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Alva Leonard "Alvie" Bowers 1901–1992 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Oct 1901

Birth Location: Clay, Grundy County, Iowa, USA

Death Date: 25 Oct 1992

Death Location: Huxley, Story, Iowa, USA

Father: Luther Bowers

Mother: Luella Boyle

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Alva Leonard "Alvie" Bowers was born in 1901 in Clay, Grundy County, Iowa, USA, the child of Luther Martin Bowers And Luella Boyle. Alva Leonard "Alvie" Bowers passed away in 1992 in Huxley, Story, Iowa, USA.

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Biography

  • Alva Leonard "Alvie" Bowers was born in 1901 in Clay, Grundy County, Iowa, USA, the child of Luther Martin Bowers And Luella Boyle.
  • Alva Leonard "Alvie" Bowers passed away in 1992 in Huxley, Story, Iowa, USA.

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Alva Bowers's Ancestors

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Alva Bowers
1901–1992
Birth Place: Clay, Grundy County, Iowa, USA
Parents
Luther Martin Bowers
1872–1949
West Virginia, USA
Luella Boyle
1884–1965
Brooklyn, Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States of America
Grandparents
James (F) Bowers
1850–1930
Woodstock, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
Julia (Anne "Julianna") Baker
1847–1933
Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
Norman (Parks) Boyle
1858–1909
Iowa, United States of America
Martha (Alice) Heishman
1860–1916
West Virginia
Great-Grandparents
David Bowers
1813–1894
Susannah Barb
1815–1879
Philip Heishman
1838–1916
Mary Richman
1839–1890
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Bowers
1773–1832
Mary Miller
1782–1859
Philip Heishman
1803–1883
Rebecca Bowers
1800–1850

Alva Bowers's Timeline

2 Records

1901
13 Oct 1901
Birth of Alva Leonard "Alvie" Bowers in Clay, Grundy County, Iowa, USA
Clay, Grundy County, Iowa, USA
1992
25 Oct 1992
Age 91
Death of Alva Leonard "Alvie" Bowers in Huxley, Story, Iowa, USA
Huxley, Story, Iowa, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Oct 1901
    Event Place: Clay, Grundy County, Iowa, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Oct 1992
    Event Place: Huxley, Story, Iowa, USA

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