Earnest Swift

Brief Life History of Earnest

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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Family Time Line

Robert James Swift
1870–1924
Delilah Ferguson
1872–1936
Robert James Swift
1891–
George Swift
1892–1892
Olive Swift
1892–1892
Readis M. Swift
1893–1950
Samuel Earl Swift
1895–1917
Sanford Kornell Swift
1896–1974
Rosa V Swift
1899–1900
Earnest Swift
1901–1902
Gertrude Ada Swift
1903–1953
Walter Franklin Swift
1906–1938
Sadie Swift
1909–
Anthohy Swift
1910–1911
Margaret Swift
1910–1911

Sources (1)

  • Ernest Swift, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"

World Events (1)

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

Name Meaning

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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