Individual Details

Elsie Minerva DUNCAN

(17 Feb 1910 - 2 Jun 1972)

15 Apr 1910. Tule River Twp., Tulare Co., CA, ED 203 Sh 16A;
M. Ray Duncan, 36, (1873-74) born CA, born CA father born U.S. mother born Illinois; marriage 2 of 2 years; Farmer, owned a mortgaged farm. Can read & write
M. Mattie Duncan, wife, 27 (1882-83), marriage 1 of 2 yr., mother of 1, 1 living, born CA father born IL mother born CA
L. Inez Duncan, daughter, 11 (1888-89), born CA father born CA mother born U.S.
O. Everett Duncan, son, 10 (1899-1900), born CA father born CA mother born U.S.
M. Elsie Duncan, daughter, 1/12 (abt Mar 1909), born CA both parents born CA

1 Jan 1920; Porterville Twp., Tulare Co., CA, ED 212 Sh 4B;
Elsie M.D. Crew, daughter [sic], 9 (1910), born CA father born IL mother born CA. NOTE: This must be Elsie Duncan. With Walter Crew family (probably her grandparents) & on same page as father, Ray Duncan. Elsie was raised by the Crew family.

In a conversation 18 Sep 2008 with Barbara Fridlund, she remembered that Elsie had a son Dan M. Phipps who lived on Lotus Way in Porterville in 1994. He was a member of a marketing group that Barbara was in. Barbara knew nothing of Dan's father or when Elsie was married to him and also didn't know the name of Elsie's Swift husband. She never knew him and thought she must have died before Elsie moved back to Porterville. Elsie was living in Porterville at the time of Everett and Bessie Duncan's 50th wedding anniversary and did attend the party for them. A photo of her with Everett at that party is in my possession.
This is a possibility for that Dan - probably not Elsie's son. I did find him on Lotas in the mid 1990s, as Dan M. Phipps.
California Birth Index, 1905-1995
about Dan McKinley Phipps
Name: Dan McKinley Phipps
Birth Date: 22 Jun 1954
Gender: Male
Mother's Maiden Name: Wheat
Birth County: Tulare

U.S. Public Records Index
about Dan M Phipps
Name: Dan M Phipps
Birth Date: 1954
Street address: 1451 N Lotas Way
City: Porterville
County: Tulare
State: California
Zip Code: 93257
Phone Number: 559
Record Number: 855144735

Gedcom by an unknown person has this:
ID: I222
Name: Frederick Leonard SWIFT
Sex: M
Birth: 4 MAY 1907 in McAlester, Pitts., OK
Death: WFT Est. 1936-1998 in Portland, Mult., OR

Father: George Washington SWIFT b: 11 APR 1849 in Green Co., MO
Mother: Elizabeth Aimie BOWERMAN b: APR 1876 in Arkansas

Marriage 1 Elsie Minerva Duncan CREW b: 17 FEB 1910 in Porterville,Tulare, CA
Married: 1927 in CA
Marriage Ending Status: Divorce
Children
Living SWIFT
Gerald SWIFT b: 28 JAN 1929 in Porterville, Tulare, CA
Elsie Patricia SWIFT b: 15 APR 1930 in Redlands, San Bernardino, CA
Beverly Joyce SWIFT b: 16 APR 1932 in Porterville, Tulare, CA

Events

Birth17 Feb 1910Porterville, Tulare Co., California
Census15 Apr 1910Tule River Twp., Tulare Co., California
Census1 Jan 1920Porterville Twp.,, Tulare Co., California
MarriageBet 1926 and 1927Fred L. SWIFT
Census1 Apr 1930Redlands, San Bernardino Co., CA, ED 50 Sh 12A; Elsie M. Swift, wife, 20 (1909-10), 17 at first marriage, born CA both parents born CA.
Voting RegisterBet 1932 and 1936Mrs. Elsie Swift, housewife, Terra Bella, Tulare Co., CA, Dem. Fred L. Swift also listed in Terra Bella.
Voting RegisterBet 1938 and 1940Mrs. Elsie Swift, housewife, Porterville, Tulare Co., CA, Dem. Fred L. Swift, transport driver, also listed in Porterville.
Voting RegisterBet 1942 and 1944Mrs. Elsie M. Swift, housewife, Rt. 2 Box 273, Porterville, Tulare Co., CA, Dem. Fred listed also next to her.
Death2 Jun 1972Manassas, VA
Burial7 Jun 1972Vandalia Cemetery, Porterville, Tulare Co., CA
Reference No115

Families

SpouseFred L. SWIFT (1906 - )
ChildDouglas Sanford SWIFT (1928 - 2005)
ChildGerald F. SWIFT (1929 - 1946)
ChildLiving
ChildBeverly Joyce SWIFT (1932 - 1944)
FatherRay Myron DUNCAN (1873 - 1929)
MotherMattie Minerva CREW (1886 - 1910)

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