Swan Family

Scope and Content

Letters to Victor Swan (1897-1975), Switzerland, England, from: his mother, Irene (Iris) Swan (née Irina Antonovna Shkliarova) (1876-1952), Odessa, Elizavetgrad, Prinkipo, Constantinople (84, 1914-1920) 1-3, 5-85; his father, Richard Swan (1867-1921), Constantinople (on R & T Elworthy (London) headed notepaper) (1920, nd) 86-87; his maternal aunt, Tat'iana Antonovna Mandel'baum (née Shliarova), Odessa (3, 1914, nd) 4, 88-90; A G Boichenko, on active service (1915) 91; G Dagis?, Odessa (2, 1914) 92-93; O Verier? (nd) 94. Letters to Irene Swan from: Musin'ka (nd) 95; M P Samsonov, on active service (1914) 96. Newspaper cuttings sent with Irene Swan letters (including death notices of Charles Dunlop (1917) & Frederick Kidner (nd)) 97-100. John Swan "The Swan Family of Ulgham and Morpeth, Northumberland, and later of North Shields, Newcastle, London, Constantinople and Odessa" (privately printed, 2009) 101.

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