Brief Life History of Percy Ray
When Percy Ray Swan was born on 15 August 1878, in Windham Center, Windham, Cumberland, Maine, United States, his father, Dr. John Swan MD, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth G Dutch, was 30. He married Mabel Eleanor Bishop on 6 October 1911, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1910 and Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States for about 20 years. He died on 2 June 1948, at the age of 69, and was buried in Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
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- Percy R Swan, "United States Census, 1910"
- Percy Ray Swan, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Percy Ray Swan, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1895 · College Hall Catches on Fire
On January 27, 1895, College Hall catches on fire and is fully consumed within one hour. During the fire, many students and faculty work together to save many of the items in the building. Some of these are library books. They save the books by piling them onto the rugs and dragging them out of the burning building. College Hall is then later rebuilt and renamed Davis Hall after Governor John W. Davis.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English swon(e), northern Middle English swan(e) ‘swineherd; peasant; male servant’ (Old English swān). Compare Swain 2, with which this name was thoroughly confused.
English: occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English swan, swon ‘swan’. In the Middle Ages, the swan was taken as a symbol of false pride, and, according to Chaucer, jealousy. Compare Kite , Nightingale , and Pye .
English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Swan, an Anglicized form of Old Norse Sveinn. Compare Swain 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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