Mary Ella Bowman

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parents:  Jacob Wilson Bowman and Nackey Ann Manley

this entire page updated 2019

 
Birth:  24 Jan 1878 Burns City, Martin, IN
Death:  03 Apr 1963 Ventura, Ventura, CA
Burial:  Ivy Lawn Cemetery, Ventura, Ventura, CA

Marriage #1

George Henry August Griesel

 23 Sep 1908 Stanley Co, SD (divorced after 1920)

Children
Lee Griesel c. Aug 1910

children of George Henry August Griesel and Mary Ella (Bowman) Griesel

 

Sources
1880 Federal census Brown Twp, Martin, IN - 18 Jun 1880 - age 2 (view census information)
1900 Federal census Harold's  Prairie Twp, White, IL - age 22 (view census information)
1910 Federal census Stanley Co, SD - age 32 (view census information)
1920 Federal census Cass, Guthrie, IA - age 42 (view census information)
1940 Federal census Jacksonville, Duval, FL - age 62 (view census information)
Ancestry.com WWI draft registration cards; 
Find-A-Grave volunteers Steve Schoenwald and Brent Richardson Tombstone and cemetery photos - Masonic Cemetery, Philip, Haakon, South Dakota
Family records Photo belonging to Hal Bowman
Family records Record and photos belonging to Gary Reedy
Family records Record and photos belonging to Sharon DeBolt
Family research Research belonging to Valerie Boman and Debra Branigan

 
Miscellaneous Information

1) Marriage record for Mary and August.

2) Husband of Mary Ella Bowman: George Henry August Griesel - born 19 Sep 1880 Cuyahoga Co, OH; birth record; died 12 Dec 1956 Oldham Co, KY; obituary and death record; buried Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, KY; tombstone photo; WWI and WWII draft registration cards; son of Gottfried Griesel (Mar 1858 Germany-11 Feb 1950 Haakon Co, SD) and Maria Eckhardt (Oct 1854 Germany-09 Jul 1936); Gottfried and Maria buried Masonic Cemetery, Philip, Haakon, SD; tombstone photo;  signature: 

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3) Ella's death record and obituary.

Photos and/or signatures


thanks to Sharon DeBolt for all photos, except as noted

Mary Ella Bowman

unknown date

thanks to Hal Bowman for this photo

 

The Bowman Family 

back row: Willmina (Ina), Mary Ella, 
David Delmer, Sarah Alice, Zola May
front row: Fay, Jacob, Nora, 
Mildred (in front), Nackey, W Alva

c. 1902

 

The Bowman Family 
Jacob and Nackey's 50th Wedding Anniversary

1927

back row, left to right: Margaret (Schwarz) Bowman, Howard Reedy, Wilma Weirauch, Gerald Honsinger, Mildred (Bowman) Honsinger, Clarence Weirauch, Ruth Weirauch, Curtis Reedy Sr 

middle row, left to right: Fay Bowman, Zola (Bowman) Waggoner holding Robert Lee Waggoner, Willmina (Bowman) Reedy, Jacob Bowman holding Robert L Honsinger, Nackey Bowman, Mary Ella (Bowman) Griesel, Sarah Alice (Bowman) Weirauch, Alva Bowman 

front row, left to right: Charles Reedy, Curtis Reedy Jr, Hal Bowman, Virginia Bowman, Wilma Waggoner, Lorraine Waggoner

sisters: Zola, Ina, Mildred, Alice and Ella

c. 1955

sisters: Mary Ella, Sarah Alice, Wilmina "Ina" and Mildred

unknown date
Detroit, Michigan

Mary Ella (Bowman) Griesel

Ivy Lawn Cemetery
Ventura, Ventura, CA

thanks to Gary Reedy for this photo