When James Swanson was born on 5 July 1846, in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Swanson, was 37 and his mother, Catherine Munro, was 32. He lived in Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Forfar, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1871.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nils, Nels, Sven, Lars, Thor, Helmer, Iver, Alf, Astrid, Eskil, Hilmer.
Americanized form of Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and North German Svensson , and Norwegian and Danish Svensen or Svendsen , cognates of 1.
Scottish (Caithness) and English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Swan, an Anglicized form of Old Norse Sveinn (from sveinn ‘lad’), + -son. In northern England, Middle English Swanson was in fact an occasional variant of Swainson . In some cases the name may also arise from Middle English swan(e), swon(e) ‘swineherd, peasant, male servant’ (Old English swān) + -son, but this is unlikely to be the usual origin. See Swan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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