Hannah Swift

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Swift was born in 1824, in Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Swift, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Eite, was 27. She married William Whitaker about June 1856, in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Rotherby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. She died about March 1915, in Frisby on the Wreak, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 91, and was buried in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

William Whitaker
1828–1893
Hannah Swift
1824–1915
Marriage: about June 1856
Sarah Elizabeth Whitaker
1858–1939
William Whitaker
1860–1918

Sources (11)

  • Hannah Whitaker in household of Willm Whitaker, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Hannah Swift, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Hannah Swift - Government record: death: about March 1915; Frisby On the Wreak, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

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World Events (7)

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): nickname for a rapid runner, from Middle English swift ‘swift, fleet’ (Old English swift), or else from the Middle English personal name Swift (Old English Swift).

Irish: when not the English name, an Anglicization (part translation) of Gaelic Ó Fuada which is based on fuad ‘haste’ (see Foody ).

Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish name.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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