Brief Life History of Ida Elizabeth
When Ida Elizabeth Bowman was born on 19 April 1872, in West Weber, Weber, Utah, United States, her father, Andrew Grey Bowman, was 29 and her mother, Margaret Elizabeth Fife, was 26. She married Hyrum Mack Smith on 15 November 1895, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 24 September 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Ida B. Smith in household of Hyrum M. Smith, "United States Census, 1900"
- Ida Elizabeth Smith, "Utah Death Certificates” DIED SIX DAYS SFTER GIVING BIRTH
- Ida E. Bowman, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for an archer, hunter or soldier armed with a bow, from Middle English bow(e)man, bouman (from Old English boga ‘bow’ + mann ‘man’). This word was distinguished from Bowyer , which denoted a maker or seller of bows.
Americanized form of German Baumann or the Dutch cognate Bouwman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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