Lewis Ferguson Swenson

Brief Life History of Lewis Ferguson

When Lewis Ferguson Swenson was born on 11 February 1915, in South Dakota, United States, his father, David Swen Swenson, was 23 and his mother, Valencia Elliot, was 22. He lived in Latah, Idaho, United States in 1935 and Idaho, United States in 2009. He died on 24 December 2009, in Kellogg, Shoshone, Idaho, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Ferguson Swenson
1915–2009
Bernice Katherine Snyder
1920–2012

Sources (10)

  • Fergus Swenson, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Lewis Fergus Swenson, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Lewis Fergus Swenson, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1919 · Oil is Discovered at Cat Creek

Located near Petroleum and Garfield counties in Montana is Cat Creek . It was here in 1919, that oil was discovered

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Swen, Nels, Selmer, Britt, Helmer, Lars, Eskil, Lennart, Nils, Ordell, Sten.

Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Svensson or of its rare variant Swensson . This surname is also found in Denmark, northern Germany, and Norway, but it is rare there.

Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Svensen and Svendsen , cognates of 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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