When Edward John Skeem was born on 26 February 1945, in Kenmare, Ward, North Dakota, United States, his father, Raymond Lewis Lund, was 39 and his mother, Ethel Hannah Nelson, was 37. He died on 27 February 1945, in his hometown, at the age of 0.
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1905–1941 Male
1907–1985 Female
1928–2020 Male
1929–2006 Female
1945–1945 Male
Dutch: nickname from Middle Dutch sweem, the name of a waterbird, or a topographic name from Middle Dutch sweme ‘wet land, pond’. Alternatively, perhaps Dutch form of the related German surname Schwemm (see Schwemmer ). The surname Sweem is not found in the Netherlands. Compare Swaim , Swim , and Swims .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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