Person Page - 1536

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Sarah Marie Garcelon¹

F, #46052, b. 15 May 1836, d. 11 February 1918

Family: Asa Franklin Peabody b. 3 Jan 1835, d. 17 May 1908

Marriage*: Sarah Marie Garcelon married Asa Franklin Peabody, son of Asa Peabody and Rebecca Hayward Wight, on Oct 1, 1861 at Troy, ME, USA.¹

Daisy Isabelle Peabody+¹ b. 13 Sep 1863, d. 30 Oct 1950
Agnes Louise Peabody¹ b. 14 Aug 1867, d. c 1948
Ada Charlotte Peabody¹ b. 21 Dec 1872, d. 9 Sep 1873

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

May 15, 1836

St. Albans, ME, USA¹

Origin

1861

Troy, ME, USA¹

Marriage

Oct 1, 1861

Troy, ME, USA¹

Residence

1872

Death

Feb 11, 1918

Biography

She was a daughter of Moses Harris Garcelon and Louisa Bennett of Troy, Maine, granddaughter of William Garcelon and Maria Harris of Lewiston, Maine, and greatgranddaughter of James Garcelon and Deliverance Annis who were early settlers of Lewiston in 1776. James emigrated in 1753 from Guernsey in the Channel Islands to Cape Ann, Massachusetts, where he met and married Deliverance.

Born at St. Albans, Somerset County, Maine, she lived at Troy, Maine (in Waldo County, west of Penobscot Bay) until her marriage to Asa Franklin Peabody. She then moved to Gilead, Maine, the Peabody homestead, where her oldest child, Daisy Isabelle, was born. She returned briefly to Troy for the birth of Agnes, and then lived in Lewiston from 1872 onward. She is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston.

She lived in Troy until her marriage to Asa Franklin Peabody a teacher who had previously farmed in Gilead. The family moved briefly to the Peabody homestead at Gilead where her eldest child was born and then back to Troy by 1867. From 1872 onward she lived in Lewiston, Maine,
where her husband was a merchant and a salesman in the nursery business. A family tradition says that for summer holidays he took his wife and children on visits to the Maine coast near Bath.

Sources:
Genealogical Files of the Church of Latter Day Saints, Branch
Library, at Farmingdale, Maine.
Marriage Certificate, Sara Marie Garcelon & Asa Franklin Peabody, 1861
in possession of Katharine Garcelon Swift Gravino, 1989
Commmunication from Norman Guernsey Swift, 1988
Peabody Genealogy, S.H. Peabody, 1909"²

ParentsD

Moses Harris Garcelon and Louisa Bennett of Troy, ME, granddaughter of William Garcelon and Maria harris of Lewiston, ME, and great-granddaughter of James Garcelon and Deliverance Annis who were early settlers of Lewiston, ME, in 1776. James emigrated in 1753 from Guernsey in the Channel Islands to Cape Ann, MA, where he met and married Deliverance.¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.
[S415] E-mail from John Longworth Swift, Mar. 20, 2007.

Daisy Isabelle Peabody¹

F, #46053, b. 13 September 1863, d. 30 October 1950

Father*: Asa Franklin Peabody¹ b. 3 Jan 1835, d. 17 May 1908
Mother*: Sarah Marie Garcelon¹ b. 15 May 1836, d. 11 Feb 1918

Family: Josiah Otis Swift b. 1 Mar 1871, d. 14 May 1948

Marriage*: Daisy Isabelle Peabody married Josiah Otis Swift on Jun 14, 1893 at Lewiston, ME, USA.¹

Otis Peabody Swift+¹ b. 30 May 1896, d. 27 Jun 1971
Norman Guernsey Swift+¹ b. 8 Nov 1905, d. 21 Jan 1997

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Sep 13, 1863

Gilead, ME, USA¹

Residence

before 1893

Marriage

Jun 14, 1893

Death

Oct 30, 1950

Brooksville, ME, USA¹

Biography

Swift: "She moved with her father as a child to Lewiston, Maine, where she graduated from High School with high honors. As a girl she changed her name to Daisy Belle Swift (by which name she was always known thereafter) in order to avoid the initials DIP which spelled "dip", a pickpocket. She became a proofreader and worked for a while in Boston as a proofreader of Greek and Latin texts for Ginn & Company. She was married at her home, 9 Riverside Place, Lewiston. In 1900 she moved to New York City with her husband, living in the Bronx. About 1910 the family moved to Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, where she lived at "Treetops", 81 Summit Drive, until after the death of J. Otis Swift in 1948. About 1928 she and her husband purchased a small lot at Bay Point, Georgetown, Maine, where they built a summer cottage at which she spent all her summers until about 1940; J.Otis joined her there for his brief vacations from his newspaper work. After his death she spent her last years in Brooksville, Maine.

She came to Lewiston as a young child and graduated from high school there with high honors. Working as a proofreader of Latin and Greek texts for the Boston firm of Ginn & Company, she and her sister Agnes helped their father build a house at 9 Riverside Place, Lewiston. After her marriage to J. Otis Swift, a newspaper man, she and her husband lived nearby at 5 Cottage Street, Lewiston, where her first child was born. In 1899 the family moved to New York City where her husband had taken a job as a reporter for the New York World. They lived in the Bronx for some years and in 1910 moved to HastingsonHudson, New York where she lived until 1949 when she moved to Brooksville, Maine. In 1928 she and her husband built a summer cottage, the Lookout, at Bay Point in Georgetown, Maine where she spent every summer for many years, being joined by her husband during his vacations.

