This genealogical website relates to Swinton Harrison of Warwickshire and his known and probable ancestors as researched by:
John Harrison (his son) and
Nick Harrison (his grandson)
Swinton Harrison was brought up by his aunt, Bertha Shelton nee Harrison, at Beausale, Warwickshire. He was born on 18 August 1902 at Sparkhill, Yardley in Birmingham to Amy Harrison (Bertha's younger sister) but no father's name was stated on his birth certificate. Swinton's known maternal Harrison ancestors are given in the family tree (Follow surname index to Harrison Page).
Ever since we began researching the Harrison family we knew that the 1901 Census was probably going to be our best chance of discovering the reason for the unusual Christian name of Swinton - and so it did!
In 1901 Amy Harrison (aged 25) was living in as a housekeeper for Henry Jackson, a Solicitor and Clerk to the Justices at the Lodge, Great Alne, Warwickshire, just a few miles down the road from her birthplace at Bearley. Also living at the Lodge was Henry's son, Henry Swinton Jackson, a 42-year old Wine Agent. Within a year Amy gave birth to a son and chose to name him Swinton Harrison. Was his Christian name taken from his father's middle name? If so, Swinton's probable paternal ancestors were the Jackson, Todd, Swinton and Gilpin families - as detailed in their family trees (Follow surname index to their pages). John and Nick would be very pleased to hear from any descendants of these families.
There are gaps in our family trees that we would very much like to fill, for example:
Swinton Family Society is administered by Gary R R Swinton from Victoria, Australia and a newsletter is published and distributed to Swinton families throughout the world.
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Swinton Family Society.