The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Thomas Nicholson Swain (1837-1889)

Personal data Thomas Nicholson Swain 

  • He was born in the year 1837 in Castle Donnington, Leicestershire. England.Sources 1, 2
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1861 Railway Fireman.Source 3
    • in the year 1871 Railway Engine Driver.Source 1
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1841: Dove Cote, Castle Donnington, Leicestershire.Source 2
      Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 594; Book: 24; Civil Parish: Castle Donington; County: Leicestershire; Enumeration District: 6; Folio: ; Page: 1; Line: 4; GSU roll: 438744.
      Address Dove Cote Parish Castle Donnington Registration District Ashby De La Zouch, Barrow Upon Soar, Loughborough & Shardlow
      Image Reference HO107/0594/F? Found 5 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      John Swain 30 1811 Yes Lace Maker
      Mary Swain 30 1811 Yes
      Elizabeth Swain 6 1835 Yes
      Thomas Swain 4 1837 Yes
      Frederick Swain 2 1839 Yes
    • in the year 1851: Station House, Swannington, Leicestershire.Source 4
      Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2084; Folio: 825; Page: 41; GSU roll: 87710-87711.

      Address Station House Talbot Lane Parish Swannington Registration District Ashby De La Zouch
      Image Reference HO107/2084/F? Found 4 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation

      John Swain 40 1811 Head Castle Donnington, Leicestershire Railway Plate Layer
      Elizabeth Swain 15 1836 Daughter Wilson, Leicestershire House Keeper
      Thomas Swain 14 1837 Son Castle Donnington, Leicestershire Scholar
      Frederick Swain 13 1838 Son Castle Donnington, Leicestershire Farm Servant
    • in the year 1861: 5 Blackstone Street, St. Mary, Nottingham.Source 3
      Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 2465; Folio: 83; Page: 15; GSU roll: 542975.

      Address 5 Blackstone Street Parish Nottingham St Mary Registration District Nottingham Image Reference RG9/2465/F?
      Found 7 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      Thomas Swain 24 1837 Lodger Castle Donnington, Leicestershire Railway Fireman
      George Simpkin 39 1822 Lodger Hannington, Leicestershire Lace Maker
      Catherine Simpkin 39 1822 Lodger Castle Donnington, Leicestershire Lace Maker's Wife
      Robert Simpkin 5 1856 Lodger Sutton Bonnington, Nottinghamshire Scholar
      Thomas Simpkin 2 1859 Lodger Sutton Bonnington, Nottinghamshire Scholar
      Joseph G Truman 20 1841 Lodger Louch, Nottinghamshire Miller
      Elizabeth Truman 25 1836 Lodger Wildon, Derbyshire
    • in the year 1871: 15 Ledward Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool.Source 5
      Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 3801; Folio: 121; Page: 33; GSU roll: 841904.

      Census Transcript Household Lancashire 1871
      Address 15 Ledward Street
      Parish Toxteth Park
      Registration District West Derby & Toxteth Park
      Image Reference RG10/3801/F? [Pages 243-244]
      Found 6 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      Thomas Swain 34 1837 Head Donington Castle, Leicestershire Railway Engineer Driver
      Ellen Swain 32 1839 Wife London, Middlesex
      Rose Jane Swain 6 1865 Daughter Toxtethpark Liverpool
      Ellen L M Swain 3 1868 Daughter Toxtethpark Liverpool
      Frances E Swain 1 1870 Daughter Toxtethpark Liverpool
      Ann Lewis 27 1844 Lodger South Wales, Pembrokeshire Dress Maker
    • in the year 1881: Poplar Street, Ordsall, East Retford, Nottinghamshire.Source 6
      Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 3303; Folio: 97; Page: 11; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341787.

      Census Transcript Household Nottinghamshire 1881
      Address Poplar Street
      Parish Ordsall
      Registration District East Retford
      Image Reference RG11/3303/F?
      Found 5 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      Thomas N Swain 44 1837 Head Castle Donnington, Leicestershire Railway Stationery Engine Man
      Ellen Swain 42 1839 Wife Pimlico, London
      Frances E Swain 11 1870 Daughter Liverpool Scholar
      Christina T Swain 4 1877 Daughter Liverpool Scholar
      Minnie G W Swain 4 M 1881 Daughter Liverpool
  • He died on September 11, 1889 in Caistor, Lincolnshire. England, he was 52 years old.
    Name: Thomas Nicholson Swain Estimated birth year: abt 1837 Year of Registration: 1889 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep Age at Death: 52 District: Caistor County: Lincolnshire Volume: 7a Page: 394

    Name: Thomas Nicholson Swain
    District: Caistor... County: Lincolnshire... Year: 1889... Quarter: 3... Year of Birth: 1837... Age: 52... Volume: 7a... Page: 0394...

    First name(s) THOMAS NICHOLSON Last name SWAIN Gender Male Birth day - Birth month - Birth year 1837
    Age 52 Death quarter 3 Death year 1889 District Caistor County Lincolnshire Volume 7A Page 394 Country England
  • He is buried September 1889 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. England.
    Name: Thomas Nicholson Swain Gender: M (Male) Birth Date: 1837 Birth Place: Castle Donington, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England Death Date: 11 Sep 1889 Death Place: Lincolnshire, England Cemetery: Cleethorpes Cemetery
    Burial or Cremation Place: Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire Unitary Authority, Lincolnshire, England
    Has Bio?: N Spouse: Ellen Swain URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220063888/thomas-nicholson-swain
  • A child of John Swain and Mary Nicklinson
  • This information was last updated on October 17, 2021.

Household of Thomas Nicholson Swain

He is married to Ellen Thornton.

They got married on December 18, 1865 at West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire. England, he was 28 years old.Source 1

Name: Thomas Swain Year of Registration: 1865 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: West Derby County: Lancashire Volume: 8b Page: 824

Name: Ellen Thornton
Possible Partners: John Price Or Thomas Swain... District: West Derby... County: Lancashire... Year: 1865... Quarter: Oct-Dec... Volume: 8b... Page: 0824...

First name(s) THOMAS Last name SWAIN Marriage quarter 4 Marriage year 1865 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ THOMAS SWAIN married one of these people Hannah Collinson, Ellen Thornton District West Derby District number -
County Lancashire Country England Volume 8B Page 824

Child(ren):

  1. Rose Jane Swain  1865-????
  4. John Thornton Swain  1873-1932 
  5. Christina Phoebe Swain  1876-1942 
  6. Minnie Gray Swain  1880-1972 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Thomas Nicholson Swain

John Swain
1811-1883

Thomas Nicholson Swain
1837-1889

1865

Ellen Thornton
1838-1883

Rose Jane Swain
1865-????
Ellen Louisa Mary Swain
1867-1938
Frances Elizabeth Swain
1869-1953
John Thornton Swain
1873-1932
Christina Phoebe Swain
1876-1942
Minnie Gray Swain
1880-1972

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Sources

  1. e mail address rosemary.noble@btinternet.com, From Rosemary Pearson Genes-reunited, From Rosemary Pearson Genes-reunited
  2. 1841 Census England 6th June 1841
  3. 1861 Census England, 1861 Census
  4. 1851 Census England, 1851 Census
  5. 1871 Census England 2nd April 1871
  6. 1881 Census England, 1881 Census

Historical events

Day of marriage December 18, 1865

  • The temperature on December 18, 1865 was about 8.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
    • March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
    • April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
    • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
    • November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.
    • December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks

Day of death September 11, 1889

  • The temperature on September 11, 1889 was about 18.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
    • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
    • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
    • March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
    • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
    • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.


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