Sources: Notebooks of Josiah Otis Swift, in possession of Katharine Swift Gravino, 1989.
Swift Family Records"¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Agnes Louise Peabody¹

F, #46054, b. 14 August 1867, d. circa 1948

Father*: Asa Franklin Peabody¹ b. 3 Jan 1835, d. 17 May 1908
Mother*: Sarah Marie Garcelon¹ b. 15 May 1836, d. 11 Feb 1918

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Aug 14, 1867

Troy, ME, USA¹

Death

circa 1948

Biography

Swift: "She did not marry. She lived her adult life in Lewiston, in the family house at 9 Riverside Place. She was a teacher."¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Ada Charlotte Peabody¹

F, #46055, b. 21 December 1872, d. 9 September 1873

Father*: Asa Franklin Peabody¹ b. 3 Jan 1835, d. 17 May 1908
Mother*: Sarah Marie Garcelon¹ b. 15 May 1836, d. 11 Feb 1918

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Dec 21, 1872

Death

Sep 9, 1873

Lewiston, ME, USA, in infancy¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Josiah Otis Swift¹

M, #46056, b. 1 March 1871, d. 14 May 1948

Family: Daisy Isabelle Peabody b. 13 Sep 1863, d. 30 Oct 1950

Marriage*: Josiah Otis Swift married Daisy Isabelle Peabody, daughter of Asa Franklin Peabody and Sarah Marie Garcelon, on Jun 14, 1893 at Lewiston, ME, USA.¹

Otis Peabody Swift+¹ b. 30 May 1896, d. 27 Jun 1971
Norman Guernsey Swift+¹ b. 8 Nov 1905, d. 21 Jan 1997

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Mar 1, 1871

Farmington, ME, USA¹

Marriage

Jun 14, 1893

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, USA¹

Death

May 14, 1948

Biography

"Josiah Otis Swift was born in Farmington Falls, Maine, in "a little brick farmhouse on the Falls Road about a mile north of the Falls" (quoting his autobiographical sketch in the Notebooks cited below). With his parents he moved to Wilton, Maine in 1882, to Paris, Maine briefly in 1884, and by the end of 1885 he had moved to Lewiston, Maine. There he went to work as a reporter for the Lewiston Journal, becoming City Editor by 1898. He and Daisy Isabelle Peabody
were married in 1893 at the house of her parents, 9 Riverside Place, Lewiston. They moved to New York City in 1899 where he had taken a job on the New York World as a reporter. As J. Otis Swift he became Nature Editor for the New York World (and its successor newspapers until his death in 1948), writing a daily column "News Outside the Door" and leading a large walking club, the Yosians, with thousands of members in metropolitan New York. He lived in the Bronx, New York, from 1899 to 1910, moving then to 81 Summit Drive, Hastings-on Hudson, New York. About 1928 he and Daisy built a summer cottage at Bay Point, Georgetown, Maine, where Daisy spent her summers until about 1940, joined there briefly each summer by J. Otis during his vacations from the newspaper.

Sources: Notebooks of Josiah Otis Swift [in possession of Katharine Swift Gravino, 1988]
Swift Family Records [in possession of John Longworth Swift]"

ParentsS

Elkanah Sprague Swift and Emma Louise Butler¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Otis Peabody Swift¹

M, #46057, b. 30 May 1896, d. 27 June 1971

Father*: Josiah Otis Swift¹ b. 1 Mar 1871, d. 14 May 1948
Mother*: Daisy Isabelle Peabody¹ b. 13 Sep 1863, d. 30 Oct 1950

Family 1: Ethel Constance Longworth b. 25 Nov 1890, d. 9 Sep 1963

Marriage*: Otis Peabody Swift married Ethel Constance Longworth on Jul 31, 1921 at Paris, France.¹
Divorce*: Otis Peabody Swift and Ethel Constance Longworth were divorced circa 1940.¹

John Longworth Peabody Swift+¹ b. 4 May 1922
Barbara Peabody Swift¹ b. 9 Dec 1923

Family 2: Marguerite Hoare Valler b. 19 Feb 1905, d. c 28 Oct 1998

Marriage*: Otis Peabody Swift married Marguerite Hoare Valler on circa 1941 at Princeton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA.¹

Marguerite Milne Swift+¹ b. 27 May 1943

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

May 30, 1896

Princeton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA¹

Marriage

Jul 31, 1921

Paris, France¹

Divorce

circa 1940

Marriage

circa 1941

Death

Jun 27, 1971

Georgetown, ME, USA¹

Biography

Swift: "Otis Peabody Swift was born at No. 5 Cottage Street, Lewiston, Maine. He moved with his parents to New York City about 1899, living in the Bronx until 1910 when the family moved to 81 Summit Drive, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. He attended Columbia School of Journalism in New York City, served in the U.S. Navy in World War I (discharged with the rank of Ensign), was a newspaper correspondent in Europe circa 1920-1923 (initially with the New York Tribune in London in November, 1920), a newspaper reporter with the Chicago Tribune and United Press in Chicago and New York in the 1920's, later a free-lance writer and publicist. He worked with Time Inc., United Nations Relief & Rehabilition Agency (UNRRA), United China Relief, Radio Free Europe and other clients. He met and married Ethel Constance Longworth (Ted), a correspondent for the Montreal Star, in Europe. Their son John (Jack) was born in London. Their daughter Barbara (Kate) was born after they had recrossed the Atlantic to Hastings-on-Hudson, New York in 1923. They lived over the next 15 years in New York City, Evanston, Illinois, Hastings again, Lake Placid, N.Y., Washington, D.C., and Madison, Connecticut, inter alia. They were divorced about 1940. He married again about 1941, his second wife being Marguerite Hoare, with whom he had a daughter, Marguerite Milne Swift, born in 1943. He and his wife Marguerite (Tom) lived in East Lyme, Connecticut; Dobbs Ferry, New York; and Washington, D.C. --and for a period in Munich, Germany in the 1950's -- before moving to Plainsboro, New Jersey around 1960, and later to Ponte Vedra, Florida (winters) and Bay Point, Georgetown, Maine (summers).¹ "

