When Thomas Swanson was born on 30 June 1838, in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Swanson, was 29 and his mother, Catherine Munro, was 24. He married Christina Manson on 3 November 1869, in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851. In 1871, at the age of 33, his occupation is listed as clothier in St. Andrews, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. He died after 1871.
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The Disruption of 1843 was a division within the Church of Scotland, which 474 evangelical ministers of the Church broke away from the Church to form the Free Church of Scotland. They didn’t reject the principles of the Church of Scotland but were trying to establish a purer version of the Church without the King or Parliament being its head. It had huge effects not only within the Church of Scotland, but also with Scottish civic life.
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 .
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