William M Fowler

Brief Life History of William M

When William M Fowler was born in December 1896, in Kentucky, United States, his father, William Hulett Fowler, was 24 and his mother, Mary Ann Eli, was 24. He lived in Magisterial District 6 Charleston, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States in 1900.

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Family Time Line

William Hulett Fowler
1872–1935
Mary Ann Eli
1872–1951
Lonnie F Fowler
1889–
Vera Fowler
1892–1983
Cordie Lee Fowler
1895–
William M Fowler
1896–

Sources (2)

  • William M Fowler in household of Jessie Griffin, "United States Census, 1900"
  • William Fowler, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

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.

1900 · Governor Shot

On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

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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