Ruth Alma McSwainAge: 95 years1910–2005
- Name
- Ruth Alma McSwain
- Given names
- Ruth Alma
- Surname
- McSwain
- Married name
- Ruth Alma Recroft
 Birth | July 3, 1910 25 23 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 | February 4, 1920 (Age 9 years) |
 Death of a mother | Ruth Lowrey August 7, 1924 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 19 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 |
| Death of a father | James Magnus McSwain October 15, 1941 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 |
| Census | April 15, 1950 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 35 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 husband | Oswald Eugene Recroft August 23, 1982 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | August 20, 2005 (Age 95 years) |
| Obituary | August 21, 2005 August 21, 2005 (1 day after death) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Memorial Park |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Magnus McSwain Birth: January 1, 1885 — Arkansas, United States Death: October 15, 1941 — Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Ruth Lowrey Birth: May 30, 1887 — Wewoka, Seminole Nation, Indian Territory Death: August 7, 1924 — Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: November 24, 1904 — Arkansas, Arkansas, United States |
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6 years herself |
Ruth Alma McSwain Birth: July 3, 1910 25 23 — Arkansas, United States Death: August 20, 2005 — Florida, United States |
| Family with Oswald Eugene Recroft |
| husband |
Oswald Eugene Recroft Birth: August 5, 1907 32 30 — Nebraska, United States Death: August 23, 1982 — Palm Beach, Florida, United States |
| herself |
Ruth Alma McSwain Birth: July 3, 1910 25 23 — Arkansas, United States Death: August 20, 2005 — Florida, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Magnus McSwain - Household
Arkansas, Arkansas, United States
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