Re: McNamara, Richard (Mrs.)

MCNAMARA, SWANSON, SILVERS, SCHOLINE, SCOFIELD, LUMSDON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/22/2016 at 15:01:40

In Response To: McNamara, Richard (Mrs.) (Karen Haley)

I couldn't get her obituary but this information should help identify her sisters. They appear to be Jane Evelyn Swanson Silvers and Ethel Swanson. Christine Swanson McNamara was born on June 28, 1891 in Des Moines.

Her father, Charles August Swanson's obituary lists her siblings:

C. A. Swanson Dies Here at 90
C. A. Swanson, 90, retired coal company owner and farmer, died Monday at his home, 3001 Grand ave., after a brief illness. He had resided in Des Moines 66 years. A native of Halmstad, Sweden, he came to the city in 1881 and in 1890 entered the coal mining business, operating the Maple Grove, Maple Block and Swanson Coal companies east of Des Moines until 1917, when he retired. Since that time he had managed farms he owned in Iowa and Minnesota. A thirty-second degree Mason, he was a member of Za-Ga-Zig Shrine. Surviving are three daughters, Christine and Ethel, of Des Moines, and Mrs. Edward Silvers, living in Algeria, North Africa; a sister, Mrs. Emma Scholine, San Francisco, Cal.; a brother, S. P. Swanson, El Campo, Tex.; and two grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a. m. Wednesday in Dunn's Funeral home. Burial will be at Woodland cemetery with Home lodge No. 370, A. F. & A. M., in charge of rites at the grave.

Des Moines Register
December 16, 1947

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Christine's wedding announcement five months later:

Miss Swanson Weds Richard McNamara
Miss Christine Swanson, 3001 Grand ave., and Richard McNamara were married at 7 a. m. Saturday at St. Augustin's church. The Rev. Francis J. O'Connell officiated in the presence of the immediate families.

Des Moines Register
May 9, 1948

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1910 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa census enumerates:

C A Swanson, 52, Sweden
Anna Swanson, 39, Iowa
Christina Swanson, 18, Iowa
Ethel Swanson, 15, Iowa
Jennie Swanson, 13, Iowa

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Edward Everett Silvers
Birth Year: abt 1895
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Morristown NJ
Residence Place: American Consular Service, Wash. D. C.
Marriage Age: 29
Marriage Date: 17 December 1924
Marriage Place: Des Moines, Iowa
Father: Enoch Ely Silvers
Mother: Helen Cox Scofield
Spouse: Jane Evelyn Swanson
Birth Year: abt 1895
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Place: Des Moines, Iowa
Residence Place: Des Moines, Iowa
Marriage Age: 29
Father: Charles August Swanson
Mother: Anna Elizabeth Lumsdon

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  Karen Haley -- 3/17/2016 at 16:21:34
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    Sarah Thorson Little -- 3/22/2016 at 15:01:40
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      Karen Haley -- 3/22/2016 at 15:06:08