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Oscar Leland Swanson

Birth	:	28 Jan 1918
Death	:	16 Jun 1921
Burial	:	White Hills Cemetery, Bendigo, Greater Bendigo City, Australia
Coordinate	:	-36.7286870, 144.2981860
Plot	:	E 41
Description	:	Died of scarlet fever after a visit by a local doctor for a common cold. The Dr. had been at Walker's ranch nearby Albert and Minnie's home and mistakenly brought the fever to the Swanson house in Kearney County Nebraska. Herbert his older brother also caught scarlet fever and recovered - Oscar didn't. The entire family was quarantined and couldn't attend a public funeral. Other family members buried Oscar for Albert and Minnie in Kearney County. The body was eventually removed and placed near Minnie's parents (Nels and Carrie Wendell) after their passing in the Prairie... Read More	Died of scarlet fever after a visit by a local doctor for a common cold. The Dr. had been at Walker's ranch nearby Albert and Minnie's home and mistakenly brought the fever to the Swanson house in Kearney County Nebraska. Herbert his older brother also caught scarlet fever and recovered - Oscar didn't. The entire family was quarantined and couldn't attend a public funeral. Other family members buried Oscar for Albert and Minnie in Kearney County. The body was eventually removed and placed near Minnie's parents (Nels and Carrie Wendell) after their passing in the Prairie Home Cemetery in Holdrege, NE. Oscar, who was three when he died in 1921, called his other older brother Wendell Swanson "Bob", short for brother. After Oscar died the family referred to Wendell Swanson as "Bob" for rest of his life. Usage of the name Oscar and Robert in the Swanson Family: Herbert Swanson born in 1906 (Oscar's older brother that survived scarlet fever) had one son in 1948 and named him Robert - and was thus called Bob. Prior to that Herbert's father Albert born in 1879 had a brother 10 years younger who was named Oscar born in 1889 and it could be speculated that Albert named his youngest son after his own younger brother Oscar. This brother of Albert's (Oscar Swanson) had a son in 1923 and named him Robert Swanson and was born two years after his cousin Oscar (Albert's son) died of scarlet fever in 1921. This Robert Swanson (cousin of Herbert) later died in 1945 in WWII and is buried in Epinal, France. Herbert Swanson, cousin of the Robert Swanson who died in the WWII frequently wrote letters back and forth to his younger brother Bob during WWII - who eventually survived the war and retired at the rank of lieutenant colonel - but was very likely saddened as was the whole family by the loss of his own younger cousin Robert in 1945. Herbert had three daughters and in 1948 welcomed a son who was named Robert (as noted above). My speculation is Herbert was somewhat sentimental to both his deceased brother Oscar (who didn't survive scarlet fever) and the name he gave to his other younger brother "Bob" Wendell prior to his death - and at the same time had sentimental memories of a younger cousin Robert who sacrificed his life fighting in France in 1945.

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Oscar Leland Swanson's memorial is located at: White Hills Cemetery, Bendigo, Greater Bendigo City, Australia.
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Latitude: -36.7286870
Longitude: 144.2981860

Family Members:

Parent

Albert Swanson

(1879 - 1949)

Minnie E. Wendell Swanson

(1881 - 1964)

Siblings

Annette M. Swanson Wasson

(1904 - 1983)

Herbert Alden Swanson

(1906 - 1999)

JOHN WENDELL “Bob” SWANSON

(1911 - 1991)

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