Carrie Bell Workman

Brief Life History of Carrie Bell

When Carrie Bell Workman was born on 3 September 1860, in Eddyville, Wapello, Iowa, United States, her father, Benjamin M. or J. Workman, was 25 and her mother, Mary Ann True, was 22. She married Aaron Oscar Mc Dowell on 14 September 1878, in Eddyville, Wapello, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Washington Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Garfield Township, Mahaska, Iowa, United States in 1910. She died on 27 February 1919, in Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Chariton Cemetery, Chariton, Lucas, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Aaron Oscar Mc Dowell
1851–1924
Carrie Bell Workman
1860–1919
Marriage: 14 September 1878
Herbert Lee McDowell
1879–1931
Chester Leroy McDowell
1881–1951
Arthur Eugene McDowell
1882–1947
Margaret Ann McDowell
1884–1954
Bazel Galen McDowell
1886–1974
Adda McDowell
1890–1890
Rosa McDowell
1892–1960
Ross McDowell
1892–
Harve Milton McDowell
1894–1929
George Washington McDowell
1896–1965
Harry “Mose” McDowell
1899–1971
Cary Mcdowell
1899–

Sources (55)

  • Carrie McDowel, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1809-1992
  • Carrie Workman Workman, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Historical Boundaries: 1865: Keokuk, Iowa, United States

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

Name Meaning

English (Gloucestershire): ostensibly an occupational name for a laborer, from Middle English werkman ‘laborer, craftsman’, also ‘customary tenant’ (Old English weorcmann). A customary tenant was a person allowed to hold land in exchange for carrying out a certain service.

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

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