Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Charles Lee Swiger    
                Born: ca 1882              in Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1940                 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1909                 in Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Father: Hugh Lee Swiger 
              Mother: Margaret Gaines 
                Wife: Esther Euphame "Etta" Maxwell   2,3  
       Also known as: Ester Maxwell 3
             Married: Mar-19-1909          near Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV  1
                Born: Mar- 4-1891          in Harrison Co, WV  4,5,1
                Died: Oct- 6-1969          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  4,5
              Buried:                      in Coplin Church Cemetery, Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV  4,5
             Resided: 1909                 in Harrison Co, WV  1
              Father: Thomas M. Maxwell   (1865 -     ) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Ellen Seeders   (1869 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Harry William Swiger      
                Born: Jan-30-1910          in Harrison Co, WV  1,4
                Died: Oct-31-1952          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  4
              Buried:                      in Plant Cemetery, Katy Lick, Harrison Co, WV  4
             Resided: 1931                 in Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1930                 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1930                 coal loader  6
                Wife: Myrtle Cleva Thompson  b. Aug-26-1911  d. Dec-16-1998  
             Married: Jul- 7-1931          in Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV  1
           M Child 2: Thomas Cecil Swiger      
                Born: Jul-30-1911          in Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV  7,4 (see note 1)
                Died: Oct-27-1966          in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV  8,4
              Census: 1940                 in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH  
             Resided: 1933, 1935           in Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV  1,9
          Occupation: 1940                 railroad track man  9
                Wife: Thelda Samantha Pernell  b. Jul-17-1919  d. Mar-19-1984  
       Also known as: Thelda Samantha Pannell 1
             Married: Jul-20-1933          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  10
           M Child 3: Alfred Burton Swiger      
                Born: Jan-30-1929           5,6
                Died: Sep-22-1978           5
              Buried:                      in Marshville Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV  11
             Resided:                      in Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV  8
            Military: (enlisted 2/5/1946)  U.S. Army, World War II  12
                Wife: Gladys Gertrude America  b. Dec-30-1926  d. Jan-22-2011  
         Census name: Gertrude America 
             Married: Sep-21-1945          in Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV  13

Sources:
(1) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(2) Marriage record of son. 
(3) Death record of son. 
(4) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Social Security Death Index. 
(6) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(7) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. 
(9) 1940 Census. 
(10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=56035&Type=Marriage. 
(11) Findagrave.com. 
(12) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(13) Wirt County Marriage Records, Elizabeth, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in marriage record as Jul 30 1912, but SSDI and death record
show it as Jul 30 1911.  Harrison County birth records show an unnamed male born
in Wilsonburg on Jul 30 1911 to Chas L & Etta Swiger.







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