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Christian Bowman
(1781-1852)
Elizabeth Kreager
(1780-1864)
Andrew Phillip Bowman
(1817-1888)
Margaret Bush
(1829-1915)
Rebecca Jane Bowman
(1852-1924)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Benjamin L. Manchester

Rebecca Jane Bowman 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 9 July 1852, Ellsworth Township, Mahoning, OH 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Benjamin L. Manchester on 25 December 1873 1 2
  • Died: 24 July 1924, Green Township, Mahoning, OH at age 72
  • Buried: 26 July 1924, Sebring, OH

bullet   Cause of her death was Chronic Myocarditis.

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bullet  Death Notes:

Name: Rebecca Jane Manchester
Event: Death
Event Date: 24 Jul 1924
Event Place: Green, Mahoning, Ohio
Gender: Female
Death Age: 72y 15d
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Occupation: Household Duties
Birth Date: 09 Jul 1852
Birthplace: Ellsworth Twp., Mahoning, O.
Estimated Birth Year: 1852
Burial Date: 26 Jul 1924
Cemetery: Grandview Cemetery
Father: Andrew Philip Bowman
Father's Birthplace: Green Twp., Mahoning, O.
Mother: Margaret Bush
Mother's Birthplace: Green Twp., Mahoning, O.
Spouse: Benjamin Manchester
Reference Number: fn 40956
Film Number: 1992501
Digital Folder Number: 4001417
Image Number: 3255

Source Citation
"Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6MH-3PV : accessed 28 Aug 2012), Andrew Philip Bowman in entry for Rebecca Jane Manchester, 1924; citing reference fn 40956, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio.

The informant was her brother, Morris E. Bowman.
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Ellsworth Township, Mahoning, OH on 13 June 1860. 3

1860 US Census
Page 50, Dwelling 392, Family 407
Ellsworth Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
Rebecca Bowman..7..OH
(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Ellsworth Township, Mahoning, OH on 11 August 1870. 4

1870 US Census
Page 14, Dwelling 116, Family 118
Ellsworth Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
Rebecca Bowman..18..OH..At Home
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 9 Jul 1852, then her age should have been 17 instead of 18.
.

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Green Township, Mahoning, OH on June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 129C, Roll 1045
Green Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
Rebecca Manchester..Wife..27..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and daughter.)
.

• She worked as a Retired Housewife in July 1924.

• She was buried on 26 July 1924 in the Grandview in Sebring, OH.


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Rebecca married Benjamin L. Manchester on 25 December 1873.1 2 (Benjamin L. Manchester was born in 1853 in Ohio 2 and died before 24 July 1924.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Green Township, Mahoning, OH on June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 129C, Roll 1045
Green Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
Benjamin Manchester..Head..27..OH..Farmer
Rebecca Manchester..Wife..27..OH..Keeping House
Nora Manchester..Dau..6m..OH

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Sources


1 William Arthur Richards, Jr., "Richards Family Group" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=123654; Updated: Tue Mar 30 19:21:02 2004).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Green Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, p. 129C, Benjamin L. Manchester and Rebecca Jane Bowman; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 10 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1045.

3 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Ellsworth Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, p. 50, dwelling 392, family 407, Andrew Phillip Bowman and Margaret Bush; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 Mar 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653.

4 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Ellsworth Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, p. 14, dwelling 116, family 118, Andrew Phillip Bowman and Margaret Bush; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Jun 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.


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