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Norman Guernsey Swift¹

M, #46058, b. 8 November 1905, d. 21 January 1997

Father*: Josiah Otis Swift¹ b. 1 Mar 1871, d. 14 May 1948
Mother*: Daisy Isabelle Peabody¹ b. 13 Sep 1863, d. 30 Oct 1950

Family: Ruth Mary Palmer b. 3 Aug 1911

Marriage*: Norman Guernsey Swift married Ruth Mary Palmer on Jun 9, 1933 at Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, USA.¹

Donald Josiah Palmer Swift+¹ b. 26 Jul 1935
Ruth Deborah Swift+¹ b. 14 Jan 1940

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Nov 8, 1905

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, USA¹

Marriage

Jun 9, 1933

Death

Jan 21, 1997

Seattle, King Co., WA, USA¹

Biography

Swift: "Born in New York City, he grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.S. in 1927 and received an M.A. from Columbia University in 1941. He worked for 8 years in Wall Street, first with Brown Brothers Harriman, private bankers, and later with several bond trading firms. During World War II he was a Foreign Service Officer with the American Legation in Stockholm, Sweden. After the war he was Regional Economist in the N.Y.C. office of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Later he was a committee executive with the National Association of Manufacturers. He was appointed an Intelligence Officer in the Central Intelligence Agency in 1952 and retired in 1969. He and his wife lived in the Washington, D.C. area from the 1950s to the 1970s, and then in Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia until early 1995 when they moved to Mercer Island, Washington. They maintained a summer home in Georgetown, Maine from the early 1950s until Norman's death. His widow Ruth still spends several summer weeks there each year until her death in 2002."¹

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Ethel Constance Longworth¹

F, #46059, b. 25 November 1890, d. 9 September 1963

Family: Otis Peabody Swift b. 30 May 1896, d. 27 Jun 1971

Marriage*: Ethel Constance Longworth married Otis Peabody Swift, son of Josiah Otis Swift and Daisy Isabelle Peabody, on Jul 31, 1921 at Paris, France.¹
Divorce*: Ethel Constance Longworth and Otis Peabody Swift were divorced circa 1940.¹

John Longworth Peabody Swift+¹ b. 4 May 1922
Barbara Peabody Swift¹ b. 9 Dec 1923

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Nov 25, 1890

Marriage

Jul 31, 1921

Paris, France¹

Divorce

circa 1940

Death

Sep 9, 1963

Hartford, CT, USA¹

Biography

Swift: " She grew up at "Bonnahinley", the Longworth family home in Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada. She graduated from McGill University, Montreal, in 1912 and taught school in rural Quebec before becoming a foreign correspondent in Europe for the Montreal Star. She met and married Otis Peabody Swift in Europe, going to the United States with him in 1923. They lived in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York: and at times in Evanston, Illinois; New York City; Lake Placid, New York;Washington, D.C; and Madison, Connecticut before divorcing around 1940. She was a newspaper reporter and editor from the 1940's until her death, writing for newspapers in Daytona Beach, Florida; Guilford, Connecticut; and Deep River, Connecticut. Her principal home from 1936 to 1963 was "Blue Arrow", Madison, Connecticut."¹

ParentsD

John Augustus Longworth and Louise Caroline Palmer¹

Princeton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Marguerite Hoare Valler¹

F, #46060, b. 19 February 1905, d. circa 28 October 1998

Family: Otis Peabody Swift b. 30 May 1896, d. 27 Jun 1971

Marriage*: Marguerite Hoare Valler married Otis Peabody Swift, son of Josiah Otis Swift and Daisy Isabelle Peabody, on circa 1941 at Princeton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA.¹

Marguerite Milne Swift+¹ b. 27 May 1943

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Feb 19, 1905

Radlett, Herts, England¹

Marriage

circa 1941

Death

circa Oct 28, 1998

Bath, Sagadahoc Co., ME, USA¹

ParentsD

Algernon John Hoare and Grace Milne Tollner¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

John Longworth Peabody Swift¹

M, #46061, b. 4 May 1922

Father*: Otis Peabody Swift¹ b. 30 May 1896, d. 27 Jun 1971
Mother*: Ethel Constance Longworth¹ b. 25 Nov 1890, d. 9 Sep 1963

Family: Frances Ellen Norton b. 17 Feb 1926, d. 23 May 1999

Marriage*: John Longworth Peabody Swift married Frances Ellen Norton on Dec 20, 1946 at Madison, CT, USA.¹

Katherine Garcelon Swift+¹ b. 11 Mar 1949
John Norton Swift Ph.D.+¹ b. 1 Oct 1950
Peter Norton Swift Ph.D.+¹ b. 12 Jun 1953

