When William Swallow was christened on 2 May 1819, in Stebbing, Essex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Swallow, was 22 and his mother, Mary Heard, was 24. He married Jemima Clouton on 25 December 1839, in Stebbing, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Felsted, Essex, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Writtle, Essex, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 20 December 1900, in Stebbing, Essex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 81.
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English (West Yorkshire):
from Middle English swal(e)we, swalu ‘swallow’ (Old English swealwe), hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird, perhaps in swiftness and grace.
habitational name from Swallow (Lincolnshire), probably from a lost river name, perhaps derived from a word related to the Indo-European root swel- ‘burn, shine’.
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