This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boles, Bowles, Bole Classification: Census Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DFC.2ACE/2290 Message Board Post: Reply to: Linne Bowles Gravestock <linne@gravestock.name+++> The BOLES or BOWLE surname is not common in Portage County, WI - here is what was found in a quick line search. Marriages 1973 - 1999 William Steven Baermann Vicginia Marie Bowles Portage 30 Nov 1985 Edward Carden Bowles Julie Anne Cieslewicz Portage 5 Jun 1982 James O Bowles Candia J Wangen Marathon 5 Jul 1980 Vicginia Marie Bowles William Steven Baermann Portage 30 Nov 1985 Julie Anne Cieslewicz Edward Carden Bowles Portage 5 Jun 1982 Candia J Wangen James O Bowles Marathon 5 Jul 1980 1900 US Federal Census Dorothy Boles Steven Point Ward 5, Portage, Wisconsin abt 1875 Wisconsin White Wife Lawrence Boles Steven Point Ward 5, Portage, Wisconsin abt 1869 Wisconsin White Head Russell Boles Steven Point Ward 5, Portage, Wisconsin abt 1899 Wisconsin White Son 1910 US Federal Census Mamie Bowles 2-Wd Portage, Columbia, WI abt 1887 Wisconsin White Female 1920 US Federal Census F R Bowles Portage, Houghton, Michigan abt 1871 Wisconsin White Gertrude E Bowles Portage, Houghton, Michigan abt 1874 Wisconsin White SSDI Raymond Bowe 12 Apr 1918 Sep 1975 Amherst, Portage, Wisconsin One world tree had two families which might be of interest - Newton Abraham ETTER (parents William Andrew Etter m Martha Caroline Current) b 7 Jul 1905 Portage, WI, d 5 Mar 1990 m 1 Aug 1925 Edcouch, Hidalgo, TX to Thelma BOWLES Clara Electra Hill (parents Hugh A Hill m Amorette T Spear) b 7 Apr 1868 Portage, WI d 17 May 1952 - m 16 Feb 1892 Chase NE to John Seaton BOWLES +++++ On-line sources to check: Stevens Point Area Obituary Index http://library.uwsp.edu/Obits Cemetery records at: http://library.uwsp.edu/cemetery/ Census records at: http://library.uwsp.edu/census/ Portage County Historical Society http://www.pchswi.org/index.htm Portage County Courthouse: http://www.co.portage.wi.us/ UW-St Point Archives http://library.uwsp.edu/depts/gen/genealog.htm#ARCHIVES Recent obits can be obtained from WI Newpapers On-line - http://www.wisinfo.com/ I am not related to nor have any additional information on these surnames. If there is a question of error in this transcription, please consult the original documents. R/S MAK http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag