Brief Life History of Thomas Winder
When Thomas Winder Swanson Jr. was born on 5 November 1900, in Finchburg, Monroe, Alabama, United States, his father, Thomas Winder Swanson Sr, was 33 and his mother, Bessie Shomo Holmes, was 29. He married Florence Emma Lambrecht in 1945. He lived in Baldwin, Alabama, United States in 1935 and Election Precinct 8 Dead Fall, Butler, Alabama, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 26 February 1964, in Selma, Dallas, Alabama, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Monroeville, Monroe, Alabama, United States.
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- Thomas W Swenson in household of Thomas W Swenson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Thomas Winder Swanson, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Thomas W Swanson, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
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1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1901 · Theodore Roosevelt becomes the Twenty-sixth President of the United States
After the Assassination of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as the Twenty-sixth President of the United States. During his first term he didn't have a Vice President but for his second term Charles W. Fairbanks filled the position.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
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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