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straw-hat making industry during the early 19th century. Henry Swan, the local doctor, was of Polish-Lithuanian origin, and had changed the family name from
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644:Robert Watt
410:and in the
406:across the
224:13 May 1924
189:Preceded by
127:Conrad Swan
1274:Categories
1256:1995-2000
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1124:1962–1968
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