Raymond Everett Swasey

Brief Life History of Raymond Everett

When Raymond Everett Swasey was born on 14 November 1899, in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Joseph Swasey, was 27 and his mother, Henrietta Heddy, was 22. He married Mary Anne Liddy on 14 October 1919, in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States in 1940. He died on 30 December 1983, in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.

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Raymond Everett Swasey
1899–1983
Mary Anne Liddy
1882–1946
Marriage: 14 October 1919

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  • Raymond E Swasey, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Raymond Everett Swasey, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Raymond Everett Swasey, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome

A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English: Anglicized form of an unidentified surname, possibly German Schweitzer or Dutch Swijs, rare patronymic from Wijs ‘wise’ (see Wise ). The surname Swasey is no longer found in Britain. Compare Swayze , Swazey , Sweazy , Sweezey , and Swezey .

History: The name was brought to North America by John Swasey, a Quaker who came from England to Salem, MA with two sons, John and Joseph, in or before 1640. Banished from Salem because of his religious beliefs, he moved first to Setauket, Long Island, NY, and subsequently to Southold, Long Island. His son Joseph, who remained in MA and inherited his estate at Salem, kept the surname form Swasey, while John, Jr, adopted the form Swayze.

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

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