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

May 4, 1922

London, England¹

Marriage

Dec 20, 1946

Madison, CT, USA¹

Address

Jan 16, 2000

Biography

Swift: "Jack was born at 44 Harrington Road, Kensington, S.W., London, England, and was brought to the United States by his parents at the age of 9 months. He lived in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, and in various other locations in the United States and Canada until moving to Madison, Connecticut in 1935. He received a B.Sc degree from Trinity College, Hartford in 1942, served in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1942 to 1946 (in the Pacific Theater, discharged as a Captain), and married Frances Ellen Norton of Madison, Connecticut in 1946. He entered Yale University School of Engineering in 1946 and received a Bachelor of Engineering degree, with honors in civil engineering, in 1948. He worked as an engineer, planner and manager with various organizations in the U.S. and abroad from 1948 to 1998 (at least). The family lived in Louisiana, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut from 1948 to 1958, in Iran from 1958 to 1963, and in Connecticut again from 1963 to 1970. With their children grown, Jack and Fran lived in suburban Washington, D.C. from 1970 to 1982. They subsequently lived in Ireland 1982-83 and in Saudi Arabia 1983-85. Between 1958 and 1998 Jack travelled, often with Fran (and after 1988 always accompanied by her), to dozens of other countries in the course of consulting assignments. He and Fran owned a home in Madison, Connecticut from 1952 to 1970 and a home in Kensington, Maryland from 1970 to 1982. Home from 1982 onward has been at Bay Point, Georgetown, Maine. From 1989 to 1994 Jack and Fran lived in Islamabad, Pakistan where he worked with the U.S. Agency for International Development. Returning to Georgetown in late 1994 to live, he continues to provide consulting services in international electric power development -- work which involved trips for both of them to Pakistan (four months) in 1996, to India (three weeks) in 1997 and India and Nepal (five weeks) in 1998. At the time of Fran's death in May, 1999, Jack and Fran had been planning a return trip to Nepal. Their three children all
live in the United States, as do their eight grandchildren and their great-grandchild."¹

Contributn

Jack and Fran Swift prepared this genealogy in Nov. 1995, and Jack revised it in Jan. 2000 and Mar. 2007

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Barbara Peabody Swift¹

F, #46062, b. 9 December 1923

Father*: Otis Peabody Swift¹ b. 30 May 1896, d. 27 Jun 1971
Mother*: Ethel Constance Longworth¹ b. 25 Nov 1890, d. 9 Sep 1963

Family: Stuart M. Ogilvy

Marriage*: Barbara Peabody Swift married Stuart M. Ogilvy on Feb, 1960 at New York, New York Co., NY, USA.¹
Divorce*: Barbara Peabody Swift and Stuart M. Ogilvy were divorced in Mar, 1964.¹

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Dec 9, 1923

Yonkers, NY, USA¹

Marriage

Feb, 1960

Divorce

Mar, 1964

Biography

Swift: "She has been called Kate Swift for most of her adult life. She grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York and Madison, Connecticut, attended Connecticut College, graduated University of North Carolina, B.A., 1944, served in the Women's Army Corps in World War II. As a writer and publicist she worked with Girl Scouts of U.S.A., national staff, in New York City, for the Port Authority of New Orleans, Louisiana, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. She is a free lance writer, and author with Casey Miller of two widely-read books on language, Words and Women and The Handbook of Non-Sexist Writing. She maintains a winter home at East Haddam, Conn. and a summer home in Georgetown, Maine."¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Marguerite Milne Swift¹

F, #46063, b. 27 May 1943

Father*: Otis Peabody Swift¹ b. 30 May 1896, d. 27 Jun 1971
Mother*: Marguerite Hoare Valler¹ b. 19 Feb 1905, d. c 28 Oct 1998

Family: James Anthony Koller b. 30 May 1936

Marriage*: Marguerite Milne Swift married James Anthony Koller on Jun 21, 1972 at Georgetown, ME, USA.¹
Divorce*: Marguerite Milne Swift and James Anthony Koller were divorced on Nov 13, 1979.¹

Jedediah Swift Koller+¹ b. 23 Nov 1973
Theadora Swift Koller¹ b. 27 Dec 1976

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

May 27, 1943

Marriage

Jun 21, 1972

Georgetown, ME, USA¹

Divorce

Nov 13, 1979

Biography

Swift: "She grew up on the East Coast of the United States and in Europe, and traveled throughout Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in the early 1960's. She then moved to Arizona, attended Arizona State University, and later worked with the Office of Economic Opportunity as a photographer of community controlled schools and colleges on the Navajo Indian Reservation. After her marriage she moved to Georgetown, Maine, raised sheep and freelanced as a writer and documentary photographer. She returned to the Southwest in 1980 as a writer for the Chairman's Office of the Navajo Nation. In 1988 she obtained a B.S. in Applied Geography from Northern Arizona University. She subsequently obtained an M.A. degree in Public Administration, and works as a consultant in land use planning in Flagstaff, Arizona. . She has, in recent years, spent much time in Nepal and Sikkim, teaching anthropology for Naropa University, and as a board member for SEEDS, a non-governmental organization. She maintains a home near Flagstaff, Arizona, and in Georgetown, Maine.¹
"

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Ruth Mary Palmer¹

F, #46064, b. 3 August 1911

Family: Norman Guernsey Swift b. 8 Nov 1905, d. 21 Jan 1997

Marriage*: Ruth Mary Palmer married Norman Guernsey Swift, son of Josiah Otis Swift and Daisy Isabelle Peabody, on Jun 9, 1933 at Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, USA.¹

Donald Josiah Palmer Swift+¹ b. 26 Jul 1935
Ruth Deborah Swift+¹ b. 14 Jan 1940

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Aug 3, 1911

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, USA¹

Marriage

Jun 9, 1933

ParentsD

Washington Palmer and Magdalena Burgin¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Donald Josiah Palmer Swift¹

