Brief Life History of William Earl
When William Earl Fowler was born on 21 November 1889, in Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States, his father, John Allen Fowler, was 26 and his mother, Anna Lula Bowles, was 22. He married Ethel Lena Sagers on 14 June 1914, in Old Beaver, Clark, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Richfield, Lincoln, Idaho, United States in 1910 and Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States in 1930. He died on 22 January 1944, in Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States.
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- Earl Fowler in household of John Fowler, "United States Census, 1910"
- William Earl Fowler, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Earl W. Fowler, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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World Events (8)
1890
Idaho is the 43rd state.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a fowler, a hunter or trapper of wild birds (a common medieval occupation), from Middle English fogheler, fugheler (Old English fugelere, a derivative of fugol ‘bird’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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