John Swanson

Brief Life History of John

When John Swanson was born on 7 February 1840, in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Swanson, was 30 and his mother, Catherine Munro, was 26. He married Elizabeth Coghill on 1 December 1870, in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 2 April 1924, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Swanson
1840–1924
Elizabeth Coghill
1845–1926
Marriage: 1 December 1870
James Swanson
1871–1944
Catherine M Swanson
1875–
Elizabeth Swanson
1879–1981
Janet Coghill Swanson
1881–1975
John Swanson
1873–1906
Daniel Swanson
1877–1950
Marjory Ann Swanson
1877–1957

Sources (18)

  • John Swanson in household of James Swanson, "Scotland Census, 1861"
  • John P. Swanson, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • John P. Swanson, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and is open 22 hours per day . 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

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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