M, #46065, b. 26 July 1935

Father*: Norman Guernsey Swift¹ b. 8 Nov 1905, d. 21 Jan 1997
Mother*: Ruth Mary Palmer¹ b. 3 Aug 1911

Family: Sondra Ford b. 20 Jan 1938, d. 9 Nov 2006

Marriage*: Donald Josiah Palmer Swift married Sondra Ford on Jun 10, 1961 at Washington, DC, USA.¹

Etain Ann Swift¹ b. 5 Oct 1963
Cecelia Jane Swift+¹ b. 9 Feb 1965
Colin Butler Carroll¹ b. 15 Nov 1978

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jul 26, 1935

Dobbs Ferry, NY, USA¹

Marriage

Jun 10, 1961

Biography

Swift: "Donald Josiah Palmer Swift attended schools in Hastings-on- Hudson, Dobbs Ferry and Middletown, New York, Brooksville, Maine, Madison, Connecticut, and Stockholm, Sweden, graduating from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1953. He majored in geology at Dartmouth College, received a B.A. with Departmental Honors, and was commissioned 2nd Lt. in the Signal Corps, A.U.S. in 1957. He served first on active duty and then in the Active Reserve. He received an M.A. from Johns Hopkins in 1961 and his Ph. D. in Geology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. in 1964. He taught at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Duke University, University of North Carolina, and Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He spent ten years as a senior scientist with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and was on the research staff of Atlantic Refinery Co. (Arco) for four years. He has lived and worked in Canada, Puerto Rico, Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. He is the author of a number of technical books in the field of oceanography and is now Flover Professor of Oceanography (endowed chair), Department of Oceanography, Old Dominion University."

He attended schools in HastingsonHudson, Dobbs Ferry and Middletown, New York; Brooksville, Maine; Madison, Connecticut; and Stockholm, Sweden; graduating from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1953. He majored in geology at Dartmouth College, received a B.A. with Departmental Honors, and was commissioned 2nd Lt. in the Signal Corps, Army of the United States, in 1957. He served first on active duty and then in the Active Reserve. He received an M.A. from Johns Hopkins in 1961 and his Ph. D. in Geology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1964. He taught at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Duke University in Durham, North Carolina; and Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He spent ten years as a senior scientist with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and was on the research staff of the Atlantic Richfield Co. for four years. He has lived and worked in Canada, Puerto Rico, Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. He is the author of a number of technical books in the field of oceanography and is now Slover Professor of Oceanography (endowed chair), Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University. His wife Sandy, was a published author, and taught as an adjunct professor at two universities in the Norfolk area.¹

Alexandria, Arlington Co., VA, USA¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Ruth Deborah Swift¹

F, #46066, b. 14 January 1940

Father*: Norman Guernsey Swift¹ b. 8 Nov 1905, d. 21 Jan 1997
Mother*: Ruth Mary Palmer¹ b. 3 Aug 1911

Family: Capt. Kenneth M. Zike b. 30 Nov 1937

Marriage*: Ruth Deborah Swift married Capt. Kenneth M. Zike on Jun 19, 1965 at Alexandria, Arlington Co., VA, USA.¹

David Noel Zike¹ b. 22 Apr 1969
Christopher Palmer Zike¹ b. 26 Dec 1980, d. 26 Dec 1980

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Jan 14, 1940

Middletown, NY, USA¹

Marriage

Jun 19, 1965

Mil. Serv.

USMC

Biography

Swift: "She attended schools in Brooksville, Maine, Madison, Connecticut, Dobbs Ferry, New York, Stockholm, Sweden, and graduated from St. Agnes Episcopal School for Girls, Alexandria, Virginia in 1954. She received a B.A. degree from Connecticut College, New London, Conn, in 1962, and an M.L.S. from Columbia University Library School in 1963. She took special courses at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Library and Information Studies in computer based information on law and medicine in 1983. Her professional experience includes positions as: Librarian, New York Public Library, New York City; Reference Librarian, University of California, Irvine, California; Reference Librarian, Federal Library, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C; and Librarian in Charge, National Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland. From 1984 to 1995 she was Law Librarian for the law firm of Riddell, Williams, Bullitt and Walkinshaw in Seattle, Washington. With her husband she has lived on US Marine Corps posts in California, Virginia, Minnesota, South Carolina and the state of Washington. She and her husband now live at Mercer Island, Washington. "

She attended schools in Brooksville, Maine; Madison, Connecticut; Dobbs Ferry, New York; Stockholm, Sweden; and graduated from St. Agnes Episcopal School for Girls, Alexandria, Virginia in 1958. She received a B.A. in European History from Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, in 1962, and an M.L.S. from Columbia University, School of Library Science in 1963. In 1983 she took graduate courses at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Library and Information Studies. Her professional experience includes positions as: Librarian, New York Public Library, New York City; Reference Librarian, University of California, Irvine, California; Reference Librarian, Federal Housing Administration Library, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C; and Librarian in Charge, U.S. Naval School of Hospital Administration, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland. From 1984 to 1995 she was Law Librarian for the law firm of Riddell, Williams, Bullitt and Walkinshaw in Seattle, Washington. With her husband, who retired as a Lieutenant Colonel, USMC in 1983, she has lived on US Marine Corps bases in California, Virginia, Minnesota and South Carolina . She and her husband now live in Bellevue, Washington and spend summers at their cottage in Georgetown, Maine.¹

Brunswick, Cumberland Co., ME, USA¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Frances Ellen Norton¹

