Elizabeth Boit Howes

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Boit

When Elizabeth Boit Howes was born on 20 July 1906, in Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, Clarence Gray Howes Sr, was 26 and her mother, Emily Franklin Freeman, was 22. She married Tirey Lafayette Ford Jr on 19 January 1929, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Seattle, King, Washington, United States in 1920 and Gwynedd, Lower Gwynedd Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States for about 1 years. She died on 2 April 1997, in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Warren Ingersoll
1908–1995
Elizabeth Boit Howes
1906–1997
Marriage: 27 October 1947
Elizabeth Boit Ford
1932–1994
Baby Girl Ingersoll
1948–1948

Sources (16)

  • Elizabeth B Ingersoll, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Elizabeth Boit Hows, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Elizabeth B. Foster, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"

World Events (8)

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

1910 · Angel Island Serves Immigrants

Angel Island served as a western entry point for hundreds of thousands of U.S. immigrants, mainly from China, from 1910 to 1940.

1931

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

Name Meaning

English:

pronounced to rhyme with hose, a variant of Howe 1 with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. Hose (Leicestershire), recorded as Howes in 1086, is named with the plural of Old English hōh ‘hill spur’.

pronounced to rhyme with cows, a variant of Howe 2 (see Hugh ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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Elizabeth B. Ford - Newspaper Wedding

Tirey L. Ford Widow to Be Wed WOODSIDE, Oct 27.--Tho Congregational church, here, had been decorated and plans completed for (the wedding scheduled late today for Mrs. Mrs. Elizabeth B. Ford of San Fr …

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