This is terrific. Thank you so much. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Hartley" <hartley@iglou.com> To: <bowles@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 2:18 PM Subject: Re: [BOWLES] James B. Bowles, Blair County PA > Additiional information... > > 1910 Federal Census: Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona Ward 8, page 180A > household 56/60 > Bowles, James - head, M W 71, md 33 yrs, born PA, father born PA, mother > born PA, school teacher > Bowles, Mary - wife, F W 65, 5 children/4 living, born MD, parents born MD > Bowles, Kyle H. - son, M W 31, single, born PA, machine shop laborer > Bowles, Bessie - daughter, F W 25, single, born PA > Bowles, Chester W. - son, M W 23, single, born PA, music dealer salesman > > WWI Registration Card > Chester Wilson Bowles, b. 26 Feb 1886; married to Pearl Beatrice Bowles. > Kyle Haggerty Bowles, b. 30 Jun 1889; (married to Hope M. Fuller per 1930 > Baltimore census) > > Chester Wilson Bowles, 1948 (Juniata), son of Prof. James and Mary Beeler > Bowles, husband of Pearl Comstock. > from http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/BOWLES/2004-03/1080635892 > > Chester, Pearl, and their son Chester Jr. (still born in 1914) are all > buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Blair County. Chester Sr. died on 17 > Mar > 1948; Pearl died in Dec 1976. > >>From the "Find A Grave" online index: > > Fairview Cemetery in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania: > > Pvt James Bell Bowles: S/O Robert & Jane (Ross) Bowles. Pvt., Co. A, 125th > Regt., Pa.Vol.Inf., Civil War veteran. Ret. school teacher. Lafferty & > Tobias Funeral Home, Altoona, Pa. > Birth: Oct. 13, 1835, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA > Death: Nov. 4, 1915, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA > > Jane Ross Bowles > Birth: Jan. 22, 1800, Pennsylvania, USA > Death: Jul. 23, 1871, Pennsylvania, USA > Robert Bowles, spouse. > > Pvt Crawford Black Bowles: S/O Robert & Jane (Ross) Bowles. Pvt., Co. H, > 92nd Illinois Vol. Inf., Civil War veteran. Ret. merchant. Lafferty & > Tobias > Funeral Home, Altoona, Pa. > Birth: Jan. 13, 1838, Pennsylvania, USA > Death: Sep. 15, 1918, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA > > Jennie E. Bowles > Birth: 1839 > Death: Jul. 12, 1872, Pennsylvania, USA > Crawford B. Bowles, spouse. > > Dr Crawford M. Bowles > Birth: 1878, Pennsylvania, USA > Death: Apr., 1962, USA > Elsie May (Bible) Bowles, spouse. > > Elsie May Bible Bowles > Birth: 1886 > Death: Jul., 1946, USA > Dr. Crawford M. Bowles, spouse. > > James Ross Bowles > Birth: 1876, Pennsylvania, USA > Death: Jan., 1885, Pennsylvania, USA > > Margaret E. "Maggie" Bowles > Birth: 1827 > Death: Nov. 12, 1895, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOWLES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

WARNING... Speculation follows. Looking back at that 1850 census record... 1850 Federal Census: Pennsylvania, Fulton County, Wells Township, page 96A household 61/63 Robert Bowles - 53 M, farmer, born PA Jane Bowles - 50 F, born PA Margaret Bowles - 22 F, born PA Robert Bowles - 21 M, laborer, born PA Ross Bowles - 19 M, laborer, born PA Catharine Bowles - 17 F, born PA Bella Bowles - 16 F, born PA Crawford Bowles - 10 M, born PA We know that some of the ages are wrong. According to his death record, Crawford Bowles was born 13 Jan 1838 which would have made him just a bit past his 12th birthday at the time of the census. Catharine is identified in at least one place as having been born in 1834. And then in the 1860 census she gave her age as 23 which would have her born about 1837. In 1880 she was 44 (born about 1836). In 1880, Margaret (Maggie) said she was 45 which would have her born about 1835; but her cemetery record says she was born in 1827. Now the reason I'm pointing all this out is that I've on occasion seen census records where boys have been identifed as females in an early record, only to be properly identifed as male later on. What has me wondering is who Bella Bowles is in 1850. Could it be that James B. Bowles, who is identified on his cemetery record as James Bell Bowles, was misidentifed in 1850? Could he be Bella? The age is wrong, but as I've pointed out, this family seemed to have trouble getting ages right. Again, you've been warned, this is pure speculation. Perhaps someone can check Blair County PA marriage records to see if "Bella" Bowles married someone.