F, #46067, b. 17 February 1926, d. 23 May 1999

Family: John Longworth Peabody Swift b. 4 May 1922

Marriage*: Frances Ellen Norton married John Longworth Peabody Swift, son of Otis Peabody Swift and Ethel Constance Longworth, on Dec 20, 1946 at Madison, CT, USA.¹

Katherine Garcelon Swift+¹ b. 11 Mar 1949
John Norton Swift Ph.D.+¹ b. 1 Oct 1950
Peter Norton Swift Ph.D.+¹ b. 12 Jun 1953

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Feb 17, 1926

Madison, CT, USA¹

Marriage

Dec 20, 1946

Madison, CT, USA¹

Death

May 23, 1999

Biography

Swift: " She grew up in Madison Connecticut, graduating from Daniel Hand High School there in 1944. She entered Connecticut College for Women, New London, Connecticut in that year, married John L. Swift in 1946 and graduated from Connecticut College with a B.A. in 1948. She lived subsequently in Louisiana, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland and Maine, as well as in Iran, Ireland, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. She worked as a preschool teacher, reporter & newspaper editor, public relations consultant, radio announcer/program producer for Radio Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and film and publications editor for international development organizations in Pakistan. She and her husband designed and built a house in Georgetown, Maine in 1980 which became the family's permanent residence, although they left it from time to time for short-term foreign trips and to live in Islamabad, Pakistan from 1989 to 1994. They continued to travel abroad on brief trips, and she was vigorously active in Georgetown's civic life, up until a few months before her death from lung cancer in 1999."¹

ParentsD

Harry Raymond Norton and Katharine Day Peck¹

Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Co., LA, USA¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Katherine Garcelon Swift¹

F, #46068, b. 11 March 1949

Father*: John Longworth Peabody Swift¹ b. 4 May 1922
Mother*: Frances Ellen Norton¹ b. 17 Feb 1926, d. 23 May 1999

Family: Robert C. Gravino b. 22 Jul 1947

Marriage*: Katherine Garcelon Swift married Robert C. Gravino on Oct 18, 1969 at Bainbridge, MD, USA.¹

Timothy Robert Gravino+¹ b. 7 Mar 1970
Kelly Elizabeth Gravino+¹ b. 17 Dec 1972

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Mar 11, 1949

Marriage

Oct 18, 1969

Bainbridge, MD, USA¹

Biography

between 1999 and 2007

Swift: "She attended schools in Madison, Connecticut and Khuzestan, Iran, graduating from High School in Madison in 1967. After attending Connecticut College 1967-69, she obtained a B.A. in sociology, magna cum laude, from the University of Maryland in 1981 and an M.S. in military sociology from the University of Maryland about 1990. Moving through US Coast Guard assignments, she has lived in Florida, New York, Puerto Rico, Maryland, Michigan, California, Virginia, Alaska, and Massachusetts. Her husband retired as a Captain, USCG in 1999; they now live in West Peabody, Massachusetts where he is Chief of Operations for the Public Works Department for the Town of Burlington, Massachusetts. She is a sociologist who has published work in the field of military sociology and has been a social worker in California and with Aleut families on Kodiak Island, Alaska. She is currently a member of the faculty of the North Shore Community College system, Essex County, Massachusetts."

Her husband Bob retired as a Captain, USCG in 1999. Kathy is a sociologist, with published work in the field of military sociology, who has been an administrator with American University in Washington, D.C., a social worker in California and with Aleut families on Kodiak Island, Alaska, and is currently a member of the faculty of the North Shore Community College, Essex County, Massachusetts. Bob is now Director of Public Works for the town of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Kathy and Bob established a condominium home in Peabody, Massachusetts in 1999 and, beginning in 2002, they built a house for holidays and eventually retirement in Bay Point, Georgetown, Maine at which they spend most weekends and holidays. In 2006 they purchased a house in Ipswich, Massachusetts which is now their primary residence.¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

John Norton Swift Ph.D.¹

M, #46069, b. 1 October 1950

Father*: John Longworth Peabody Swift¹ b. 4 May 1922
Mother*: Frances Ellen Norton¹ b. 17 Feb 1926, d. 23 May 1999

Family 1: Leslie Elizabeth Santee b. 8 Aug 1950

Marriage*: John Norton Swift Ph.D. married Leslie Elizabeth Santee on May 29, 1971 at Albany, Albany Co., NY, USA.¹
Divorce*: John Norton Swift Ph.D. and Leslie Elizabeth Santee were divorced in 1977.

Corin Rachel Swift+¹ b. 19 Jul 1972
Nathaniel Santee Swift¹ b. 6 Jul 1975

Family 2: Louise Fradenburg

Marriage*: John Norton Swift Ph.D. married Louise Fradenburg on Jun, 1978 at Rockville, MD, USA.¹
Divorce*: John Norton Swift Ph.D. and Louise Fradenburg were divorced in 1981.¹

Family 3: Cheryl Renee Colee b. 19 Dec 1956

Marriage*: John Norton Swift Ph.D. married Cheryl Renee Colee on Mar 25, 1983 at Pasadena, CA, USA.¹

