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Beatrice Evelyn Porter 1917 – 2009 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Jan 1917

Birth Location: Michigan

Death Date: 14 Oct 2009

Death Location: Oceana County, Michigan

Father: James Porter

Mother: Alvena Zernow

Spouse(s): Calvin Gowell

Children(s): Jay Gowell

1917 marked the beginning of Beatrice Evelyn Porter's life in Michigan, to parents James Henry Porter and Alvena Minnie Zernow. Eventually, Beatrice Evelyn Porter married Calvin Gowell, and they welcomed Jay Calvin Gowell. Beatrice Evelyn Porter passed in 2009 at Oceana County, Michigan.

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Parents

James Porter
1877 – 1957
Birth Location: Michigan
JP
Alvena Zernow
1881 – 1952
Birth Location: Michigan
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Spouses(s)

Calvin Gowell
1917 –
Birth Location: Hart, Oceana, Michigan
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Children(s)

Jay Gowell
1947 –
Birth Location: Michigan
JG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 28 Jan 1917
    Event Place: Michigan
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1940; Census Place: Benona, Oceana, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01805; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 64-1, Year: 1920; Census Place: Benona, Oceana, Michigan; Roll: T625_786; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 186, Year: 1930; Census Place: Benona, Oceana, Michigan; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 2340755, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 188; Film Title: 64 Oceana 1100-65 Ogemaw 1399; Film Description: Oceana (1937)-Ogemaw (1946), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Shelby, Ocea

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Benona, Oceana, Michigan
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Benona, Oceana, Michigan; Roll: T625_786; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 186

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Benona, Oceana, Michigan
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Benona, Oceana, Michigan; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 2340755

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Benona, Oceana, Michigan
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Benona, Oceana, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01805; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 64-1

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Benona, Oceana, Michigan
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Benona, Oceana, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01805; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 64-1

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Shelby, Oceana, Michigan
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Shelby, Ocea

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Shelby, Michigan
    Record Source: Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 188; Film Title: 64 Oceana 1100-65 Ogemaw 1399; Film Description: Oceana (1937)-Ogemaw (1946)

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 14 Oct 2009
    Event Place: Oceana County, Michigan
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Shelby, Oceana, Michigan
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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