A death certificate was obtained for John Bowles who died in Chicago in 1928, and it turned out not to be the one we were seeking. We put the image on a web page at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gensoup/johnbowles_chicago.htmlif you care to look. A transcription of the certificate is below. 1. Place of Death: Cook County, Chicago 2. Full Name: John Bowles, 3103 Congress St., 29th Ward; length of residence in city or town where death occurred: 27 years; how long in U.S.: 27 years 3. Sex: male 4. Color or Race: white 5. Martial Status: married 5a. Husband of: Margaret 6. Date of Birth: July 8, 1879 7. Age in Years: 49 8. Occupation: maintenance man, railroad, Chicago Rapid Transit 9. Birthplace: Tippenary, Ireland 10. Name of Father: James Bowles 11. Birthplace of Father: Tippenary, Ireland 12. Maiden Name of Mother: Ellen McCornick 13. Birthplace of Mother: Tippenary, Ireland 14. Informant: Mrs. Margaret Bowles, 3103 Congress Street 15. Filed: 1928 Jul 10, 12:06 P.M. 16. Date of Death: July 8, 1928 17. Cause of Death: Generalized Arterio Sclerosis 18. Doctor's Name: Harvey T. Little 19. Place of Burial: Mt. Carmel, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois 20. Undertaker: D. J. Martin, Martin Bros, 3150 Harrison St. 21. Date of Funeral: July 11, 1928 Certificate Registered No. 21362.

Hi Folks It's unfortunate that you found the wrong John Bowles as I could have told you a bit about him if he had been the right one. The one you found was indeed born in Tipperary (recorded as Tippenary in the posting), at New Inn, Tipperary in fact just northwest of Cahir. His father was James Bowles and his mother was Ellen McCormack (McCornack in the posting) or Ellen Cormac in the Irish references. James and Ellen were married April 24, 1879 at Garranlea near New Inn. James and his father George (his mother was Margaret Ahearn) were coachmen for the Cooney family of Garranlea. There are descendants of that line still living in Tipperary who have told me that James and Ellen's son Jack (John) left for Chicago but they didn't know anything about him after that. This family is on my web site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowlesfamily/the_bowles_of _new_inn.htm So your miss was a hit for someone else who is going to be quite pleased by this discovery. Indirectly good news anyway. Thanks Tom -----Original Message----- From: bowles-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bowles-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Charles Hartley Sent: 26 October 2009 15:24 To: bowles@rootsweb.com Subject: [BOWLES] John Bowles - Died in Chicago in 1928 A death certificate was obtained for John Bowles who died in Chicago in 1928, and it turned out not to be the one we were seeking. We put the image on a web page at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gensoup/johnbowles_chicago .htmlif you care to look. A transcription of the certificate is below. 1. Place of Death: Cook County, Chicago 2. Full Name: John Bowles, 3103 Congress St., 29th Ward; length of residence in city or town where death occurred: 27 years; how long in U.S.: 27 years 3. Sex: male 4. Color or Race: white 5. Martial Status: married 5a. Husband of: Margaret 6. Date of Birth: July 8, 1879 7. Age in Years: 49 8. Occupation: maintenance man, railroad, Chicago Rapid Transit 9. Birthplace: Tippenary, Ireland 10. Name of Father: James Bowles 11. Birthplace of Father: Tippenary, Ireland 12. Maiden Name of Mother: Ellen McCornick 13. Birthplace of Mother: Tippenary, Ireland 14. Informant: Mrs. Margaret Bowles, 3103 Congress Street 15. Filed: 1928 Jul 10, 12:06 P.M. 16. Date of Death: July 8, 1928 17. Cause of Death: Generalized Arterio Sclerosis 18. Doctor's Name: Harvey T. Little 19. Place of Burial: Mt. Carmel, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois 20. Undertaker: D. J. Martin, Martin Bros, 3150 Harrison St. 21. Date of Funeral: July 11, 1928 Certificate Registered No. 21362. ------------------------------- 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

Hi again I would really appreciate it if you could also post anything that you find on this John Bowles (from Tipperary) in Chicago while you're continuing your search for your correct John Bowles. I would really like to know if this John and Margaret Bowles had children in the US etc. Thanks Tom -----Original Message----- From: bowles-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bowles-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tom LaPorte Sent: 26 October 2009 17:56 To: bowles@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BOWLES] John Bowles - Died in Chicago in 1928 Hi Folks It's unfortunate that you found the wrong John Bowles as I could have told you a bit about him if he had been the right one. The one you found was indeed born in Tipperary (recorded as Tippenary in the posting), at New Inn, Tipperary in fact just northwest of Cahir. His father was James Bowles and his mother was Ellen McCormack (McCornack in the posting) or Ellen Cormac in the Irish references. James and Ellen were married April 24, 1879 at Garranlea near New Inn. James and his father George (his mother was Margaret Ahearn) were coachmen for the Cooney family of Garranlea. There are descendants of that line still living in Tipperary who have told me that James and Ellen's son Jack (John) left for Chicago but they didn't know anything about him after that. This family is on my web site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowlesfamily/the_bowles_of _new_inn.htm So your miss was a hit for someone else who is going to be quite pleased by this discovery. Indirectly good news anyway. Thanks Tom

1910 Federal Census: Illinois, Cook County, Chicago Ward 20, District 884, Page 7, Household 13/46 Bowles, John - head, M W 33, md7yrs, born Ireland, parents born Ireland, car repairer Bowles, Margaret - wife, F W 32, no children, born Ireland, parents born Ireland, no occupation 1920 Federal Census: Illinois, Cook County, Chicago Ward 13, District 791, Page 18, Household 89/183 - 3124 Polk Street Bowles, John - head, M W 43 Md, entered U.S. in 1898, born in Ireland, parents born in Ireland, laborer Bowles, Margaret - wife, F W 44 Md, entered U.S. in 1897, born in Ireland, parents born in Ireland, seamstress On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Tom LaPorte <tlaporte@mts.net> wrote: > Hi again > > I would really appreciate it if you could also post anything that you find > on this John Bowles (from Tipperary) in Chicago while you're continuing > your > search for your correct John Bowles. I would really like to know if this > John and Margaret Bowles had children in the US etc. > > Thanks > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: bowles-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bowles-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Tom LaPorte > Sent: 26 October 2009 17:56 > To: bowles@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BOWLES] John Bowles - Died in Chicago in 1928 > > Hi Folks > > It's unfortunate that you found the wrong John Bowles as I could have told > you a bit about him if he had been the right one. > > The one you found was indeed born in Tipperary (recorded as Tippenary in > the > posting), at New Inn, Tipperary in fact just northwest of Cahir. His > father > was James Bowles and his mother was Ellen McCormack (McCornack in the > posting) or Ellen Cormac in the Irish references. James and Ellen were > married April 24, 1879 at Garranlea near New Inn. James and his father > George (his mother was Margaret Ahearn) were coachmen for the Cooney family > of Garranlea. There are descendants of that line still living in Tipperary > who have told me that James and Ellen's son Jack (John) left for Chicago > but > they didn't know anything about him after that. > > This family is on my web site at > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowlesfamily/the_bowles_of > _new_inn.htm<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ebowlesfamily/the_bowles_of%0A_new_inn.htm> > > So your miss was a hit for someone else who is going to be quite pleased by > this discovery. > > Indirectly good news anyway. > > Thanks > Tom > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >