The swales Surname
swales Name Meaning and History
English (Yorkshire): in all probability from the Swale river in
Yorkshire. (Reaney and Wilson list a 17th-century example,
Swayles, with this origin.) Alternatively, it may be a
metronymic from the Old Norse female personal name Svala.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Swales in Yorkshire and Hartlepool |
 emmaswales
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| Lavina Swales - what happened to her? |
brianswales40
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| Seeking John Swales - 208th Pennsylvania, Civil War |
JoeNihen
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| Swales of Crayke (Craike) |
stashali1
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| My grandmothers family | Marjorie Schaake | 2 |
| Sarah Esther Swales | Thomas J Christian | 35 |
| Hunslet, Leeds SWALES Robert (1865) and Louise (1863) family | Judy | 1 |
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yorks1
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acanthus
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| James Goldthorp Swales |
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