The swanston Surname
swanston Name Meaning and History
Scottish: habitational name from a place near Edinburgh, probably
named with the genitive case of the Old English byname Swan
‘swain’ (or the personal name Swan) + Old English tun
‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Margaret Swanstone - Cockburnspath |
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| Charles Swanston ~ Banished to America in 1769 |
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| James Swanstone | Julie SWANSTONE | 0 |
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