When Earnest Swift was born on 10 March 1901, his father, Robert James Swift, was 30 and his mother, Delilah Ferguson, was 28. He died on 14 August 1902, at the age of 1, and was buried in Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States.
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A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
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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