View Genealogy for Harvey W. Swindle (9/1897-6/7/1965)

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Harvey W. Swindle

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	John Warren Swindle 6/2/1866 - 1/8/1930	Lillian Rose Kegley 3/18/1873 - 4/20/1945

About Harvey W. Swindle

Harvey W. Swindle
9/1897 - 6/7/1965
(Shown at age 23)

Harvey W. Swindle was born on an unknown day in September 1897 in Weeping Water, Cass County, Nebraska and died on June 7, 1965 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. Actual date of death is unknown. He lived to be about 67 years old.

Called Uncle "Hap"

Census	1/1/1900	Weeping Water NE ( Cass County)	2 yrs old
96, 98 - John W. Swindle (age 33 -Jun 1866), Lillian R. Swindle (27 - Mar 1873), Stella Swindle (7 - Aug 1892), John L. Swindle (5- Jun 1894) and Harvey W. Swindle (2 -Sep 1897). John was born in NE, his father in TN and mother in IN. John is a butcher. Lillian was born in VA, as were her parents. John and Lillian have be married 9 years (1891).
Census	4/18/1910	Weeping Water Ward 1, NE (Cass County)	12 yrs old
Click here to see a copy of the original document. # 29 - J. W. Swindle (age 43), Lillian R. Swindle (37), Stella F. Swindle (17), John L. Swindle (15), Harvey W. Swindle (12), Francis L. Swindle (4) and George L. Swindle (2). All were born in NE, ect. Lillian born in VA. J.W. and Lillian were married at age 18, they have 5 children. J. W.is a butcher.
Military	9/12/1918	Weeping Waters NE (Cass County)	21 yrs old
World War I Draft Registration Card - Name: Harvey Warren Swindle County: Cass State: Nebraska Birth Date: 8 Sep 1897 Race: White FHL Roll Number: 1711451
Census	1/1/1920	Weeping Water NE (Cass County)	22 yrs old
#157, #162 - John W. Swindle (age 53) Lillian R. Swindle (46), Harvey W. Swindle (22), Flowell Swindle (13) and G. Lester Swindle (12). John was born in NE, his father in TN and mother in IN. Lillian was born in VA, her father in TN and mother in VA. All children in NE. They own their home, John is a butcher.
Census	1/1/1940	Big Horn MN (Hardin County)	42 yrs old
430, 33 - Harvey W. Swindle (age 41), Lois M. Swindle (36) and John A. Swindle (8). Residence in 1935: Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska. Harvey is a butcher.
Other	1/17/1960	New York NY	62 yrs old
Click here to see a copy of the original document. Letter from Kay to Harvey Swindel.
Death Certificate	6/7/1965	Lincoln NE (Lancaster County)	67 yrs old
Name: Harvey Swindle SSN: 508-10-6735 Last Residence: 68510 Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska Born: Sep 8,1897 Died: Jun 7, 1965 State (Year) SSN issued: Nebraska (Before 1951)

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Age	Date	Event
3	1900	Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
3	1900	The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control.
4	1901	First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
5	1902	The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
6	1903	Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
7	1904	The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
9	1906	Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
9	1906	The triode vacuum tube is invented
9	1906	Electrons are discovered by Thomson
15	1912	The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
16	1913	Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
17	1914	The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
26	1923	Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
26	1923	Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
27	1924	Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
29	1926	Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
30	1927	The first television transmission was announced in England
31	1928	Big bang theory was introduced
39	1936	The first regular television broadcast happens in England
41	1938	Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission
49	1946	The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes
50	1947	Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor
54	1951	The first color television is introduced in the U.S.
55	1952	The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.
60	1957	Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
63	1960	The ruby laser was created by Maiman
65	1962	U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth
68	1965	The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union

Age	Date	Event
11	1908	NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
15	1912	White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
16	1913	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
20	1917	NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism.
22	1919	NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
41	1938	NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.
42	1939	NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States
44	1941	NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers.
53	1950	NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.
58	1955	NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.
63	1960	NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public
66	1963	NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.

Age	Date	Event
9	1906	The first Nebraska automobile license plates are purchased following passage of a law that requires each vehicle to be registered with the Secretary of State. A total of 571 owners register their vehicles.
11	1908	A total of 4,200 automobiles have been registered with the Secretary of State.
21	1918	Cases of the "flu" appeared in Lincoln and Omaha as early as September, and rapidly spread across the state. The disease came on suddenly, with a fever and profuse perspiration. Soon the victim was overcome by weakness. Death often came within 24 hours. As the flu spread, doctors and nurses were in short supply. By October, the Nebraska State Board of Health issued an order closing public meetings, schools, churches, theaters, and all kinds of entertainment. Mail carriers continued on their rounds, but wore white face masks for protection. After three weeks, the schools were reopened. Teachers and pupils were required to wear masks. The epidemic was deadly. In Omaha alone there were 974 deaths between October 5 and December 31. Merchants sustained heavy losses from light Christmas trade. The "Spanish influenza" of 1918 brought sorrow and suffering to almost every Nebraska community.
48	1945	Nebraska becomes known as the "Cornhusker State".

Age	Date	Event
12	1909	The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
13	1910	Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area.
30	1927	Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
32	1929	Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
33	1930	Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
35	1932	Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
36	1933	Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone!
37	1934	Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains.
37	1934	Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
38	1935	Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
42	1939	Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.
46	1943	Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit.
47	1944	On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")
48	1945	President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
57	1954	The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency.
65	1962	The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba.

Age	Date	Event
12	1909	The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
17	1914	World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days.
20	1917	Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
22	1919	The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
23	1920	Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made.
41	1938	Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.
42	1939	Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun.
48	1945	World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

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