Brief Life History of Winifred Helen
When Winifred Helen Swift was born on 19 August 1916, in Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, United States, her father, Curtis Swift, was 40 and her mother, Evelyn Susan Zufall, was 28. She had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Selmer Orice Severtson. She lived in Rural, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States in 1935 and Blue Earth, Faribault, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 October 1988, in Freeborn, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Blue Earth, Faribault, Minnesota, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Winnifred Severtson in household of Selmar Severtson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Winfred Swift in entry for Laran Oris Severtson, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
- Winnefred H Swift in household of Curt Swift, "United States Census, 1930"
Spouse and Children
1911–1968 Male
1916–1988 Female
Children (4)
1933–2019 Female
1936–1936 Male
1940–2015 Male
1945–2009 Male
Parents and Siblings
1875–1964 Male
1888–1979 Female
Siblings (11)
1905–1992 Female
1912–1958 Male
1914–2002 Female
1916–1988 Female
1918–1984 Male
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World Events (8)
1917
Age 1
1931 · The Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Age 15
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 19
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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