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George Elms Swett

Birth
Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Death
14 Dec 1960 (aged 71)
Menlo Park, San Mateo County, California, USA
Burial
Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA Add to Map
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George Elms Swett was born on May 18, 1889, in Brewer, Maine. He was the son of Francis Sylvester and Annnie M. Elms Swett.

He had the following siblings: Edner F. Swett; Sadie M. Swett; and Dorothy L. Swett.

On August 1, 1919, George Elms Swett and Nellie Emily Bruns were married at the bride's home in Seattle, Washington, with Thomas A. Hilton, Archdeacon of Olympia, officiating. Witnesses included Louis H. Bruns and Herbert E. Foster.

They had the following children: James E. Swett; George E. Swett; and Margaret L. Swett.

In the 1920 Federal census, the couple had resided in Seattle, Washington, but from the 1930 – 1940 Federal censuses, the family was living in San Mateo, California. In the 1950 Federal census, the family was living in Hillsborough, California. George Swett was working as an electrical engineer; assistant manager; then finally manager in the boating/marine industry.

George Elms Swett died on December 14, 1960, in San Mateo County, California.

The Peninsula Times Tribune (Palo Alto, California) 17 December 1960, Saturday, page 2

SWETT – In Menlo Park, California, Wednesday, December 14, 1960, George E. Swett, husband of Nell Swett of Menlo Park; father of Lt. Colonel James E. Swett of U.S.M.C.R.; George E. Swett, Jr. of Mountain View, and Mrs. Charles E. Hitchcock of Menlo Park; grandfather of six; brother of Mrs. Dorothy Pratt of Bangor, Maine; Mrs. Fred Hurd of Providence, Rhode Island; a native of Brewer, Maine, aged 71 years. Friends are invited to attend the funeral services at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 19, 1960, at Woodlawn Cemetery Chapel, Colma, California. Internment, Woodlawn. Roller & Hapgood, 980 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, in charge of arrangements.
George Elms Swett was born on May 18, 1889, in Brewer, Maine. He was the son of Francis Sylvester and Annnie M. Elms Swett.

He had the following siblings: Edner F. Swett; Sadie M. Swett; and Dorothy L. Swett.

On August 1, 1919, George Elms Swett and Nellie Emily Bruns were married at the bride's home in Seattle, Washington, with Thomas A. Hilton, Archdeacon of Olympia, officiating. Witnesses included Louis H. Bruns and Herbert E. Foster.

They had the following children: James E. Swett; George E. Swett; and Margaret L. Swett.

In the 1920 Federal census, the couple had resided in Seattle, Washington, but from the 1930 – 1940 Federal censuses, the family was living in San Mateo, California. In the 1950 Federal census, the family was living in Hillsborough, California. George Swett was working as an electrical engineer; assistant manager; then finally manager in the boating/marine industry.

George Elms Swett died on December 14, 1960, in San Mateo County, California.

The Peninsula Times Tribune (Palo Alto, California) 17 December 1960, Saturday, page 2

SWETT – In Menlo Park, California, Wednesday, December 14, 1960, George E. Swett, husband of Nell Swett of Menlo Park; father of Lt. Colonel James E. Swett of U.S.M.C.R.; George E. Swett, Jr. of Mountain View, and Mrs. Charles E. Hitchcock of Menlo Park; grandfather of six; brother of Mrs. Dorothy Pratt of Bangor, Maine; Mrs. Fred Hurd of Providence, Rhode Island; a native of Brewer, Maine, aged 71 years. Friends are invited to attend the funeral services at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 19, 1960, at Woodlawn Cemetery Chapel, Colma, California. Internment, Woodlawn. Roller & Hapgood, 980 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, in charge of arrangements.


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