Swallow Family History
Swallow Name Meaning
from Middle English swal(e)we,
swalu ‘swallow’, hence a nickname for someone thought to
resemble the bird, perhaps in swiftness and grace.habitational
name from a place in Lincolnshire, so called from the Swallow river on
which it stands. The river name is probably ultimately akin to that of
the bird, with some transferred meaning such as ‘swirling’ or
‘rushing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Swallow
Name Distribution of Swallow Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Swallow families
 757 - 1,511  253 - 756 |
 1 - 252  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Swallow families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Swallow census records
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Swallow Family Origin
Swallow Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Swallow Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Swallow Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Swallow census records
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Military Service by Swallow
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