Albertine Alicia Swan was born in 1846, in Maine, United States as the daughter of Samuel and Albertina. She married Winfield Scott Hall on 5 June 1869, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 30 years.
English: occupational name from Middle English swon(e), northern Middle English swan(e) ‘swineherd; peasant; male servant’ (Old English swān). Compare Swain 2, with which this name was thoroughly confused.
English: occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English swan, swon ‘swan’. In the Middle Ages, the swan was taken as a symbol of false pride, and, according to Chaucer, jealousy. Compare Kite , Nightingale , and Pye .
English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Swan, an Anglicized form of Old Norse Sveinn. Compare Swain 1.
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