James "Jim" Swanda

1867 - 1938

• Born	14 Sep 1867	Lidice (near), Bohemia
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Mar 1938	Yukon, Canadian Co, Oklahoma, USA
  Buried	Yukon, Canadian Co, Oklahoma, USA, -Yukon Cemetery
  Person ID	I1531	Clarkson
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	John Swanda,   b. 1836, Lidice (near), Bohemia ,   d. 1926, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, Oklahoma, USA
  Mother	Antoniette "Nettie" Cihlar,   b. 1839, Lidice (near), Bohemia ,   d. 3 Jan 1916, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, Oklahoma, USA
  Married	Abt 1860
  Family ID	F559	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary Soper,   b. 20 Jan 1875, Kocin Kralovice, Bohemia ,   d. 12 Apr 1961, Yukon, Canadian Co, Oklahoma, USA
  Married	18 Jun 1898	Garber, Garfield Co, Oklahoma Territory, USA
  Children	1. Mary Swanda,   b. 29 Aug 1899, Yukon, Canadian Co, Oklahoma, USA ,   d. 26 Jul 1982, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, Oklahoma, USA   2. Allie Swanda,   b. 29 Jan 1901, Yukon, Canadian Co, Oklahoma, USA ,   d. 3 Aug 1993, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, Oklahoma, USA   3. Tohpal James "Tope" Swanda,   b. 24 Feb 1904, Yukon, Canadian Co, Oklahoma, USA ,   d. 28 Jul 1973, Yukon, Canadian Co, Oklahoma, USA   4. Agnes Gertrude Swanda,   b. 17 Jan 1910, Yukon, Canadian Co, Oklahoma, USA ,   d. 16 Oct 1983, Yukon, Canadian Co, Oklahoma, USA
  Family ID	F558	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Swanda - Soper James Swanda and Mary Soper; wedding photo 1898; from the Swanda Family History Collection of Aline Svejkovsky Garrett.
  		Swanda Children Allie, Tope and Mary; children of Jim Swanda and Mary Soper Swanda; from the Swanda Family History Collection of Aline Svejkovsky Garrett.
  		Czech Hall of Yukon Oklahoma Czech Hall of Yukon Oklahoma; from the Swanda Family History Collection of Aline Svejkovsky Garrett.

  
  

  Histories		Swanda, James Jim Swanda married Mary Soper and they moved to Yukon, Oklahoma. Joe and Jim went into the saloon business. Remember that their father John had had an Inn in the old country.
  		Swanda, James Another 89er and pioneer of this community answered the death summons, Saturday, when James Swanda, 70, passed to the Great Beyond . .

  
  

• Notes

  Marriages of Garfield county Oklahoma James Svanda, age 31, married Miss Mary Soper, age 21, 18 June 1898. 1910 Census of Canadian county Oklahoma; Yukon ts James Svanda; 45, Aust Bohemia; married 12 years; immigrated 1880; naturalized; language Bohemian; farmer Mary Svanda; 32, Aust Bohemia; 4 of 4 children living; immigrated 1893; language Bohemian Mary Svanda; 10, Oklahoma; language English Ella Svanda; 8, Oklahoma Bohumel Svanda (m); 6, Oklahoma Goldie Svanda; 2.12, Oklahoma Frank Selement; 21, Kansas; student at A & M College 1920 Census of Canadian county Oklahoma James Svanda; 52, Czek Slovek Mary Svanda; 43, Czechoslovakia Mary Svanda; 20, Oklahoma Allie Svanda; 18, Oklahoma Jeophal Svanda; 16, Oklahoma Agnes Svanda; 9, Oklahoma 1930 Census of Canadian county Oklahoma, Yukon James Swanda; 63, Czechoslovakia Mary Swanda; 53, Czechoslovakia Tophal J Swanda; 27, Oklahoma Joseph Charles Swanda; born 6 December 1863; died 19 November 1934; Yukon Cemetery, Yukon, Canadian county Oklahoma; block 16 Antonette Spicanova Swanda; born May 1865; died 1925; Yukon Cemetery, Yukon, Canadian county Oklahoma; block 16 James "Jim" Swanda; born 14 September 1867; died 6 March 1938; Yukon Cemetery, Yukon, Canadian county Oklahoma. Mary Soper Swanda; born 20 January 1875; died 12 April 1961; Yukon Cemetery, Yukon, Canadian county Oklahoma. Mary Swanda Selement; born 29 August 1899; died 6 July 1982; Yukon Cemetery, Yukon, Canadian county Oklahoma. [source] FindAGrave, internet; submitted by Thomas Carlile, 2009. Notes for James Swanda; compiled by Pamela Hutchison Garrett, 2013; for Family Stories at pamgarrett.com.