Brief Life History of James Matison
When James Matison Swallow was born on 2 September 1908, in Canfield, Boulder, Colorado, United States, his father, William Stewart Swallow, was 38 and his mother, Minnie Alvira Chiles, was 32. He lived in Weld, Colorado, United States in 1920. He died on 28 July 1996, in Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, United States.
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- Jim Swallow in household of Tony Stanoff, "United States Census, 1940"
- James Matison Swallow, "Colorado, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
- James M Swallow, "BillionGraves Index"
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World Events (8)
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1909 · Garden of the Gods Park
In 1879, railroad tycoon, Charles Elliott Perkins bought 240 acres whrere The Garden of the Gods is located, and planned to use it as a summer home. Perkins died in 1907 before he could establish it as a public park. Perkin's children donated the now 480 acres to the city of Colorado Springs, to become a public park.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
English (West Yorkshire):
from Middle English swal(e)we, swalu ‘swallow’ (Old English swealwe), hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird, perhaps in swiftness and grace.
habitational name from Swallow (Lincolnshire), probably from a lost river name, perhaps derived from a word related to the Indo-European root swel- ‘burn, shine’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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