Wade Albert Swanson, b: 1869

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


			^{Edward J. Swanson}^{b.1822 d.1852 Enroute to California}

		^{Julius Augustus Swanson}^{b.1840 La Salle Co., Illinois d.}	^{Chloe Ann Smith}^{b.1822 Ohio d.1908 Tulare Co., Ca.}

	^{Wade Albert Swanson}^{b.1869 CA d.1950 Kern Co, CA}

^{Jessie Swanson}^{b.1896 CA d.}		^{Lucinda Horton}^{b.1848 wagon train, MO d.1931 Santa Paula, CA}

^{Walter Augustus Swanson}^{b.1903 CA d.}

^{Sidney Swanson}^{b.1905 CA d.}

	^{Ida May Barnes}^{b.1877 CA d.1945 Kern Co, CA}