Navorska tree » Joseph Homer Bowles (1907-1999)
Personal data Joseph Homer Bowles
- Alternative names: Joseph Homer Ebel, Joseph Homer Ebel né Bowles
- He was born on May 24, 1907 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
- He was christened on June 19, 1910 in Rocky River M. E. Chr., Rocky River, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
- Confirmation of church membership on July 25, 1976 in fortasse, the Luth. Chr.
- Adopted on July 3, 1923, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH.Source 1
- He died on February 25, 1999 in Bucyrus, Crawford Co., OH, he was 91 years old.
- He is buried on March 1, 1999 in St. Paul's Luth. Cem., Liberty Twp., Crawford Co., OH.
- A child of William Edward Bowles and Lela Bell (Belle) Hill
- This information was last updated on June 25, 2023.
Household of Joseph Homer Bowles
He is married to Ruth Lura Sprague.
They got married on July 31, 1938 at Universalist Chr., No. Olmsted, Cuyahoga Co., OH, he was 31 years old.
Joseph Homer Ebel oo Ruth L. Sprague
Marriage source: Ebel, Ruth, Obituary, MCMXCV
Navorska, Rose, day-book started in 1948, (Olmsted Twp., Cuyahoga Co., OH, LRBEN, ca. MCMLX)
Cuyahoga County Probate Ct Marriage Index, (Cleveland OH, CCPCMI, vi Jul MMI) on their web site.
'Bride: SPRAGUE, RUTH L Groom: EBEL, JOE H Vol 181 Page 405'
Guenther, Wm Allan, Talk with David A. Navorska, (Irving TX, WAG, xxvi Sep MMI)
Al said he learnt Uncle Joe & Aunt Ruth were married at the Universalist Chr. in N. Olmsted from Joe & Ruth's 50th wedding anniversary. <>
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Notes about Joseph Homer Bowles
Joseph Homer Bowles Ebel
Sources: Author: Ebel, Joseph H.; Title: Talk to David A. Navorska, (Publication site: Bucyrus OH, Publisher: JHE, Publication date: xvi Oct MCMXCV)
1910 Cleveland OH census, microfilm, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.
Adopted 3 July 1923 by Ernest G. Ebel, 2nd hus. of Lela Bell Hill Bowles Ebel.
Christened at Rocky River Methodist.
Occupation = Furnace installation & repair. School maintenance. Faith ca. 1990 = Lutheran (St. Paul's Lutheran in Bucyrus) Residence 1990 Bucyrus, OH
Military = None
Address Feb 1986: 6199 Parks Rd Bucyrus OH Oct 1995: 417 Charlotte St. Bucyrus OH 44820
Author: Navorska, Margaret; Title: Tel. conversation with David A. Navorska, (Publication site: Vermilion Twp., Ashland Co., OH, Publisher: MCBN, Publication date: xxv Feb MCMXCIX)
Mrs. Navorska provided this information: Uncle Joe died today, 25 Feb 1999. He complained of being ill. Judy took him to the hospital where he expired. The funeral is planned for Monday (1 March).
It may be that Joseph Bowels Ebel was christened twice as a child. His memorial card has date of baptism = 19 Jun 1910. Also, Uncle Joe says all of the children were baptised when Aunt Annie was a baby at a Methodist Chr in Cleveland OH.
Joseph's sister, Lela Rose Bowles' christening certificate for the same date, 19 Jun 1910 + Uncle Joe saying the entire family was baptized at the same time would mean that Joe was baptized at the Rocky River M. E. Chr. in Rocky River,OH. The other 2 living siblings at that time were William & Martha. It is my hypothesis that all 4 children were baptized on the same day. The parents might have been baptized on that date too. The records at the church were destroyedby fire in 1925. I too remember seening a photograph of a larger family with a baby, probably Aunt Annie (b. 1918) being held by a clergyman. If this were a baptismal photograph, possibly all of the children were baptized together circa1919. The older ones might then have been rebaptized.
Author: NN (anonymous), Title: Joseph H. Ebel funeral service bulletin, (Publication site: Sulphur Spgs OH, Publisher: St. Paul Luth. Chr., Publication date: i Mar MCMXCIX)
"St Paul Lutheran Church 4707 Ridgeton Annapolis Rd. Sulphur Springs, Ohio 44881 Pastor Ronald J. Keller Monday, March 1, 1999 Eleven In the Morning Wise Funeral Home Bucyrus, Ohio Joseph H. Ebel Birth Date: May 24, 1907 Baptized: June19, 1910 Confirmed: July 25, 1976 Married: July, 31, 1937 Died: February 25, 1999 ... Committal immediately following in St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery 4707 Ridgeton Rd. Sulphur Springs, Ohio"
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Birthday May 24, 1907
- The temperature on May 24, 1907 was between 10.1 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
- January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
- April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
- July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
- August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
- September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
- December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
Christening day July 25, 1976
- The temperature on July 25, 1976 was between 11.5 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
- January 18 » Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
- April 13 » The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
- May 15 » Aeroflot Flight 1802 crashes in Viktorovka, Chernihiv Raion, killing all 52 people on board.
- June 27 » Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
- September 19 » Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
- October 11 » George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
Day of marriage July 31, 1938
- The temperature on July 31, 1938 was between 11.9 °C and 28.2 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
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- May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
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- July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
- November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.
Day of death February 25, 1999
- The temperature on February 25, 1999 was between -3.1 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
- February 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
- May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
- June 12 » Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- July 1 » The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of the Welsh Secretary are transferred to the National Assembly.
- November 30 » Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.
- December 3 » NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
Day of burial March 1, 1999
- The temperature on March 1, 1999 was between 4.7 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 29.9 mm of rain during 13.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
- March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
- May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
- September 14 » Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
- September 30 » The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
- November 9 » TAESA Flight 725 crashes after takeoff from Uruapan International Airport in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board.
- December 21 » The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.
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