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Personal data Winfield Scott Showers 


Household of Winfield Scott Showers

He is married to Ida Mary Alwood.

They got married on November 9, 1901 at DeKalb Co., IN, he was 21 years old.

Scott W. Showers oo Ida Mary Alwood

Marriage source: Strong, Faye E., Alwood/Rosenberry descendant chart, (Wabash IN, F.E.S., 20Mar1992) for fact of marriage.

Hanna, Jacquelyn, Alwood Web Site, (Portage MI, J.H., 13Oct1999) for dom = 9Nov1901 & name = Scott Flowers.

Index to Marriage Record Dekalb Co., IN 1882-1920 Inclusive, (De Kalb Co., IN, Indiana Works Projects Admin. 1940)

'Allwood Ida May Scott W Showers 1880 W Nov 9 1901 17 13' <>

Child(ren):

  1. Eula M. Showers  1902-1935
  2. Wayne Showers  1904-1919


Notes about Winfield Scott Showers

Winfield Scott Showers

Source: Author: Strong, Faye E., Title: Alwood/Rosenberry descendant chart, (Publication location: Wabash IN, Publisher: F.E.S., Publication date: xx Mar MCMXCII)

Title: Index to Marriage Record Dekalb Co., IN 1882-1920 Inclusive, (De Kalb Co., IN, Indiana Works Projects Admin. MCMXL), Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

"Allwood Ida May Scott W Showers 1880 W Nov 9 1901 17 13"

[Pg. 126]

"Showers Scott W Ida May Allwood 1879 [Scott's yob] W Nov 9 1901 17 [book] 13 [page]"

Author: Hanna, Jackie, Title: "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants," (Egatrop, MI, Publisher: Worldconnect.rootsweb.com, Publication date: xii Oct MMII), Repository: The Cloud

"... Scott SHOWERS Sex: M Change Date: 12 OCT 2002 Birth: ABT 1879 in Auburn, De Kalb Co, Indiana

Census: 1920 Auburn, De Kalb Co, Indiana

Burial: Roselawn Cem, Auburn, De Kalb Co, Indiana

Father: John Wesley SHOWERS b: ABT 1857 in Indiana
Mother: Tina COLORS b: ABT 1855 in Ohio

Marriage 1 Ida Mary ALWOOD b: NOV 1879 in Indiana Married: 09 NOV 1901 in De Kalb Co, Indiana"

Author: Hanna, Jackie, Title: "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants," (Egatrop, MI, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.com, Publication date: ix Oct MMIV), Repository: The Cloud

"... Winfield Scott SHOWERS Sex: M Change Date: 09 OCT 2004 Birth: 05 SEP 1880 in Auburn, De Kalb Co, Indiana

Occupation: painter in auto factory

Census: 1920 Auburn, De Kalb Co, Indiana

Burial: Roselawn Cem, Auburn, De Kalb Co, Indiana

Father: John Wesley SHOWERS b: ABT 1857 in Indiana
Mother: Christina COLORS b: ABT 1855 in Ohio

Marriage 1 Ida Mary ALWOOD b: NOV 1879 in Indiana Married: 09 NOV 1901 in De Kalb Co, Indiana

Children

1. Eula SHOWERS b: EITHER 23 DEC 1902 OR 28 DEC 1902 in De Kalb Co, Indiana
2. Living SHOWERS
3. DeVoy SHOWERS b: 20 MAR 1905 in De Kalb Co, Indiana
4. Elizabeth Aileen SHOWERS b: 25 APR 1909 in De Kalb Co, Indiana
5. Living SHOWERS
6. Living SHOWERS"

Author: NN (anonymous, identified as MFC), Title: "Winfield Scott Showers ," (Publication location: Auburn, IN, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: x July MMXIV), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132607657/winfield-scott-showers

"Photo [of his stone] added by MFC

Winfield Scott Showers Birth 5 Sep 1880 Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana, USA Death 12 Jun 1962 (aged 81) Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA Burial Roselawn Cemetery Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana, USA Plot Block 7 Memorial ID 132607657

Married Ida Mary Alwood 9 Nov 1901 In Dekalb Co IN.

Apparently went by the name Scott and various records flip flop first & middle names.

YOB varies in documents 1878-1881. WWI draft registration notes 1880, and obituary states he was 81 at time of death (June) which is prior to his 1962 birthday in Sept.

Family Members
Spouse

Ida May Alwood Showers 1879-1955 (m. 1901)

Children

Eula M. Showers 1902-1935
Wayne Showers 1904-1919
Devoy Baxter Showers 1906-1926
Aileen Elizabeth Showers 1909-1925
Margurite LaVonne Showers Engle 1911-1932
Twyla Naomi Showers Sebring 1915-2000

Gravesite Details FHM with dates missing.

Created by: MFC Added: 10 Jul 2014 Find A Grave Memorial 132607657"
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Birthday September 5, 1880

  • The temperature on September 5, 1880 was about 23.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
    • May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
    • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
    • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
    • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.

Day of marriage November 9, 1901

  • The temperature on November 9, 1901 was between 7.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
    • August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
    • September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
    • November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
    • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
    • December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

Day of death June 12, 1962

  • The temperature on June 12, 1962 was between 4.8 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • June 2 » During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
    • July 9 » Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear test at orbital altitudes.
    • July 23 » Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
    • August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
    • September 25 » The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
    • October 22 » Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.


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