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Person ID: I9721 "Hessevaag-Bakke" | Last Modified: 27 Jul 2023

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Name	Sam Melvin Swenson
Gender	Male
Birth	30 Dec 1894	Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA
Died	20 Sep 1969	Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA [1]

Parents

Family ID: F3172 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Father Augustin Svensson (ID:I9716)
b. 6 Jul 1854, Kullen U Orraryd, Nöbbele, Kronoberg, Sverige
d. 9 Jan 1933 (Age 78 years)

Mother Martine Jørgine Jakobsdatter Bortne (ID:I9280)
b. 13 Feb 1857, 81/4, Bortne, Rugsund, Bremanger, Vestland, Norge
d. 8 Feb 1923, Clinton, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA (Age 65 years)

Siblings 2 brothers and 4 sisters

+	1. Tilda Amelia Swenson b. 30 Nov 1887, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA d. 3 May 1968, Monticello, Wright County, Minnesota, USA (Age 80 years) ▻ Carl-John Oscar Anderson Lauring
	2. Carl Alfred Swenson b. 17 Jan 1889, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA d. 29 May 1964, Roseau, Roseau County, Minnesota, USA (Age 75 years)
+	3. Anna Helen Swenson b. 10 Jan 1891, Almond Township, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA d. 15 Sep 1973, Clinton, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA (Age 82 years) ▻ Martin Andrew Huselid , m. 1912
	4. Marie Sophia Josephine Swenson b. 18 Feb 1893, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA d. 23 Apr 1989, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA (Age 96 years)
+	5. Hilma Elisa Swenson b. 17 May 1897, Clinton, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA d. 21 May 1973, Livingston, Park County, Montana, USA (Age 76 years) ▻ William Newton Moore , m. 31 Jul 1928
+	6. Spencer Oscar Svensson b. 15 Aug 1903, Clinton, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA d. 21 Oct 1967, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA (Age 64 years) ▻ Eleanor Gertrude Walker , m. 30 Jul 1929 ; Mary Passage , m. 1949

Family

Family ID: F3211 -:|:- Group Sheet -:|:- Family Chart -:|:- Last Modified: 27 Jul 2023

Wife Emma Bertina Martinson (ID:I9831)
b. May 1894, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA
d. 3 Jan 1995, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA (Age 100 years)

Marriage 9 Jun 1920 Clinton, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA

Age at Marriage Sam : 25 years - Emma : 26 years. (Were Married 49 years).

Children

+	1. Doris Marjorie Swenson (ID:I9832) b. 16 Apr 1922, Almond Township, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA d. 6 Feb 2015, Ortonville, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA (Age 92 years) ▻ Marvin Frederick Haugen m. 11 Jun 1941
+	2. Living (ID:I9833)
+	3. Roger Emmett Swenson (ID:I9834) b. 1 Apr 1931 d. 7 Nov 2021 (Age 90 years)

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	Birth - 30 Dec 1894 - Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA
	Marriage - 9 Jun 1920 - Clinton, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA
	Died - 20 Sep 1969 - Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA

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Source Citations

[familysearch] Family Search.
"Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4CW-JTQ : 4 December 2014), Jacobson in entry for Sam Melvin Swenson, 20 Sep 1969; from "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Big Stone, Minnesota, record 1753761, certificate number 022387, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.