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Edith Luella Swerdfeger

Born at Canada in 1925 and died at Chapel Hill in 2023.

born 25 Jul 1925 at Canada died 26 Dec 2023 at Chapel Hill, Durham

Also written Edith Luella VanDusen

Edith Luella Swerdfeger married Harold Eslie Van Dusen, and they had a daughter (living).1 According to her family she was born in Canada and died in North Carolina in her late nineties. No record of her life has yet been examined for this study; the dates her family has for her are set out in the Research Notes, to be confirmed from records.

Sources

Source 1

1 Hegnauer/Putt family tree, Ancestry.com, 1925

Family

Father Allen E. Swerdfeger
This page Edith Luella Swerdfeger 1925–2023
Husband Harold Eslie Van Dusen 1924–2006
Child Living VanDusen living Son Ronald Harold Van Dusen 1948–2008 Child Living Van Dusen living
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Research notes

  • Sources: No record is attached to her in the family's Ancestry tree. Everything here is family information from that tree, or from WikiTree, and is unverified.1
  • Family tree (leads): Born 25 Jul 1925 in Canada; died 26 Dec 2023 at Chapel Hill, Durham County, North Carolina; married to Harold Eslie VanDusen.1
  • WikiTree (leads): She has two profiles, which are duplicates. Swerdfeger-8, by another manager, gives Edith Luella (Swerdfeger) Van Dusen, born 25 Jul 1925 at Morewood, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, died 26 Dec 2023. Swerdferger-1, managed in this study, misspells her last name at birth ("Swerdferger") and gives her birth as 25 Jul 1926. Swerdferger-1 should be merged into Swerdfeger-8, which has the right spelling; the sources on Swerdfeger-8 have not been reviewed here.
  • Birth year (conflict): 1925 (family tree; Swerdfeger-8) or 1926 (Swerdferger-1). 1925 is taken as probable, since two trees kept by different people agree and the 1926 profile also has the misspelt surname. Her Ontario birth registration (Stormont County, 1925) will settle it.
  • Living status: She is treated as deceased: two independent trees give the same death date, 26 Dec 2023, and a birth in 1925 falls more than 100 years ago. No death record or obituary has yet been seen. If a record showed her born in 1926 and no death record were found, the study's rule would make her profile private.
  • Next searches: an obituary (Chapel Hill and Durham papers and funeral homes, December 2023 – January 2024), the North Carolina death index, her Ontario birth registration and her marriage registration, and the 1931 Census of Canada (Morewood, Stormont County).

Working notes

  • WikiTree duplicates: Swerdferger-1 (Brent's, LNAB misspelled) and Swerdfeger-8 (another manager, correct spelling) - merge Swerdferger-1 into Swerdfeger-8
  • Old tree 165462681: father Allen E. Swerdfeger (H0371); mother unnamed (Ottawa Citizen marriage index 30 Jun 1947, 62227/278844477)

Sources

  1. 1

    Hegnauer/Putt family tree, Ancestry.com (tree 206849982), person 102705348036, Edith Luella Swerdfeger: born 25 July 1925, Canada; died 26 December 2023, Chapel Hill, Durham County, North Carolina; husband Harold Eslie VanDusen; one daughter [name withheld: living]; no source attached to any fact (as exported June 2026). Family information; not verified.