When Thomas Swannell was born on 5 December 1836, in Wootton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Swannell, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Biggs, was 30. He married Ann Whittington on 29 August 1859, in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Camberwell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1871. He died in 1880, at the age of 44.
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