Benjamin Stratton Swift¹ b. 23 Dec 1986
Jesse Beckett Swift¹ b. 4 Oct 1989

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Oct 1, 1950

Albany, Albany Co., NY, USA¹

Marriage

May 29, 1971

Divorce

1977

Marriage

Jun, 1978

Rockville, MD, USA¹

Divorce

1981

Marriage

Mar 25, 1983

Pasadena, CA, USA¹

Residence

1999

Whittier, Los Angeles Co., CA, USA¹

Biography

Swift: " He attended schools in Madison, Connecticut and Khuzestan, Iran, graduating from High School in Madison in 1968. He majored in English at Middlebury College, receiving a B.A. magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1972. He obtained his M.A. in 1973 and his Ph.D. in 1978 from the University of Virginia. He has taught English Literature at Washington & Lee University and at Occidental College, where he is now Professor of English Literature. The family lives in
Whittier, California, where his wife is is the Irvine Professor of Environmental Biology at Whittier College. They established a second home at Bay Point, Georgetown, Maine in 2002 and regularly spend summer vacations and other holidays there."¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Peter Norton Swift Ph.D.¹

M, #46070, b. 12 June 1953

Father*: John Longworth Peabody Swift¹ b. 4 May 1922
Mother*: Frances Ellen Norton¹ b. 17 Feb 1926, d. 23 May 1999

Family: Virginia Joy Scharff b. 21 Jul 1953

Marriage*: Peter Norton Swift Ph.D. married Virginia Joy Scharff on Jun 28, 1980 at Clayton, MO, USA.¹

Samuel Longworth Swift¹ b. 12 Aug 1985
Ann Howland Swift¹ b. 26 Jul 1990

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jun 12, 1953

Middletown, CT, USA¹

Marriage

Jun 28, 1980

Clayton, MO, USA¹

Biography

Swift: " He attended schools in Madison, Connecticut and Khuzestan, Iran, graduating from high school in Madison as valedictorian of his class in 1970. He was graduated from Yale University in 1974 with a B.A. in English, worked as a field engineer in uranium exploration in the western United States 1975-1980, obtained a B.S. in 1981 and an M.S. in 1982 in geology at the University of Wyoming, and obtained his Ph.D. in geology at the University of Arizona in 1987. The family lived in Colorado and Texas in 1987 and 1988 while he worked with Chevron Oil Company as a geologist. The family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico about 1989, where his wife is now Associate Professor of History at the University of New Mexico and he is a Senior Scientist with Sandia Laboratories. Peter worked initially for a consulting firm in Albuquerque, transferring later to Sandia Laboratories in Albuquerque where he is now a senior scientist and program manager in the field of nuclear waste disposal. He is currently the Chief Scientist for Sandia’s work on the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste disposal site.¹ "

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Stuart M. Ogilvy¹

M, #46071

Family: Barbara Peabody Swift b. 9 Dec 1923

Marriage*: Stuart M. Ogilvy married Barbara Peabody Swift, daughter of Otis Peabody Swift and Ethel Constance Longworth, on Feb, 1960 at New York, New York Co., NY, USA.¹
Divorce*: Stuart M. Ogilvy and Barbara Peabody Swift were divorced in Mar, 1964.¹

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Marriage

Feb, 1960

Divorce

Mar, 1964

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

James Anthony Koller¹

M, #46072, b. 30 May 1936

Family: Marguerite Milne Swift b. 27 May 1943

Marriage*: James Anthony Koller married Marguerite Milne Swift, daughter of Otis Peabody Swift and Marguerite Hoare Valler, on Jun 21, 1972 at Georgetown, ME, USA.¹
Divorce*: James Anthony Koller and Marguerite Milne Swift were divorced on Nov 13, 1979.¹

Jedediah Swift Koller+¹ b. 23 Nov 1973
Theadora Swift Koller¹ b. 27 Dec 1976

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

May 30, 1936

Oak Park, IL, USA¹

Marriage

Jun 21, 1972

Georgetown, ME, USA¹

Divorce

Nov 13, 1979

ParentsS

James and Elsie Koller¹

Brunswick, Cumberland Co., ME, USA¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Jedediah Swift Koller¹

M, #46073, b. 23 November 1973

Father*: James Anthony Koller¹ b. 30 May 1936
Mother*: Marguerite Milne Swift¹ b. 27 May 1943

Family: Rebecca de Groot b. 1976

Marriage*: Jedediah Swift Koller married Rebecca de Groot on 2005 at Flagstaff, AZ, USA.²

Otis Whitmore Koller² b. 29 Jan 2005

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Nov 23, 1973

Marriage

2005

Flagstaff, AZ, USA²

Biography

2007

Swift: "He attended schools in Georgetown, Maine and in Window Rock and Flagstaff, Arizona. He graduated from high school in Flagstaff, where he was active in Boy Scouts as a Patrol Leader and became an Eagle Scout. He worked during school summer vacations as a sheepherder and cowboy on the Navajo Indian Reservation. He subsequently worked on the north rim of the Grand Canyon as a tourist guide and in recent years has been professional tour raft operator on the Colorado and Green Rivers.¹ "

Residence

2007

Flagstaff, AZ, USA

Brunswick, Cumberland Co., ME, USA¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.
[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Sep 8, 2007.

