Ernest Swain (abt. 1893 - 1950)

Born about 26 Mar 1893 in Brunswick, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 15 Dec 1950 at about age 57 in Southport, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Ernest served in WWI.^[1]

Ernest's death record names his parents as J. W. Swain and Alice Smith; it says he never married.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2H2-JZGH : 11 March 2018), Ernest Swain; citing 27 May 1918, Southport, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States, The North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh; FamilySearch digital folder 004320810.
2. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP41-XMP : 10 February 2018), Earnest Swain, 15 Dec 1950; citing Southport, Brunswick, North Carolina, 31119, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,926,818.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSTP-X8T : 25 February 2022), Earnest Swain in entry for Windfield Swain, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML3H-JXW : accessed 27 March 2022), Earnest Swain in household of Winfield Swain, Smithville, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 8A, family 138, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1098; FHL microfilm 1,375,111.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW9D-9PF : 9 January 2021), Ernest Swain in household of John P Swain, Smithville Township, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-8, sheet 2B, line 80, family 35, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2876.
• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WWGQ-332M : 26 October 2019), Ernest Swain, 7 Dec 1918; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35971519/ernest-swain : accessed 26 March 2022), memorial page for Ernest Swain (26 Mar 1893–15 Dec 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35971519, citing Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Bolivia, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by John Evans (contributor 47071981) .