Selmer SWENSON

1891 - 1970  (78 years)

• Name	Selmer SWENSON
  Birth	16 Aug 1891	North Dakota
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	18 Oct 1891	North Dakota
  	Bethany Lutheran in Hatton
  Death	2 Feb 1970	Cook County, Illinois
  	mary_neste
  Notes	He is probably the 26 year-old Selmer Swenson living in Bingham Twp, Traill County, North Dakota, in the 1920 census. He is a farm laborer on the John Thoe farm. John Thoe is probably the father of Selmer’s sister Lydia’s first husband. Changed his surname to Swanson. In the 1930 census, he was Selmer Swanson, garage mechanic, living in Chicago with his wife and two daughters. Both of his parents are shown as born in Sweden. They’re still there in the 1940 census. He’s a mechanic at an automobile repair shop and his wife is a dressmaker. Selmer was educated through grade 4, his wife through grade 8. In the 1950 census, he was separated from his wife and was living alone in Chicago.
  Person ID	I1650	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	John SWENSON,   b. Jun 1845, Sweden d. 2 Nov 1925, Polk County, Minnesota (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Berit (Betsy) THOMPSON,   b. 2 Aug 1857, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 28 Nov 1945, Polk County, Minnesota (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1891
  Family ID	F1186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel OLSON,   b. Abt 1900, North Dakota
  Children	1. Gloria A SWANSON,   b. 27 Jan 1923, North Dakota d. 11 Nov 1979, Cook County, Illinois (Age 56 years)   2. Delphine Elaine SWANSON,   b. 26 Mar 1924, Cook County, Illinois d. 5 Jun 1999, Cook County, Illinois (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F1187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2025