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Personal data John Munt Swain 

  • He was born on 1ST Q 1857 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. England.
    First name(s) JOHN MUNT
    Last name SWAIN
    Birth year 1857
    Birth quarter 1
    Registration month -
    Mother's last name Munt
    District Hitchin
    County Hertfordshire
    Country England
    Volume 3A
    Page 220
    Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
  • He was christened on February 8, 1877 in Weston, Hertfordshire. England.
    Name: John Munt Swaine
    Gender: Male
    Christening Date: 8 Feb 1857
    Christening Place: Weston, Hertfordshire, England
    Father: Edwin Swaine
    Mother: Elizabeth Swaine
  • Profession: in the year 1911 Hat maker in blind school.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1861: Green End, Weston, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.
      1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Green End, Weston, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Edwin Swain Head Married Male 36 1825 Shepherd Weston, Hertfordshire, England
      Elizabeth Swain Wife Married Female 34 1827 - Weston, Hertfordshire, England
      Caroline Swain Daughter - Female 8 1853 Scholar Weston, Hertfordshire, England
      Frederick Swain Son - Male 5 1856 Scholar Weston, Hertfordshire, England
      John Munt Swain Servant - Male 4 1857 - Weston, Hertfordshire, England
      Edwin Swain Servant - Male 1 1860 - Weston, Hertfordshire, England
    • in the year 1871: Green End, Weston, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.
      1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Green End, Weston, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Edwin Swaine Head - Male 47 1824 - Hertfordshire, England
      Elizabeth Swaine Wife - Female 45 1826 - Hertfordshire, England
      Caroline Swaine Daughter - Female 18 1853 - Hertfordshire, England
      John M Swaine Son - Male 13 1858 - Hertfordshire, England
      Edwin Swaine Son - Male 11 1860 - Hertfordshire, England
      Mary Swaine Daughter - Female 6 1865 - Hertfordshire, England
      Anne Swaine Daughter - Female 4 1867 - Hertfordshire, England
    • in the year 1881: Fore Street, Weston, Hertfordshire.
      Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 1417; Folio: 110; Page: 6; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341345.
      1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Fore Street, Weston, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Edwin Swaine Head Married Male 57 1824 Shepperd Weston, Hertfordshire, England
      Elizabeth Swaine Wife Married Female 54 1827 Dressmaker Weston, Hertfordshire, England
      Archer Swaine Son Single Male 25 1856 Farm Laberer Weston, Hertfordshire, England
      John Swaine Son Single Male 24 1857 Mat Maker Weston, Hertfordshire, England
      Edwin Swaine Son Single Male 20 1861 Miller (Corn) Weston, Hertfordshire, England
      Annie Swaine Daughter Single Female 14 1867 Plaiter Weston, Hertfordshire, England
      Ellen Swaine Daughter Single Female 9 1872 Scholar Weston, Hertfordshire, England
      Annie Bonfield Lodger Head Single Female 11 1870 Scholar Weston, Hertfordshire, England
    • in the year 1891: Fore Street, Weston, Hertfordshire.
      1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Fore Street, Weston, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
      Edwin Swaine Head Widower Male 65 1826 Hertfordshire, England Agricultural Laborer Shephall
      John Swaine Son Single Male 33 1858 Hertfordshire, England -
      Annie Swaine Daughter Single Female 24 1867 Hertfordshire, England -
    • in the year 1901: 14 Pratt Street, St. Pancras, London.
      Name: John M Swain Age: 44 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857 Relation to Head: Brother Gender: Male
      Birth Place: Weston, Hertfordshire, England Civil Parish: St Pancras Ecclesiastical parish: Camden County/Island: London
      Registration District: St Pancras Sub-registration District: Camden Town ED, institution, or vessel: 03 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 147 Folio: 79 Page Number: 8 Household Schedule Number: 44 Household Members:
      Name Age Frederick A Swain 45 Charlotte A Swain 32 Florence Swain 6 May E Swain 3 William E Swain 2
      John M Swain 44
    • in the year 1911: 14 Pratt Street, St. Pancras, London.
      Name: John Hunt Swain [John Munt Swain] Age in 1911: 54 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857 Relation to Head: Brother
      Gender: Male Birth Place: Weston, Hertford, England Civil Parish: St Pancras County/Island: London Country: England
      Street Address: 14 Pratt Street, Camden Town N W Marital status: Single Occupation: Hat Making Blind School
      Registration District: St Pancras Registration District Number: 9 Sub-registration District: East St Pancras ED, institution, or vessel: 19 Piece: 730 Household Members: Name Age Fredrick Archer Swain 55 John Hunt Swain 54
      Hay Ellen Swain 13 William Archer Swain 12 Leonard John Swain 9 Harriet Coram 60
    • in the year 1923: Langham Cottage, High Street, Needingworth, Huntingdonshire.
  • He died on November 6, 1923 in Huntingdonshire, England, he was 66 years old.
  • Probate on December 3, 1923 naar London, England.
    Name: John Munt Swain
    Death Date: 8 Nov 1923
    Death Place: Huntingdonshire, England
    Probate Date: 3 Dec 1923
    Probate Registry: London, England Effects ¹81-10s-0d
  • A child of Edwin Swain and Elizabeth Munt
  • This information was last updated on December 8, 2020.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Munt Swain

Edwin Swain
1822-1891

John Munt Swain
1857-1923


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Historical events

Christening day February 8, 1877

  • The temperature on February 8, 1877 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
    • May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
    • May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
    • July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
    • September 5 » American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
    • December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

Day of death November 6, 1923

  • The temperature on November 6, 1923 was between 2.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
    • February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
    • May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
    • June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
    • August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
    • August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.


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