Swinney Family History
Swinney Name Meaning
possibly a habitational
name from Swinnie in Borders region, Swinney Beck in North Yorkshire,
or Swinny Knoll in West Yorkshire, or some other similarly named
place.alternatively, perhaps an Americanized form of Irish
Sweeney.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Swinney
Name Distribution of Swinney Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Swinney families
 71 - 140  24 - 70 |
 1 - 23  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Swinney families
|
10 - 18 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Swinney census records
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Swinney Family Origin
Swinney Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Swinney Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Swinney census records
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Military Service by Swinney
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