DEVONCHI Family

First Generation

1. Frederick Leon Bishop1 DEVONCHI (#6588) was born in Spain.

He married Elizabeth Luwese DEVONCHI date unknown. (Elizabeth Luwese DEVONCHI is #6630.) Elizabeth was born date unknown in France.

Frederick Leon Bishop DEVONCHI and Elizabeth Luwese DEVONCHI had the following children:

child 2 i. Son12 DEVONCHI (#6592). Son1 died date unknown in Europe, at age unknown. Died in WWI

child 3 ii. Elizabeth Louise DEVONCHI (#4467) was born in Fulton Co., GA 10 SEP 1897. She had a birth certificate from Gerorgia and it listed the location as Columbus, GA? Elizabeth died FEB 1974 in Lucas Co., OH, at age 76. She married twice. She married Moardecai Maynard "Tony" SWANK date unknown. Most likely married about 1926 (Moardecai Maynard "Tony" SWANK is #249.)

Moardecai was born 27 OCT 1898 in Stryker, Williams Co., OH. Moardecai was the son of John William SWANK and Jessie Isabel LLOYD. Moardecai died 23 MAR 1976 in Whitmore Lake, MI., at age 77. burried with second wife

His body was interred 26 MAR 1976 in Milford, IN. (See Moardecai Maynard "Tony" SWANK for the continuation of this line.) She married Frank H. GEFFE 1916 in Atlanta, GA. (Frank H. GEFFE is #6589.) (See Frank H. GEFFE for the continuation of this line.) Elizabeth Lousie (Luwese) Bishop, Geffe, Swank, Fischer. Elizabeth Louise was raised by an Aunt and Uncle DeVonchi in the Atlanta, GA area. Was her maiden name Bishop? or deVonchi? The SS records indicate that her father was Frederick Leon Bishop and her mother as Elizabeth Luwese deVonchi. She has several times listing that her father was born in Spain and her mother was born in France.

child 4 iii. Twin DEVONCHI (#6591) was born in Fulton Co., GA 1898. Twin died date unknown at age unknown. Acording to information provided he died young.

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