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Guild of One-Name Studies

One-name studies, Genealogy

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Retained profile for the former
Swinyard One-Name Study

This study is no longer registered with the Guild, but this profile page has been retained at the member's request. Please note that neither officers nor members of the Guild are able to answer any questions about this study.

A study website has been preserved by the Guild: swinyard.one-name.net


About the study

SWINYARD is my maternal grandmother's maiden surname. I started collecting data back in 1986 and registered the One-Name Study in 1989. I am in contact with many Swinyard families in the UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand and Argentina.

Variant names

 

Name origin

Worker at the swine enclosure OE swin, geard.

Earliest reference John de Swynyard 1332 SRLa

Historical occurrences of the name

Thomas Swinyard (1832-1912) went to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1862 and became President of the Canadian Pacific Railway - being the 13th child he accomplished a lot.

James Swinyard (1842-1910) was Chairman of the Licensed Victualler's Association in Stoke Newington.

Distribution of the name

 

Data

Many detailed family trees

Births 1837-2006 Total 430

Marriages 1837-2005 Total 439

Deaths 1837-2006 Total 333

Census Information 1841 - 1911 for England & Wales

Parish Registers in Kent, London, Middlesex, Surrey & Yorkshire

USA & CANADA -many references

Links

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Swinyard

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Swinyard in the Guild Indexes
(Click on the number to view the search results in each index. Indexes marked by * are only accessible by logged in Guild members.)
  • Global Marriages (public)  318
  • Global Marriages (members)* 387
  • Datastores  782

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