Marie Henriatta Bowker

Brief Life History of Marie Henriatta

When Marie Henriatta Bowker was born on 21 June 1901, in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States, her father, Henry Fay Bowker, was 36 and her mother, Flora Emma Hardie, was 29. She married Fred Sailor Smith on 16 January 1918, in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 4 November 1979, in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Fred Sailor Smith
1896–1962
Marie Henriatta Bowker
1901–1979
Marriage: 16 January 1918
Fred Harrison Smith
1919–1920
Fay Kelly Smith Sr.
1920–1963
Flora Dean Smith
1923–2007
Richard Edwin Smith
1924–1930
Louise Marie Smith
1926–1929
Eldon Lewis Smith
1929–2009
Marvin Leroy Smith
1932–2016
Robert Ray Smith
1934–2000
Shirley May Smith
1937–2007
George E Smith
1942–2012
Linda Lou Smith
1945–1990

Sources (50)

  • Marie H Smith, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Marie Bowker Smith, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Marie Bowker, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

World Events (8)

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

1910 · Boy Scouts of America

When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.

1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi

The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.

Name Meaning

English (mainly Manchester): occupational name for someone whose job was to steep cotton or linen in lye (a strong alkali) to cleanse it, from Middle English bouker(e), boker(e), buker(e) ‘bleacher of cloth’. The name was also sometimes confused with Booker , and sometimes perhaps a variant of Butcher , with Norman French -k- for -ch-.

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

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