Brief Life History of Noel Bowman
When Noel Bowman Clarke was born on 8 September 1896, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, his father, James Gowdy Clark Jr, was 30 and his mother, Mary E. Bowman, was 30. He married Charlotte De Vaullle on 17 December 1917, in San Francisco, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 15 February 1964, in Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Riverside, California, United States.
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- Noel Bowman Clarke, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Clark, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Noel Bowman Clarke, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: variant of Clark .
History: This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. Nicholas Clarke was one of the founders of Hartford, CT (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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