ADOLPH SWELGIN BORN 1889 DIED 1948

WIFE: MARTHA (KRUGER) BORN 1887 DIED 1943

CHILDREN:


ALFRED   BORN 1916
RICHARD  BORN 1920  DIED 1988
OLGA     BORN 1923  DIED March 13, 1996
HENRY    BORN 1926
ELMER    BORN 1928

ADOLPH SWELGIN WAS BORN IN THE TOWN OF SILESIA, RUSSIA-POLAND. HE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1900 FROM ROTTREDAM, HOLLAND ON THE SHIP S.S. ROORDAM. HIS OCCUPATION UPON ARRIVAL WAS FARM LABORER. HE WORKED AS A LABORER IN THE MINES IN THE U. S. AND HIS SPONSOR TO THE U. S. WAS HIS BROTHER MICHAEL SWELGIN OF NANTICOKE BORO., NANTICOKE LUZERNE COUNTY PENNA.