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Ronald Francis Swaim, Sr.

Ronald Francis Swaim, Sr.

Male 1903 - 1965  (62 years)

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  • Name Ronald Francis Swaim 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 14 Mar 1903  Bloomingdale, Parke, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1910  Penn, Parke, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1920  Penn, Parke, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died 22 Oct 1965  North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1122068478  Master Tree | Descendants of James Morris and Margaret Cooke
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2009 

    Family Frances Emily Rauch,   b. 23 Nov 1905, Ipava, Fulton, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1988, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 07 Nov 1924  Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Alice Frances Swaim
     2. Ronald Francis Swaim
     3. Richard Nathaniel Swaim
     4. Saralee Cynthia Swaim
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2009 
    Family ID F1047624746  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Mar 1903 - Bloomingdale, Parke, Indiana, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 - Penn, Parke, Indiana, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1920 - Penn, Parke, Indiana, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 07 Nov 1924 - Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 Oct 1965 - North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • !Ronald known as "Babe Swaim".
      In file are letters on brother's estate, Owen Swaim. Papers on Babe's
      funeral, State Controller's office, & SS reports. Affidavit of birth,
      census record, 1920, affidavit of family Bible record, marriage recor d,
      death record. Also funeral service remembrance card. On file with
      Alice Swaim Schnakenberg RIN 1

      Ronald (Babe) came to California when he was 19 with two of his frien ds
      from Indiana. They went to Whittier CA where his friends stayed. Dad
      wanted to live in the country and be a cattle rancher so he headed for
      Lancaster CA where he met Frances Rauch, his wife for nearly 41 years.
      After he and Frances were married they went to Bloomingdale Ind to li ve,
      but when they found that they were about to become a family, they ret urned
      to Lancaster CA to stay and raise their 5 children. Four of which we re
      born in and around Lancaster. The first three were born in Dr. Savag e's
      Hospital in Town and Becky at home out in the old Tierra Bonita distr ict,
      out east of town.
      He missed WW 1 as he was too young, and WW 2 because he was too old . So
      he spent the war building B17's at Lockheed in Burbank CA where he wo rked
      from 1942 until his heart attack in 1958, after which he retired an d helped
      Frances with her Amway business. The Swaim family moved from Lancaste r CA
      in Dec 1934 to Venice CA Then to Santa Maria in the spring of 1935, i n the
      fall of 1935 we moved to Santa Monica. During this time he and his f ather-
      in-law, N H Rauch and his brother-in-law, George Rauch formed a Compa ny to
      sell wood. Babe cut, the reason for moving up to Nipomo, near Sant a Maria.
      George drove the truck to haul the wood to LA and N.H. found the cust omers
      and sold the wood. Because of Mother's health in Santa Monica, and a lso
      because I was coughing and unable to go to school, dad sold out and w e moved
      to AZ. My cough cleared up within a week and was able to start schoo l again
      and it was dicovered that mother's illness was caused by her heart no t by the
      climate. We moved to AZ in Feb of 1937 and moved back to CA in Marc h to
      Tarzana then we moved to the West Adams district of LA about Nov 193 7 because
      it was to far for dad and grandpa to drive in to work every day. Ou r grand-
      parents were living with us because of mother's health and dad was no w working
      for his father-in-law and brother-in-law. During the summer of 193 8 we moved
      to Culver City over the store which was now called R & S Feed & Fuel.
      Easter Vacation of 1939 mother was now strong enough to care for us s o we
      moved back to Lancaster where dad got a job working a ranch in the De l Sur
      district where I finished grammer school and started hi'school. We m oved into
      town, Lancaster before school started in fall with dad working fo r a farm
      equipment Co. The pay was not very good so in Dec 1940 we moved bac k to
      Culver City and dad went back to work driving a truck for R & S an d then
      for Northern & Western Transportation Co's. With the war starting i n Dec 1941
      dad got a job with Lockheed and we moved again this time to North Hol lywood
      where mom and dad lived until they moved to Poway CA about 1962.
      While he was working at Lockheed he suffered a major heart attack i n 1958
      which forced his retirement. The attack was caused by working in th e fuel
      tanks of a jet. The fumes burned his lungs which caused blood clout s to
      form and enter his blood stream causing an aneurysm to form near hi s heart.
      This caused his death in 1965.


      Facts about this person:

      Fact 1
      Eternal Valley, Newhall, LA county, CA

  • Sources 
    1. [S560402623] 1910 United States Census.

    2. [S560402624] 1920 United States Census.