Alvin Loyd Swaim (1913 - 1993)

Born 6 Sep 1913 in Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lula Marie (Brown) Swaim — married 24 Nov 1934 in Childress, Texas

Descendants

Died 31 Aug 1993 at age 79 in Hemet, Riverside County, California

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Biography

Alvin was born in 1913. ^[1]

On July 16, 1934, Alvin was in a car accident with his childhood friend Ira Brown Jr. Ira died in the accident. Alvin was injured/burned. Less than 3 months later, Ira's sister Pauline also died in a car accident. Later that same year Alvin married Ira and Pauline's sister Marie Brown.

Alvin married Marie Brown on November 24, 1934. On their wedding night they "hid" out and spent the night at Alvin's sister Edna's home. Alvin's friends were hoping to find him in the middle of the night and make him push his new bride around town in a wheelbarrow!^[2]

Alvin worked the Pacific Fruit Express Railroad when living in California and Arizona. Pacific Fruit Express (reporting mark PFE) was an American railroad refrigerator car leasing company that at one point was the largest refrigerator car operator in the world.^[3]

Alvin passed away in 1993.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6G1-X5P : 8 December 2014), Alvin Loyd Swain, 16 Sep 1913; citing Tolar, Hood, Texas, reference vol 2 p 29; FHL microfilm 1,034,524.
2. ↑ Marie Swaim Video Interview taken by her grandaughter Paula Stanfill
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Fruit_Express
4. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPS6-L86 : 26 November 2014), Alvin Loyd Swaim, 31 Aug 1993; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPS6-L86 : 26 November 2014), Alvin Loyd Swaim, 31 Aug 1993; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6G1-X5P : 8 December 2014), Alvin Loyd Swain, 16 Sep 1913; citing Tolar, Hood, Texas, reference vol 2 p 29; FHL microfilm 1,034,524

• "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLMB-BZZ : 4 December 2014), Swain, 06 Sep 1913; citing Tabor, Hood, Texas, United States, certificate 30407, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,143,307.