Theadora Swift Koller¹

F, #46074, b. 27 December 1976

Father*: James Anthony Koller¹ b. 30 May 1936
Mother*: Marguerite Milne Swift¹ b. 27 May 1943

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Dec 27, 1976

Biography

1999

Swift: "She attended schools in Window Rock and Flagstaff, Arizona. She graduated from a private high school in Sonora, Arizona in 1994, worked as an environmental news researcher with the Cable News Network in Atlanta, Georgia, and is now attending Stanford University, Palo Alto California, where she expects to receive an M.A. degree in 2000 from Stanford University. Employed shortly thereafter with the World Health Organization she was originally based in Geneva. Switzerland and is now based in Venice, Italy. She has a home in Seggiano, Tuscany."¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

Sondra Ford¹

F, #46075, b. 20 January 1938, d. 9 November 2006

Family: Donald Josiah Palmer Swift b. 26 Jul 1935

Marriage*: Sondra Ford married Donald Josiah Palmer Swift, son of Norman Guernsey Swift and Ruth Mary Palmer, on Jun 10, 1961 at Washington, DC, USA.¹

Etain Ann Swift¹ b. 5 Oct 1963
Cecelia Jane Swift+¹ b. 9 Feb 1965
Colin Butler Carroll¹ b. 15 Nov 1978

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jan 20, 1938

Marriage

Jun 10, 1961

Death

Nov 9, 2006

Norfolk, VA, USA²

ParentsD

Robert Ford and Mary Trimble Gaddis¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.
[S415] E-mail from John Longworth Swift, Mar. 20, 2007.

Etain Ann Swift¹

F, #46076, b. 5 October 1963

Father*: Donald Josiah Palmer Swift¹ b. 26 Jul 1935
Mother*: Sondra Ford¹ b. 20 Jan 1938, d. 9 Nov 2006

Family: Edward George Hall II

Marriage*: Etain Ann Swift married Edward George Hall II on Dec 28, 1985 at Richardson, TX, USA.¹
Divorce*: Etain Ann Swift and Edward George Hall II were divorced circa 1990.¹

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Oct 5, 1963

Marriage

Dec 28, 1985

Richardson, TX, USA¹

Divorce

circa 1990

Residence

1999

Norfolk, VA, USA, with her parents.

Biography

2007

Swift: She attended schools in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Durham, North Carolina: Miami, Florida; and Dallas, Texas, and has studied at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She currently lives with her parents in Norfolk, Virginia.²

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.
[S415] E-mail from John Longworth Swift, Mar. 20, 2007.

Cecelia Jane Swift¹

F, #46077, b. 9 February 1965

Father*: Donald Josiah Palmer Swift¹ b. 26 Jul 1935
Mother*: Sondra Ford¹ b. 20 Jan 1938, d. 9 Nov 2006

Family: Danny Petretto

Marriage*: Cecelia Jane Swift married Danny Petretto on circa 1995 at Norfolk, VA, USA.¹

Jeremy Petretto¹ b. 22 Aug 1996
Melissa Petretto¹ b. 20 Dec 1998
Shelby Petretto² b. 2000

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Feb 9, 1965

Marriage

circa 1995

Norfolk, VA, USA¹

Residence

between 1999 and 2007

Virginia Beach, VA, USA, where he is a carpenter and she is a student in a master's degree program in Education.¹

Biography

Swift: . She attended schools in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Durham, North Carolina: Miami, Florida; and Dallas, Texas; and was graduated from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia with an A.B. in English in 1996. She and her husband, with their children, live in Virginia Beach, Virginia where he is a carpenter and she is an adjunct instructor of English at Tidewater Community College.²

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.
[S415] E-mail from John Longworth Swift, Mar. 20, 2007.

Colin Butler Carroll¹

M, #46078, b. 15 November 1978

Father*: Donald Josiah Palmer Swift¹ b. 26 Jul 1935
Adoptive mother*: Sondra Ford¹ b. 20 Jan 1938, d. 9 Nov 2006
Mother: Kathryn Carroll²

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Nov 15, 1978

Education

1999

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA, a sophomore¹

Biography

2007

, received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Old Dominion University and now lives in Fairfax , Virginia where he is a therapist at a psychiatric treatment center. .²

Barberton, Summit Co., OH, USA¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.
[S415] E-mail from John Longworth Swift, Mar. 20, 2007.

Capt. Kenneth M. Zike¹

M, #46079, b. 30 November 1937

Family: Ruth Deborah Swift b. 14 Jan 1940

Marriage*: Capt. Kenneth M. Zike married Ruth Deborah Swift, daughter of Norman Guernsey Swift and Ruth Mary Palmer, on Jun 19, 1965 at Alexandria, Arlington Co., VA, USA.¹

David Noel Zike¹ b. 22 Apr 1969
Christopher Palmer Zike¹ b. 26 Dec 1980, d. 26 Dec 1980

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Nov 30, 1937

Marriage

Jun 19, 1965

Alexandria, Arlington Co., VA, USA¹

ParentsS

George Kenneth Zike and Evelyn Ann Ware

Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, USA¹

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Jack Swift, Jan. 16, 2000.

David Noel Zike¹

M, #46080, b. 22 April 1969

Father*: Capt. Kenneth M. Zike¹ b. 30 Nov 1937
Mother*: Ruth Deborah Swift¹ b. 14 Jan 1940

Family: Una May Butler

Marriage*: David Noel Zike married Una May Butler on May 19, 2007 at Ballintubber Abbey, Co. Mayo, Ireland.²

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Apr 22, 1969

Quantico, VA, USA¹

Education

1991

Residence

1999

Seattle, King Co., WA, USA¹

Marriage

May 19, 2007

Ballintubber Abbey, Co. Mayo, Ireland²

Biography

Swift: "He attended schools in Virginia, South Carolina, California and the state of Washington where he graduated in 1991 with a B.S. in mathematics from Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington and in 1996 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. He lived in Seattle, Washington working with the Boeing Company until 2003 when he moved to Auckland, New Zealand where he was employed by Air New Zealand as an aeronautical engineer until November 2004 when he returned to Seattle as an engineer with Boeing. He is now an engineer at SR Technics in Dublin, Ireland.³
"