William SWOPE
Mary A. STEWART
Husband:  William SCHWAUB / SCHWAB / SWOPE
Birth:  1852/3 or Jan 1854, Centre Twp., Hancock Co., IN
Death:  1920-30
Occupation:  laborer
Father:  George C. SWOPE
Mother:  Elizabeth __?__
Marriage:  5 Jul 1879, Marion Co., IN
Wife:  Mary A. STEWART
Birth:  Oct 1854, MD
Death:  1920-30
Occupation:  homemaker
Parents:  born in Ireland
Children:
none
Other Kin:
.  James HARDY / HARDEE, b. 1901/2, IN; m. Lorain __?__ (b. 1902/3, IN)
Keywords for search engines:  USA, United States, Indiana, Maryland

Sources:

1.  Indiana Marriage Index, 1845-1920 (online at Ancestry.com):
Groom / Bride Age Date County Book
William Swope 16 5 Jul
1879
Marion 73
Mary A Stewart 16
William and Mary should be 26 and 25, respectively, not 16.  This has to be some kind of data-entry error.

2.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #27 of 147):  Indianapolis P.O., Indianapolis (Ward 3), Marion Co., IN, Roll M593_340, p. 121A, PN 27, 195/198, enumerated 15 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
Swope Elizabeth 41 F W Seamstress     Ohio
_____ William 17 M W Wks Stove Factory     Ind
_____ Albert C 12 M W At Home     "

3.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #36 of 62):  Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN, Roll T9_295, p. 153A, PN 37, SD 3, ED 111, enumerated 9 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
    1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 24 25 26
* 570 284 299 Schwaub William W M 26 Father /   Works Stove Factory IN IN Ire?
      _______ Mary W F 24 Wife / / Keeping House OH OH OH
*
They are sharing a dwelling with the MUELLER family from Wuerttemberg, and if one of the MUELLER's was the informant, it could it explain why the original German spelling was used — SWOPE is an Anglicized spelling of SCHWAB.

4.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

5.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 21):  1218 W. Market St., Indianapolis City (Ward 5), Centre Twp., Marion Co., IN, Roll T623_388 (Book 2), p. 30A, SN 2, SD 7, Ed 79, enumerated 1 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27
* 1218 29 32 Swope William Head W M Jan 1854 46 M 21     IN IN IN Day laborer 5   Y Y Y R H
      _____ Mary Wife W F Oct 1854 45 M 21 0 0 MD Ire Ire       Y Y Y    
      Strub Cora Niece W F Feb 1885 15 S       IN IN IN     0 Y Y Y    
*W Market St

6.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 15):  1218 Market St., Indianapolis (Ward 15), Center Twp., Marion Co., IN, Roll T624_369 (Part 3), p. 41A, SN 1A, SD 7, ED 255, enumerated 15 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1910:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28
* 1218 9 9 Swope William Head M W 56 M1 30     Indiana Ohio Indiana Eng laborer planing mill W N 0 Y Y   R H
      _____ Mary Wife F W 55 M1 30 0 0 Maryland Ire-English Ire-English Eng none         Y Y      
      Hardee James Grand-nephew M W  8 S       Indiana Indiana Indiana   none             Y    
*Market St

7.  1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 22):  1628 W Market St., Indianapolis City (Ward 15), Center Twp., Marion Co., IN, Roll T625_456, p. 47B, SN 3B, SD 7, ED 255, enumerated 2/3 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
* 1628 57 67 Swope William Head R M W 66 M   Y Y IN OH   OH   Y Laborer Lumber Yard W
      _____ Mary Wife   F W 64 M   Y N MD Ire Eng Ire Eng Y None    
      Hardy James Nephew   M W 18 M N Y Y IN OH   IN   Y Laborer Foundry W
      _____ Lorain Niece   F W 17 M N Y Y IN IN   IN   Y None    
*W Market St

8.  1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  not found, but I can't say my search was exhaustive.

9.  Messages posted to the STRUB Surname Board (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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