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Claude Clarence SWIGER

Claude Clarence SWIGER

Male 1899 - 1968  (69 years)


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  • Name Claude Clarence SWIGER
    Birth 12 Mar 1899  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as March 1898.
    Gender Male
    Census 1900, 1910, 1930  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Little Battle, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Occupation 1940  [4] 
    tractor driver (road) 
    Census 1950  Pike Fork (McClellan District, Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation laborer for PPG Co.  [5] 
    Occupation 1950  [6] 
    makes wooden boxes for plate glass company 
    Death 18 Nov 1968  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5] 
    Burial Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Person ID I59882  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2022

    Father Benton SWIGER,   b. 7 May 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1937, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Mother Sarah Catherine GREEN,   b. May 1874, Fauquier Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1911, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 36 years)
    Family ID F32167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rilda Savilla STACKPOLE,   b. 22 Jun 1901, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1987 (Age 85 years)  [9]
    Marriage 14 Sep 1918  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1950 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 8, 1950 at Pike Fork:
      Claud C. Swiger, 52, makes wooden boxes for plate glass company; wife Rilda S, 38; dau Reta R, 19, single; dau Holly V, 15; son Warren C, 9; granddau Barbara S. Glover, 9. All born in West Virginia.

      The next enumerated household was that of Claude & Rilda's married daughter Bonnie and her family:
      Robert M. Boyce, 29, sawyer/hauls logs for sawmill; wife Bonnie L, 28; dau Mary J, 7; son Nile L, 4; dau Carol A, 2; dau Nila R, 2; son Gary J, b. February. All born in West Virginia except Carol, born in Ohio.
    Children 
    >1. Loran Clarence SWIGER,   b. 6 Jan 1920, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1989, Barberton, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +2. Bonnie Lee SWIGER,   b. 4 May 1921, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1988 (Age 67 years)
    +3. Bertha Mae SWIGER,   b. 12 Oct 1924, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 2009 (Age 84 years)
    +4. Sarah Louise SWIGER,   b. 18 Jul 1926, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 2005 (Age 78 years)
    +5. Rita Rae SWIGER,   b. 13 Jul 1930, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 2022, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    >6. Hollie Verniece SWIGER,   b. 18 Oct 1934, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    >7. Warren Claude "Junior" SWIGER,   b. 23 Mar 1941, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 2019, Worland, Washakie Co, WY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F24786  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    4. [S2646] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    5. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S291] 1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    7. [S2555] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.