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Ralph DeWayne SWIGER

Ralph DeWayne SWIGER

Male 1938 - 2022  (83 years)


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  • Name Ralph DeWayne SWIGER
    Birth 1 Feb 1938  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in his Nov 1955 marriage record as 1 Feb 1936, age 19. His entry in "The History of Doddridge County," (1979), p. 259, states that he was born in Ritchie County at Cokeleys, but his obituary indicate Oil Ridge.
    Gender Male
    Occupation farmer, worked at B&K Tractor in Salem and cutting right-of-ways and as a logger  [1] 
    Occupation school bus driver, mechanic, summer maintenance (Doddridge Co, 35 yrs)  [1, 4] 
    Residence Beech Lick, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1955  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 2001, 2003, 2005  Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Residence 2008  Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Death 1 Jan 2022  [1] 
    Burial Union Mission (Sunrise) Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I17983  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2022

    Father Ralph Maxwell SWIGER,   b. 29 Jun 1919, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 2001 (Age 82 years)
    Mother Wauneta Virginia ISNER,   b. 12 May 1917, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 2002 (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F6540  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Patricia Ann CRISLIP,   b. 23 Aug 1936, Beech Lick, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 2021, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Marriage 26 Nov 1955  Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 9, 10] 
    Children 
    +1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F6538  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10296218&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 259.

    4. [S1115] Newspaper anniversary announcement.

    5. [S643] Obituary of father.

    6. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    7. [S1669] Newspaper wedding announcement of grandson.

    8. [S1802] Newspaper birth announcement of great-grandson.

    9. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10296218&Type=Marriage.
      Ceremony was held in Salem (County not stated. Could be either Harrison or Doddridge). But the marriage license was issued and filed in Lewis County, residence of the bride.

    10. [S1115] Newspaper anniversary announcement, Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, 8/28/2005.