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George Walter SWIGER

George Walter SWIGER

Male 1865 - 1958  (92 years)


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  • Name George Walter SWIGER  [1]
    Birth 6 May 1865  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1870  Clay District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation policeman (1921-38) and first sanitation officer, Fairmont, WV  [1] 
    Residence 1923  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1952  Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1958  Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 29 Jan 1958  Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I25005  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2018

    Father Zachous SWIGER,   b. Apr 1830, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. CA 1923 (Age ~ 92 years)
    Mother Clementine BOICE,   b. 6 Jul 1830, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1926, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
    Family ID F88  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Dora Ella DAVIS,   b. May 1871   d. 1914 (Age ~ 42 years)  [7]
    Marriage 13 Nov 1890  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Jun 1 1900:
      George W. Swiger, 35, b. May 1865, married 9 yrs; wife Ella D, 29, b. May 1871, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Cecil W, 8, b. Mar (could be seen as Nov) 1892; dau Alta M, 2, b. Jan 1898.

      1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated in April 1910:
      George W. Swiger, 44, married 19 yrs; wife Ellie, 38, mother of 4 children (all still living); son Cecil W, 18; dau Alta M, 12; son John K, 9; dau Ella R, 3.
    Children 
     1. Cecil Wade SWIGER,   b. 4 Mar 1892   d. 28 Nov 1977, Sonoma Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    >2. Alta M. SWIGER,   b. Jan 1898   d. CA 1957 (Age ~ 58 years)
     3. John Kenneth SWIGER,   b. CA 1901
    >4. Ella Ruth SWIGER,   b. 11 Aug 1906   d. 14 Dec 2000, Davidson Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
    Family ID F9438  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 May ELLIS,   b. 5 Feb 1878, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1952, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [4, 9]
    Family ID F14806  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S643] Obituary of father.

    4. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    5. [S1707] Obituary - Hospital.

    6. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    7. [S110] Obituary of husband.

    8. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    9. [S1588] Death record of wife.