Leonard Bowman ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

Sometime between 1900 and 1910, Leonard was sent from his widowed mother to live with his uncle, Willard Grant Bowman. He appears there living with Willard and his wife at the age of 12 and remains there with them for at least another 10 years showing up in the 1920 US Census. It was a perfect fit for Willard and his wife who had no children of their own.

I have not yet found any of Leonard's sibling sisters who would have all been in their teenage years between 1900 and 1910. I'm wondering if the widowed mother, Pearl, may have remarried and some or all of the children were split up amongst relatives.
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  Birth Notes:

Name: Leonard Bowman
Event: Birth
Event Date: 20 Jul 1897
Event Place: Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio
Gender: Male
Father: Jonas Bowman
Mother: Pearl Pierce
Film Number: 423828
Digital Folder Number: 4016757
Image Number: 297

Source Citation
"Ohio, County Births, 1856-1909," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VNQP-SQ7 : accessed 20 Aug 2012), Pearl Pierce in entry for Leonard Bowman, 1897.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Birth Image: 20 July 1897, in Wadsworth, OH.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Wadsworth, OH on 5 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 53, Dwelling 74, Family 81
Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio
House rented
Leonard Bowman..Son..Jul 1897...2..OH
(Living with widowed mother.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Wadsworth, OH on 21 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
District 143, Sheet 12A, Dwelling 291, Family 306, Roll 1205
Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio
Home owned, no mortgage
Leonard Bowman..Nephew..12..OH
(Living at the home of his uncle, Willard Bowman, and his wife.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Wadsworth, OH on 19 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
District 79, Sheet 16A, Dwelling 380, Family 397, Roll 1417
Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio
245 Broad Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Leonard Bowman..Nephew..22..OH..Rubber Worker, Rubber Factory
(Living at the home of his uncle, Williard Bowman, and his wife.)
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