Individual Details

Melvin C. Bowen

(5 Sep 1889 - Aug 1975)

Events

Birth5 Sep 1889Westville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Census1900Oakwood Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
MarriageAbt 1919Theresa B. Peters
Census1920Plano, Kendall, Illinois, United States
Census1930Kirkwood, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Census1940121 Jefferson Ave., Kirkwood, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Living5 Oct 1941Kirkwood, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
DeathAug 1975

Families

SpouseTheresa B. Peters (1896 - 1990)
ChildBowen (1919 - 1919)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherJames C. Bowen (1854 - )
MotherMary Elizabeth Carrigan (1862 - 1941)
SiblingBowen ( - 1889)
SiblingRuth Lee Bowen (1904 - 1984)

Notes

Census

His name is given as Melvin. He attended school within the census year.

Census

His occupation is given as storekeeper - retail dry goods.

Census

His occupation is given as manager - retail grocery. He rents his home at 384 S. Taylor Ave.

Census

His occupation is given as clerk in office - manufacturing chemical company, his marital status is married and he has 2 years of college education. He resided in the same place in 1935.

Death

SSDI gives last residence as St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri.

Endnotes

1. James Boan household, 1900 U.S. census, Oakwood Twp., Vermilion Co., Illinois, E.D. 91, page 3B, household 73, family 73; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-623, Reel 349..

2. Melvin P. Bowen household, 1930 U.S. census, Kirkwood 4th Ward, St. Louis Co., Missouri, E.D. 5, page 11A, household 242, family 259; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-626, Reel 1223..

3. Melvin Bowen entry, Vermilion County Births: #1345, County Clerk's Office, Danville, Illinois.

4. Melvin Bowen entry, Vermilion County Births: #1345, County Clerk's Office, Danville, Illinois.

5. 1940 census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, population schedule, Ward 1 Kirkwood, enumeration district (ED) 95-2B, p. 1B, household 121, Melvin C. Bowen household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 August 2012); National Archives microfilm publication T627, roll 2147.

6. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 25 August 2012), Melvin Bowen, , Missouri (Before 1951).

7. James Boan household, 1900 U.S. census, Oakwood Twp., Vermilion Co., Illinois, E.D. 91, page 3B, household 73, family 73; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-623, Reel 349..

8. James C. Bowen household, 1920 U.S. census, Plano, Kendall Co., Illinois, E.D. 79, page 79, household 188, family 188; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-625, Reel 380..

9. Melvin P. Bowen household, 1930 U.S. census, Kirkwood 4th Ward, St. Louis Co., Missouri, E.D. 5, page 11A, household 242, family 259; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-626, Reel 1223..

10. 1940 census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, population schedule, Ward 1 Kirkwood, enumeration district (ED) 95-2B, p. 1B, household 121, Melvin C. Bowen household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 August 2012); National Archives microfilm publication T627, roll 2147.

11. James C. Bowen household, 1920 U.S. census, Plano, Kendall Co., Illinois, E.D. 79, page 79, household 188, family 188; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-625, Reel 380..

12. Melvin P. Bowen household, 1930 U.S. census, Kirkwood 4th Ward, St. Louis Co., Missouri, E.D. 5, page 11A, household 242, family 259; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-626, Reel 1223..

13. 1940 census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, population schedule, Ward 1 Kirkwood, enumeration district (ED) 95-2B, p. 1B, household 121, Melvin C. Bowen household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 August 2012); National Archives microfilm publication T627, roll 2147.

14. "Ex-Oakwood Woman Dead," undated clipping, 5 October 1941, from unidentified newspaper; Gill-Hendrickson family documents; privately held by James V. Gill, , Versailles, KY. probably from The Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois.

15. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 25 August 2012), Melvin Bowen, , Missouri (Before 1951).