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Personal data William Edward Bowles 


Household of William Edward Bowles

He is married to Lela Bell (Belle) Hill.

They got married on June 29, 1905 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH, he was 22 years old.

William Edward Bowles oo Lela Bell Hill

Marriage sources: Marriage registration, (Cleveland OH, 1905)

Divorced.
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Child(ren):

  1. William Edward Bowles  1906-1957 
  2. Joseph Homer Bowles  1907-1999 
  3. Lela Rose Bowles  1908-1989 
  4. Martha Bernice Bowles  1910-1992 
  6. Lincoln B. Bowles  1913-1972 

The couple were divorced from before February 10, 1914 at fortasse, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH.

William Bowles o/o Lela Bell Hill

Divorce source: Navorska, Rose, Sundry talks with David A. Navorska, (Olmsted Twp., Cuyahoga Co., OH, LRBEN., ca. MCMLX) <>


Notes about William Edward Bowles

William Edward Bowles

Sources: Extract by Bureau du registraire général in Ontario of the bc. for Wm Edward Bowles 29 Sept 1882. Pob = Brampton, Fath= Joseph Bowles. Moth = Emma Mary Thornett. Registration # 1882-05-025890

"85-284039-3-03 David Navorska 2304 Spanish Trl Irving, TX U.A.a 75060 Information Extracted for Genealogy Birth Name: Bowles, Wm Edward Date of Birth: September 29, 1882 Place of Birth: Brampton Father Name Bowles Joseph Place of BirthNot Recorded Occupation Labourer Mother Name Thornett, Emma Mary Place of Birth: Not recorded Parents' address: Brampton Registration No: 1882-05-125890 Issued at Toronto November 5, 1985 (Mrs) K.V. Bell Manager, Customer Services"

Occupation = Lather

Military = 23 June 1915 through 31 Jan 1919 Canadian Army, WWI - Served in France 59th Battalion. 6 June 1916 drafted to 20th battallion 2nd Canadian Div in France. Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, and Victory Medal Complexion: Dark Hair: Blue Eyes: brown Height: 5' 9" Chest 36" Chest expansion 2" Regimental # 454,363 RG 150, Accesion 1992-93-166, Box 960-3. The enlistment form gives date of birth = Sept 28 / 15. Instead of the year of birth, the year of enlistment is given.

Faith in 1915: Methodist

DC: Cause of death = Wintergreen poisioning

The front of his feet were amputated because of frost-bite. His feet were frozen when he slept off a drunk in a barn.

Viola Bowles writes, "Brother 5 William Bowles or Dike or Dyke - Born in Brampton Canada - Buried in Sunset Memorial 6265 Columbia Road, North Olmsted" - 29 Nov 1985

Sobrequet Dike due to his talking about going to the Klondike & striking it rich.

Morgan, Judy, for dob = 28 Sep 1882

Author: Bowles, William, Title: Letter to Elizabeth Walsh, (Publication site: Chichester Eng., Publisher: W.B., Publication date: 14 Aug 1918)

"GALLAND Rosières de Picardie August 14th 1918

Graylingwell War Hospital Chichester England Block E Ward 2

Dear sister [Mary Elizabeth Walsh née Bowles], just a line to let you know I am well hope you are the same I received your most welcome letter and the $ ok the war will be over befor leslie [Leslie James Walsh] has to come to france I hope I see frank [possibly Frank Bowles] if he comes over here Ill find him if I can and give him a few pointer I saw one of the boys from Cleveland I am glad Mother [Emma Mary Bowles née Thornett] looks good I may see her once more befor she kickes in tell Dorothy [Dorothy Margaret Walsh] I got her letter OK also Jimes [possibly James Leslie Walsh] I guess Ill have to ring off for now with best of luck to you all give all my regard to all the boys

With love always Brother Will"

A postcard that was not mailed, possibly enclosed in a letter. It has no address:

A photograph of an artillery piece with 9 men dressed alike in what probably are German uniforms

"Captured by 20th Canadians, Somme, Sep. 15th 1916"

Written on the back:

"Dear Sister [Mary Elizabeth Walsh née Bowles] Mrs. James Walsh Hope you have had a Merry X mas and a Happy New From Brother Bill [William Bowles] In a different hand , "Captured by Bills battalion"

William's parents: Joseph & Emma Mary (Thornett) Bowles.

1910 Cleveland OH Federal Census

Burial: DC & Sunset Mem. Pk. records

Sunset Memorial Park in an unmarked grave next to the unmarked grave of his bro. George Bowles & marked grave of b-i-l Otto Lang. Sunset Mem. Pk. spans over three municipalities. William Bowles' grave is in the Olmsted Twp. portion of the cemetery.
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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Edward Bowles

Charles Bowles
1814-1896
Elizabeth Bridgeman
1814-1865
Edward Thornett
± 1815-< 1881
Eliza Davis
1819-1885
Joseph Bowles
1841-1891

William Edward Bowles
1882-1947

1905

Lela Bell (Belle) Hill
1887-1959

William Edward Bowles
1906-1957
Joseph Homer Bowles
1907-1999
Lela Rose Bowles
1908-1989
Martha Bernice Bowles
1910-1992
Alta (Elta) Fern Bowles
1911-1912
Lincoln B. Bowles
1913-1972

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    Birthday September 29, 1882

    • The temperature on September 29, 1882 was about 15.3 °C. There was 14 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 6 » The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
      • May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
      • July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
      • September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
      • September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
      • December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

    Day of marriage June 29, 1905

    • The temperature on June 29, 1905 was between 10.8 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
      • January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
      • September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
      • November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
      • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
      • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
      • December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

    Day of death May 17, 1947

    • The temperature on May 17, 1947 was between 10.0 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
      • March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
      • April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
      • July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
      • August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
      • December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
      • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

    Day of burial May 20, 1947

    • The temperature on May 20, 1947 was between 5.1 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
      • February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
      • February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
      • June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
      • August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
      • November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
      • December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
    

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