Bertha May Layton
(1884-After 1920)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Fred Randolph Sowers

Bertha May Layton 1 2

  • Born: 25 August 1884, Indiana, PA 1
  • Marriage (1): Fred Randolph Sowers in June 1911 in Cleveland, OH 1 2
  • Died: After 1 January 1920, Cleveland, OH 1
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Cleveland Heights, OH on 3 February 1920. 2

1920 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 525, Dwelling 193, Family 228, Roll 1374
Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
3394 Altemont; Home owned, with mortgage
Bertha M. Soweis..Wife..33..PA
(Living with husband and sister.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 25 Aug 1884, then her age should have been 35 instead of 33.
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Bertha married Fred Randolph Sowers, son of Bloomer Sowers and Fannie Isabel Smurr, in June 1911 in Cleveland, OH.1 2 (Fred Randolph Sowers was born on 5 January 1886 in Lexington, OH 1 2 3 and died after 1 January 1920 in Cleveland, OH 1.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

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

1920 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 525, Dwelling 193, Family 228, Roll 1374
Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
3394 Altemont; Home owned, with mortgage
Fred R. Soweis..Head..33..OH..Secretary, Hay and Grain
Bertha M. Soweis..Wife..33..PA
Marian E. Layton..SisL..22..PA..Bookkeeper, office
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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) 525, sheet 9B, dwelling 193, family 228, Fred Randolph Sowers and Bertha May Layton; index and images (accessed 1 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.

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