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Effie Melissa Bowman 1872–1951 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 July 1872

Birth Location: Ohio, USA

Death Date: 4 February 1951

Death Location: Fostoria, Seneca, Ohio, USA

Father: Oliver Bowman

Mother: Rhetta Bear

Spouse(s): Louis Orth

Children(s): Lydia Orth, Nellie Orth, Florence Orth

Effie Melissa Bowman was born in 1872 in Ohio, USA, the child of Oliver Franklin Bowman And Rhetta Foster Bear. Effie Melissa Bowman married Louis Marion Lewis Orth, and had children including Florence Ionie Orth, Lydia May Orth, Nellie Leone Orth. Effie Melissa Bowman passed away in 1951 in Fostoria, Seneca, Ohio, USA.

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Biography

  • Effie Melissa Bowman was born in 1872 in Ohio, USA, the child of Oliver Franklin Bowman And Rhetta Foster Bear.
  • Effie Melissa Bowman married Louis Marion Lewis Orth, and had children including Florence Ionie Orth, Lydia May Orth, Nellie Leone Orth.
  • Effie Melissa Bowman passed away in 1951 in Fostoria, Seneca, Ohio, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Oliver Bowman
1849–1885
Birth Location: Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio, USA
OB
Rhetta Bear
1853–1906
Birth Location: Ohio, USA
RB

Spouses(s)

Louis Orth
1868–1941
Birth Location: Arcadia, Hancock, Ohio, USA
LO

Children(s)

Lydia Orth
1891–1976
Birth Location: Hancock County, Ohio, USA
LO
Nellie Orth
1893–1911
Birth Location: Arcadia, Hancock, Ohio, USA
NO
Florence Orth
1895–1961
Birth Location: Arcadia, Hancock, Ohio, USA
FO

Effie Bowman's Ancestors

Self
Effie Bowman
1872–1951
Birth Place: Ohio, USA
Parents
Oliver Franklin Bowman
1849–1885
Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio, USA
Rhetta (Foster) Bear
1853–1906
Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Effie Bowman's Descendants

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Effie (Melissa) Bowman (26 July 1872–4 February 1951) m. Louis (Marion "Lewis") Orth (10 June 1868–16 April 1941)
  1. 1. Lydia (May) Orth 1891–1976 m. Thomas (Hughes) Crawford 1883–1960
    1. 1. Helen (Leone) Crawford 1913–2010 m. Ralph (Dean) Good 1912–1995
    2. 2. Marion (L) Crawford 1915–2013 m. Frances (Evelyn) Skonecki 1917–1989
      1. 1. Kevin (Louis) Crawford 1951–1999
      2. 2. Gary (Lynn) Crawford 1943–2012
    3. 3. Gene (Melvin) Crawford 1917–2012 m. Doris (Ellen) Turner 1920–1989 m. Martha (Jean) Good 1918–1994
    4. 4. Wayne (Royce) Crawford 1920–1922
  2. 2. Nellie (Leone) Orth 1893–1911
  3. 3. Florence (Ionie) Orth 1895–1961 m. Virgil (Forest) Hamm 1899–1963 m. Gerald (Riley Van) Laudingham 1884–1977
    1. 1. Phyllis (N Van) Laudingham 1921–2004 m. Joseph (Hartley) Strong 1916–2003 m. Braudice (Byron LeMay) Jr 1921–2005

Effie Bowman's Timeline

2 Records

1872
26 July 1872
Birth of Effie Melissa Bowman in Ohio, USA
Ohio, USA
1951
4 February 1951
Age 79
Death of Effie Melissa Bowman in Fostoria, Seneca, Ohio, USA
Fostoria, Seneca, Ohio, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 July 1872
    Event Place: Ohio, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 February 1951
    Event Place: Fostoria, Seneca, Ohio, USA
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