Herman Leo Swanson
1900 - 1971 (71 years)-
Name Herman Leo Swanson [1, 2] Birth 15 Apr 1900 Hammond, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 24 Apr 1971 Brewster, Okanogan County, Washington, USA [1] Burial Chelan, Chelan County, Washington, USA [1] Person ID I49336 Stewartsny Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Father Paul Swanson, b. 2 Aug 1867, Sweden d. 16 Feb 1945, Chelan, Chelan County, Washington, USA (Age 77 years) Relationship natural Mother Isabel "Etta" Yerdon, b. 13 Feb 1880, New York d. 22 Nov 1945, Chelan County, Washington, USA (Age 65 years) Relationship natural Family ID F16333 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Herman L. Swanson, 71, Chelan, died Saturday evening in Brewster hospital.
Mr. Swanson was born at Hammond, N.Y., on April 15, 1900, and came west to Chelan in 1901. He attended school in the Boyd district. In 1923 he moved to Canada where he made his home until the early 1950s, except for a short time when he returned to Chelan in 1942.
In the early 1950s he moved to Alaska and was employed in construction with the Morrison-Knudsen Co. in the Yukon Territory. From 1955 until his retirement in 1963 he was employed as a boiler operator at Point Barrow, Alaska, following his retirement he returned to Chelan, where he has lived since.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Elsie St. Luise, and a brother, Glenn, both of Chelan; a brother Elmer, of Enumclaw; an uncle, Frank B. Yerdon, of Chelan, and many nieces and nephews. His parents and two sisters died previously.
- Herman L. Swanson, 71, Chelan, died Saturday evening in Brewster hospital.
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Sources - [S1021] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;;;).
Record for Herman Leo Swanson
http:search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=89793126&indiv=try - [S1141] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;;;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Boyd, Chelan, Washington; Roll: T625_1921; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 15.
Record for Loretta Swanson
http:search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=71143974&indiv=try
- [S1021] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;;;).