Elmer L Swegle1894–
- Name
- Elmer L Swegle
- Given names
- Elmer L
- Surname
- Swegle
 Birth | August 30, 1894 28 28 |
 Birth of a brother | Earl D Swegle 1897 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a sister | Mary M Swegle 1901 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson February 11, 1903 (Age 8 years) Address: Near Boonville |
| Birth of a sister | Mildred Frances Swegle 1905 (Age 10 years) |
 Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 21 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 22 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 23 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 6, 1920 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Frances Herndon May 15, 1920 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 35 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 4, 1930 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a father | Abraham Douglas Swegle February 15, 1937 (Age 42 years) Cause: Uremia |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a mother | Effie May Higgerson November 10, 1951 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 55 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a wife | Mary Lee December 27, 1996 (Age 102 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mildred Frances Swegle 2002 (Age 107 years) |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Abraham Douglas Swegle Birth: February 14, 1866 — Illinois, United States Death: February 15, 1937 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Effie May Higgerson Birth: December 18, 1865 30 26 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 10, 1951 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 19, 1893 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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10 months himself |
Elmer L Swegle Birth: August 30, 1894 28 28 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Earl D Swegle Birth: 1897 30 31 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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5 years younger sister |
Mary M Swegle Birth: 1901 34 35 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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5 years younger sister |
Mildred Frances Swegle Birth: 1905 38 39 — Missouri, United States Death: 2002 |
| Family with Mary Lee |
| himself |
Elmer L Swegle Birth: August 30, 1894 28 28 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| wife |
Mary Lee Birth: December 23, 1898 — Missouri, United States Death: December 27, 1996 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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Elmer L Swegle has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (16)
Parents Emmett Lee Higgerson + Ida May Lewis
Parents Eralus Dunn “Dump” Smith + Ida Belle Higgerson
Parents Harry Pearson Turley + Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Abraham Douglas Swegle - Household
Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
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