Josephina Carolina Swanson

1904 - 1984  (80 years)

• Name	Josephina Carolina Swanson
  Born	31 Jan 1904	Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1910	Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States   [2]
  Residence	1920	Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States   [3]
  Residence	1930	Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States   [4]
  Residence	1935	Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States   [5]
  Died	Mar 1984	Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  Buried	Oaklawn Cemetery, Hanover, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
  Person ID	I3254057861	Master Tree
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	Charles Swanson,   b. 16 Dec 1866, Vegeholm, Ängelholm, Skåne, Sweden ,   d. 27 Nov 1944, Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Clara Louise Bengtsdotter,   b. 8 Oct 1869, Årnarp, Snöstorp, Halland, Sweden ,   d. 13 Sep 1949, Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 79 years)
  Married	14 Feb 1891	Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States   [6]
  Family ID	F539541138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kenneth J Allen,   b. Abt. 1906, Pennsylvania, United States
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2012
  Family ID	F16053352988	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 31 Jan 1904 - Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Residence - 1910 - Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Residence - 1920 - Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Residence - 1930 - Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Residence - 1935 - Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Died - Mar 1984 - Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Buried - - Oaklawn Cemetery, Hanover, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S8029498572] Social Security Death Index. [S560402623] 1910 United States Census. [S560402624] 1920 United States Census. [S560402625] 1930 United States Census. [S16144775130] U.S. City Directories (Beta) [database on-line], Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). [S16144775131] Wilkes-Barre Independent, Newspaper, 16 Feb 1941. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Swanson of 553 North River Street, city, observed their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday, Feb. 14. They celebrated by holding open-house at their home yesterday afternoon and evening for all their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Swanson came to Wilkes-Barre in 1888 from Sweden, their native home. They were married on Feb. 14, 1891, in this city. Mr. Swanson is well known by many residents of North Wilkes-Barre as the proprietor of a grocery store at North Main and Maple streets. They have been residents in the First ward of the city for 52 years. Up until recent months, Mr. Swanson had been employed at the Wilkes-Barre Lace Company. They have always been active in church work and have for over 50 years been members of the Trinity Lutheran Church, North Main street. All their children and grand-children were home to celebrate this occasion. A family dinner will be held today at noon at Hotel Sterling for the immediate family and friends. They have six children who are as follows: Edwin A., of Kingston; Ernest B., of New York; Carl, at home; Hilding, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Ralph Kahler, a home and Mrs. Kenneth Allen, of this city. There are also six grandchildren. The couple received many gifts, telegrams, cablegrams, and best wishes from their family and friends.