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Moses Sowers
(Abt 1808-)
Susan Bloomer
(Abt 1813-)
Jacob Smurr
(1827-1889)
Sophia Jane Fast
(1830-1910)
Bloomer Sowers
(1838-1917)
Fannie Isabel Smurr
(1852-1934)
George Bloomer Sowers
(1892-1972)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Marie Saphronia Tyler

George Bloomer Sowers 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 28 November 1892, Lexington, OH 1 2 4
  • Marriage (1): Marie Saphronia Tyler on 17 November 1914 in Cleveland, OH 1 2
  • Died: 21 January 1972, Cleveland, OH at age 79 1

bullet   Cause of his death was Stroke from Diabetes.

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bullet  Birth Notes:


Name: George Sowers
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 28 Nov 1892
Birthplace: Lexington, Richland, Ohio
Father's Name: Bloomer Sowers
Mother's Name: Fannie Smurr
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C04033-9
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number: 541348
Reference Number: v 2 p 377
Collection: Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962
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bullet  Death Notes:


Name: George Sowers
Given Name: George
Surname: Sowers
Event Type: Death
Event Date: Jan 1971
Event Place: Cuyahoga, Ohio
Event Place (Original): Cuyahoga, Ohio
Age: 79
Birth Date: 28 Nov 1892

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JP2T-C3G : 4 December 2020), George Sowers, Jan 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Lexington, OH on 1 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 139, Dwelling 24, Family 24
Lexington, Richland County, Ohio
Deleware Street; Home owned no mortgage
George Sowers..Son..Nov 1893..6..OH
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - His birth date is believed to be 28 Nov 1892 instead of in Nov 1893. Therefore his age should have been 7 instead of 6.
.

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Cleveland Heights, OH on 3 January 1920. 2

1920 US Census
Sheet 31A, District 526, Dwelling 55, Family 92, Roll 1374
Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
1667 Eddington Road; Home rented
George Sowers..Head..27..OH..Civil Engineer, City
(Living with wife.)
.

• He has alternate death information of January 1971 and Cuyahoga County, OH. 4


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George married Marie Saphronia Tyler on 17 November 1914 in Cleveland, OH.1 2 (Marie Saphronia Tyler was born on 16 December 1892 in Cleveland, OH 1 2 and died on 1 November 1981 in Atlanta, GA 1 5.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Cleveland Heights, OH on 3 January 1920. 2

1920 US Census
Sheet 31A, District 526, Dwelling 55, Family 92, Roll 1374
Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
1667 Eddington Road; Home rented
George Sowers..Head..27..OH..Civil Engineer, City
Marie Sowers..Wife..27..OH
.


bullet  Marriage Notes:


Groom's Name: George B. Sowers
Groom's Birth Date: 1892
Groom's Birthplace: Lexington, O.
Groom's Age: 22
Bride's Name: Marie S. Tyler
Bride's Birth Date: 1893
Bride's Birthplace: Cleveland, O.
Bride's Age: 21
Marriage Date: 17 Nov 1914
Marriage Place: Cuyahoga, Ohio
Groom's Father's Name: Bloomer
Groom's Mother's Name: Fannie Smurr
Bride's Father's Name: John W.
Bride's Mother's Name: Mary Higgins
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02328-9
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number: 886232
Reference Number: 91544
Collection: Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958
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Sources


1 George F. Sowers, World Family Tree Vol. 003, Ed. 1, Tree #5643 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: February 9, 1996).

2 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 526, sheet 31A, dwelling 55, family 92, George Bloomer Sowers and Marie Saphronia Tyler; index and images (accessed 29 Mar 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1374.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Lexington, Richland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 139, sheet 1B, dwelling 24, family 24, Bloomer Sowers and Fannie Isabel Smurr; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 8 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

4 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 24 December 2020), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JP2T-C3G : 4 December 2020), George Sowers, Jan 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

5 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 24 December 2020), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRFM-5MF : 4 December 2020), Marie Sowers, Nov 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).


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