Robert Amos Dowdle

Brief Life History of Robert Amos

When Robert Amos Dowdle was born on 11 December 1870, in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, John Clark Dowdle, was 32 and his mother, Orpha Warner, was 36. He married Mary Ann Larsen on 11 November 1903, in Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1902. He died on 20 October 1927, in Newton, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Newton, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Amos Dowdle
1870–1927
Mary Ann Larsen
1875–1952
Marriage: 11 November 1903
DeFonda Virtue Dowdle
1904–2002
Verda Elvira Dowdle
1905–1987
Amos Levoir Dowdle
1908–1967
Roma Maurice Dowdle
1911–1982
Karma Orpha Dowdle
1915–1986
Reuel Norris Dowdle
1917–1965

Sources (43)

  • R Amos Dowdle, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Robert A Dowdle, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Robert Amos Dowdle, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

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Name Meaning

English: variant of Dowdell .

Altered form of German Daudl, Dautel, which derived from a short form of the ancient Germanic personal name Theudulf, composed of the elements theod ‘people, race’ + wulf ‘wolf’.

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

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Robert Amos: an overview

Robert Amos Dowdle, called Amos, was born December 1870 in Willard, Utah. He was the ninth of eleven children in his father’s first family. There were five children in his father’s second family. When …

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