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SWAN, Thomas
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Name SWAN, Thomas Birth Between 1818 and 1819 Aldercar, Derbyshire, England
Gender Male Death 1895 Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
Person ID I1488 Edgoose Last Modified 29 Jan 2026
Family HUTSBY, Mary, b. Between 1820 and 1821, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire
d. 1890, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
(Age 70 years) Marriage 19 Nov 1838 Selston, Nottinghamshire, England
Children 1. SWAN, Jane, b. 1839, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire
d. 1906, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
(Age 67 years)2. SWAN, Hannah, b. 11 Dec 1841, Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, England
d. 4 Mar 1892, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
(Age 50 years)3. SWAN, Ann, b. 1845, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire
d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. SWAN, William, b. 1848, Codnor & Loscoe, Derbyshire, England
d. 1849, Loscoe, Derbyshire, England
(Age 1 year)5. SWAN, Martha, b. 1851, Loscoe, Derbyshire, England
d. 1907, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
(Age 56 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]6. SWAN, Thomas Hutsby, b. 1853, Longton, Staffordshire, England
d. 1883, Stoke On Trent Registration District, Staffordshire
(Age 30 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. SWAN, Mary, b. 1856, Longton, Staffordshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown8. SWAN, Eliza, b. 1859, Longton, Staffordshire, England
d. 1897, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
(Age 38 years)Family ID F435 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
THOMAS SWAN 1818 or 1819-1895
From the 1841 census of Wharf Row, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire:
*Thomas SWANN (sic), aged 20, coal miner, born in Nottinghamshire;
Mary SWANN, aged 20, born in Nottinghamshire;
Jane SWANN, aged 2, born in Nottinghamshire.
(HO107/857/4/12/16)
The family were living in Loscoe, Derbyshire, in 1851:
*Thomas SWAN, head, aged 32, coal miner, born at Aldercar, Derbyshire;
Mary SWAN, wife, aged 30, born at Brinsley, Nottinghamshire;
Hannah SWAN, daughter, aged 8, born at Brinsley;
Ann SWAN, daughter, aged 5, born at Brinsley;
Martha SWAN, daughter, aged 4 months, born at Loscoe.
(HO107/2125/434)
The 1861 census return for Upper John Street, Longton, Staffordshire, lists the following:
*THOMAS SWANN, head, 40, coalminer, born Derbyshire;
Mary SWANN, wife, 40, born Brinsley;
Jane SWANN, daughter, 20, porter, born Brinsley;
Hannah SWANN, daughter, 18, porter, born Brinsley;
Ann SWANN, daughter, 15, porter, born Brinsley;
Martha SWANN, daughter, 10, china painter, born Derbyshire;
Thomas SWANN, son, 7, scholar, born Longton, Staffordshire;
Mary SWANN, daughter, 5 scholar, born Longton, Staffordshire;
Eliza SWANN, daughter, 2, born Longton, Staffordshire.
(RG9/1942/56/37)
The 1871 census returns for Aldercar Lane, Heanor, Derbyshire, list the following:
*Thomas SWAN, head, 49, coalminer, born Aldercar.
Mary SWAN, wife, 49, born Brinsley.
Thomas SWAN, son, 16, coalminer, born Longton, Staffordshire.
Mary SWAN, daughter, 13, born Longton, Staffordshire.
Eliza SWAN, daughter, 10, born Longton, Staffordshire.
Louise SWAN, granddaughter, 9, born Longton, Staffordshire.
John EDGOOSE, visitor, 30, born Boston, Lincolnshire.
Hannah EDGOOSE, visitor, 26, born Brinsley, Nottinghamshire.
(RG10/3480/29/10)
From the 1881 census of Wharf Row, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire:
*Thomas SWANN (sic), head, aged 63, coal miner, born at Loscoe, derbyshire;
Mary SWANN, wife, aged 63, coal miner's wife, born at Brinsley, Nottinghamshire;
Louisa SWANN, granddaughter, aged 18, machinist, born at Longton, Staffordshire.
(RG11/3322/95/14)
From the 1901 census returns of Brinsley, Nottinghamshire:
William HOUSLEY, head, aged 49, coal miner, born at Brinsley;
Jane HOUSLEY, wife, aged 49, born at Brinsley;
Thomas HOUSLEY, son, aged 19, coal miner, born at Brinsley;
Walter HOUSLEY, son, aged 15, coal miner, born at Brinsley;
Job CLIFTON, son-in-law, aged 24, coal miner, born at Beggarlee, Nottinghamshire;
Fanny CLIFTON, daughter, aged 22, born at Brinsley;
Nelly CLIFTON, daughter (sic), aged 4, born at Brinsley;
*Thomas SWANN, father (sic), aged 74, widower, born at Aldercar, Derbyshire;
Samuel CALVERT, boarder, single, aged 20, coal miner, born at Brinsley.
(RG12/2661/6/5)
The death of a Thomas SWANN aged 71 (sic) was registered in 1895.
(GRO March Q 1895 Basford 7b 106)
(revised 20.03.2017)

