Ethelda Mae Bowers

Brief Life History of Ethelda Mae

When Ethelda Mae Bowers was born on 29 December 1909, in Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States, her father, John Henry Clinton Bowers, was 26 and her mother, Lucy Mae Showalter, was 24. She married John Melville Grubbs on 29 December 1927, in Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in United States in 1949 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. She died on 29 August 1990, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Melville Grubbs
1908–2006
Ethelda Mae Bowers
1909–1990
Marriage: 29 December 1927
Jack Melville Grubbs
1937–2009

Sources (17)

  • Ethelda Bowers in household of John Bowers, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
  • Ethelda Mae Grubbs, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ethelda Grubbs in entry for Mr John M Grubbs, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"

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1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag

The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bower , with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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