

Photographs

Mama before marriage, Ad Vivum studio, New Bedford
Mama (Before Marriage) · ~1890s, before her marriage in 1894Cabinet card, Ad Vivum studio, Hastings Building, New Bedford. Pearl necklace, lace collar, ~1890s.
Back of Mama portrait
Mama. Back · ~1890sReverse of Mama’s portrait. Two hands: “Mama before they were married / She looks so fat.”
Dartmouth Street living room, New Bedford
Dartmouth Street Living Room · between 1894 and 1912Four people, labeled on the front “Granni Winter Papa Mama Grandpa Winter” and on the back “Grandma. Papa. Mama. Grandpa in Dartmouth St. living room.” Grandpa is Richmond C. Winter. Granni Winter is not Elizabeth Arden, who died in 1873; she is probably Susan D. (Pease) Eldredge Winter (m. Richmond C. Winter 1876, Fairhaven), his second wife, who shared the Swifts’ household at 191 Washington St in 1900. Likely New Bedford.
Back of Dartmouth Street photo
Dartmouth Street. Back · between 1894 and 1912Reverse. “In Dartmouth St. living room.”
Swimming in surf at Waquoit
Swimming in the Surf · ~1900s4-5 people in the ocean. Waquoit beach. The mount is labeled “Mama.”
Four at the shore in bathing suits
Four at the Shore · ~1900sL-R: Aunt Flora, Aunt Nellie, George Bourne, Mama. Bathing suits, ~1900s. Waquoit.
Large group on rocks at shore
Group on the Rocks · ~1900s~14 people on shore rocks. “Mama she was so pretty. I + Phenix. Faulkner.”
Four couples in rowboat
The Rowboat · ~1900sL-R: Mama + Papa, Aunt Nellie + Uncle Charles, Aunt Hattie + Uncle Mort, Aunt Flora + Uncle Wallace.
Couple on cart in Waquoit from behind
Cart in Waquoit · ~1900sCouple from behind on dirt road. “My Mother & Father in Waquoit.”
Large family group on lawn
Papa & Mother · ~1900–1910Some twenty family members gathered on a lawn, Edwardian dress. The label identifies Mama and Papa among them. Waquoit, Falmouth, ~1900-1910.
Mama in old fashioned dress from attic
Mama in the Attic Dress · ~1890s–1900s“My Mother in an old fashion dress she found in the attic.” Mama wearing clothing from a previous generation, perhaps her grandmother’s. A playful moment.
Mama in the attic dress, in its frame
Mama in the Attic Dress. Framed · ~1890s–1900sThe portrait of Mama in the old-fashioned dress, in its wooden frame.
Swimming in the surf, on its mount labeled Mama
Swimming in the Surf. Mount · ~1900sThe surf photograph on its mount, labeled in blue ink: “Mama.”
Red-ink label on the back of the attic-dress portrait
Mama in the Attic Dress. Label · label written decades laterThe back of the case. Red ink on tape: “My Mother in an old fashion dress she found in the attic.”

Source: Warren-Winter photo collection, family archive. The full collection is on Photos.

Life

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Family

Parents:
Elizabeth Arden Winter (1837-1873) L4ZL-SXC; Richmond Chamberlain Winter (1839-1912) L4ZL-SXH
Spouse:
Le Roy Warren Swift (1869-1919) LW29-V4G
Child on the line to the brothers:
Rachel Winter Swift (1896) 9JGN-43B

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