The Orys and Cook Family Tree » John Thornton Swain (1873-1932)
Personal data John Thornton Swain
- He was born on November 7, 1873 in West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire. England.Source 1
Name: John Thornton Swain Year of Registration: 1873 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: West Derby County: Lancashire Volume: 8b Page: 258
First name(s) JOHN THORNTON
Last name SWAIN
Birth year 1873
Birth quarter 4
Registration month -
Mother's last name -
District West Derby
County Lancashire
Country England
Volume 8B
Page 258 - He was baptized on February 2, 1874 in St. Peter, Liverpool, Lancashire. England.
First name(s) John Thornton Last name Swaine Gender Male Birth year 1873 Birth place -
Baptism year 1874 Baptism date 02 Feb 1874 Place Liverpool County Lancashire Country England Father's first name(s) Thomas Father's last name Swaine Mother's first name(s) Ellen Mother's last name - (SEE PHOTO) - Occupations:
- from 1911 till 1923 Painter.Source 2
- on 1922 - 23 228 Freeman Street, Grimsby. (Painter and Decorator).
Name: John T Swain
Publication Year: 1926
Address: 228 Freeman street Grimsby
Residence Place: Lincolnshire, England - Resident:
- in the year 1881: 134 Arkwright Street, Nottingham, Notts.Source 3
Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 3363; Folio: 84; Page: 11; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341803.
Staying with his grandfather
Address 134 Arkwright Street Parish Nottingham St. Mary Registration District Nottingham Image Reference RG11/3363/F?
Found 5 Results.
Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
John Sawin 69 1812 Head Castle Donnington, Leicestershire Baker
Mary J Sawin 27 1854 Daughter Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Louisa Sawin 13 1868 Grand Daughter Liverpool, Lancashire Scholar
John Sawin 7 1874 Grand Son Liverpool, Lancashire Scholar
William Hand 23 1858 Boarder Aslockton, Nottinghamshire Baker - in the year 1891: 148 Wood Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire.Source 4
Lived with his elder sister and her family as mother had died and father in workhouse?
Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 2615; Folio 7; Page 10; GSU roll: 6097725.
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Wood Street, Great Grimsby, Caistor, Lincolnshire, England
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Henry S North Head Married Male 26 1865 Fisherman Middlesex, England
E G M North Wife Married Female 23 1868 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Ethel North Daughter - Female 2 1889 - Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Lily North Daughter - Female 0 1891 - Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
John Swain Wifes Brother Single Male 17 1874 Painters Apprentice Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Minnie Swain Wifes Sister - Female 10 1881 Scholar Liverpool, Lancashire, England - in the year 1901: 86 Corramore Road, Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Lincolnshire.Source 5
Lived with elder sister and her family
Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 3092; Folio: 155; Page: 17.
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
86, Comamore Road, Grimsby, Clee, Lincolnshire, England
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Ellen L North Wife Married Female 33 1868 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Ethel North Daughter Single Female 12 1889 At School Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Mabel North Daughter Single Female 8 1893 - Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Nelly North Daughter Single Female 6 1895 - Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Harry North Son Single Male 4 1897 - Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Rose North Daughter Single Female 1 1900 - Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Christina Swain Sister Single Female 24 1877 No Occupation Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Jno Swain Brother Single Male 27 1874 Painter & Grainer Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Jno Allenby Boarder Single Male 60 1841 Dock Laborer London, Middlesex, England - in the year 1911: 66 Willingham Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. (Boarder).Source 2
(RG14PN19970 RG78PN1197A RD422 SD1 ED22 SN50)
Address 66 Willingham St Grimsby Lincs Civil Parish Clee Sub District Great Grimsby Registration District Grimsby
Image Reference RG14 - PN19970 RD422 SD1 ED22 SN50 Found 6 Results.
Forename Surname Age Year Born Gender Relation Marriage Status Birth Place Occupation
Alice Gertrude Sanderson 46 1865 Female Head Single Hull, Yorkshire
Thomas William Sanderson 53 1858 Male Brother Widowed Hull, Yorkshire Shipwright
Herbert Charles Sanderson 44 1867 Male Brother Single Grimsby, Lincolnshire Shipwright
Dorothy Sanderson 26 1885 Female Neice Single Grimsby, Lincolnshire Shop Assistant
John Thornton Swain 36 1875 Male Boarder Single Liverpool Painter
John William Page 37 1874 Male Boarder Single Whoplode Drove, Lincolnshire Joiner - He died on May 12, 1932 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. England, he was 58 years old.
Name: John T Swain Death Registration Month/Year: 1932 Age at death (estimated): 58 Registration district: Grimsby Inferred County: Lincolnshire Volume: 7a Page: 681
First name(s) JOHN T Last name SWAIN Gender Male Birth day - Birth month - Birth year 1874
Age 58 Death quarter 2 Death year 1932 District Grimsby County Lincolnshire Volume 7A Page 681
Country England - He is buried on May 16, 1932 in Lincolnshire.
- A child of Thomas Nicholson Swain and Ellen Thornton
- This information was last updated on October 17, 2021.
Household of John Thornton Swain
He is married to Dorothy Sanderson.
They got married on 2ND Q 1913 at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. England, he was 39 years old.
Name: Dorothy Sanderson Year of Registration: 1913 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun Spouse's Surname: Swain District: Grimsby County: Humberside, Lincolnshire Volume: 7a Page: 1445
First name(s) JOHN T Last name SWAIN Marriage quarter 2 Marriage year 1913 Registration month -
MarriageFinder JOHN T SWAIN married Dorothy Sanderson Spouse's last name Sanderson District Grimsby
District number - County Lincolnshire Country England Volume 7A Page 1445
Child(ren):
- John Sanderson Swain MBE 1914-2000
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Historical events
Birthday November 7, 1873
- The temperature on November 7, 1873 was about 7.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
- March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
- April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
- May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
- July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
- October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
Christening day February 2, 1874
- The temperature on February 2, 1874 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
- May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
- June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
- July 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
- July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
- November 25 » The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
Day of death May 12, 1932
- The temperature on May 12, 1932 was between 8.7 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
- February 4 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
- February 18 » The Empire of Japan creates the independent state of Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) free from the Republic of China and installed former Chinese Emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi as Chief Executive of the State.
- May 21 » Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
- August 10 » A 5.1 kilograms (11lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
- August 24 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
- September 24 » Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
Day of burial May 16, 1932
- The temperature on May 16, 1932 was between 11.9 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
- April 24 » Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
- May 20 » Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
- May 21 » Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
- May 29 » World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
- July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
- December 10 » Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
Same birth/death day
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- 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
- 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
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