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Ruth Bowen 1902–1989 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 MAY 1902

Birth Location: Ramona, Kansas

Death Date: 5 MAY 1989

Death Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Father: Eugene Bowen

Mother: Myrtle Hughes

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Mary Smith

Ruth Bowen was born in 1902 in Ramona, Kansas, the child of Eugene Tilden Bowen And Myrtle Emily Hughes. In 1910, Ruth Bowen resided in Winfield, , Michigan. Ruth Bowen married John Lawrence Smith, and had children including Mary Ellen Smith. Ruth Bowen passed away in 1989 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Biography

  • Ruth Bowen was born in 1902 in Ramona, Kansas, the child of Eugene Tilden Bowen And Myrtle Emily Hughes.
  • In 1910, Ruth Bowen resided in Winfield, , Michigan.
  • Ruth Bowen married John Lawrence Smith, and had children including Mary Ellen Smith.
  • Ruth Bowen passed away in 1989 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ruth Bowen's Ancestors

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Ruth Bowen
1902–1989
Birth Place: Ramona, Kansas
Parents
Eugene Tilden Bowen
1876–1911
Lenawee County, Michigan
Myrtle (Emily) Hughes
1878–1959
Champaign, Illinois
Grandparents
William (Edwin) Bowen
1849–1928
Janesville, Wisconsin
Frances (Emily) Oliver
1855–1909
Franklin, MI
Great-Grandparents
John Bowen
1825–1895
Jane Parshall
1828–1897
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Bowen
1780–1862
Cynthia Wood
1783–1864

Ruth Bowen's Descendants

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Ruth Bowen (15 MAY 1902–5 MAY 1989)
  1. 1. Mary (Ellen) Smith 1924–2011 m. Scott (Lansing) Williams 1918–2007

Ruth Bowen's Timeline

3 Records

1902
15 MAY 1902
Birth of Ruth Bowen in Ramona, Kansas
Ramona, Kansas
1910
1910
Age 8
Ruth Bowen resided here in Winfield, , Michigan
Winfield, , Michigan
1989
5 MAY 1989
Age 87
Death of Ruth Bowen in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 MAY 1902
    Event Place: Ramona, Kansas
    Record Source:
    [1] 612.ftw
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 07 June 2018, 02:40), entry for Ruth Bowen(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID 9CXV-BGV
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2019), John L Smith and Ruth Bowen, 1920.
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "United States Census, 1910," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : accessed 5 April 2019), Ruth Bowen in household of Eugene T Bowen, Winfield, Montcalm, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 167, sheet 6B, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 666; FHL microfilm 1,374,679.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Winfield, , Michigan
    Record Source: FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 07 June 2018, 02:40), entry for Ruth Bowen(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID 9CXV-BGV

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 MAY 1989
    Event Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan
    Record Source:
    [1] 612.ftw
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : modified 07 June 2018, 02:40), entry for Ruth Bowen(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID 9CXV-BGV

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