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Charles Wesley McDowell

Male 1869 - 1943  (74 years)


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  • Name Charles Wesley McDowell  [1, 2
    • The 1870 census incorrectly spells his name "Welsley"
    Born 23 Apr 1869  Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    New Florence P.O. 
    Residence 1870  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    With parents Samuel and Sarah A (Enos) McDowell and seven siblings 
    Census 1880  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Enumeration District 116 
    Residence 1880  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    With parents Samuel and Sarah A (Enos) McDowell and five siblings 
    Occupation 8 Jun 1891  Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Laborer foreman 
    Residence 8 Jun 1891  Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Occupation 1 Jul 1893  [7
    Laborer 
    Residence 1 Jul 1893  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Birth of daughter Cora Mae McDowell. 
    Occupation 6 Nov 1899  [8
    Laborer 
    Residence 6 Nov 1899  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Birth of daughter Sarah McDowell. 
    Census 1900  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Enumeration District 16-81 
    Occupation 1900  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Laborer, Brick yard 
    Residence 1900  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    With wife Rachel C (Miller), two daughters, and his mother 
    Census 1910  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Enumeration District 20-123 
    Occupation 1910  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Foreman, Brick works 
    Residence 1910  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    With wife Rachel C (Miller) and four children 
    Census 1920  Irvona, Clearfield, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Enumeration District 93 
    Occupation 1920  Irvona, Clearfield, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Foreman, Brick plant 
    Residence 1920  Irvona, Clearfield, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    With wife Rachel C (Miller) and three children 
    Residence 1935  Green Twp., Mahoning, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    In the "Same Place" as in 1940 
    Census 1940  Green Twp., Mahoning, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Enumeration District 50-40 
    Occupation 1940  Green Twp., Mahoning, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Unable to work 
    Residence 1940  Green Twp., Mahoning, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    State Rte 165

    With wife Rachel C (Miller) and a grandson 
    Occupation 13 Oct 1943  Green Twp., Mahoning, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Retired 
    Residence 13 Oct 1943  Greenford, Mahoning, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 13 Oct 1943  Green Twp., Mahoning, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 12
    Cause: "Arterio sclerosis" 
    Buried 16 Oct 1943  Greenford, Mahoning, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Greenford Cemetery [3]
    Notes 
    • His last year of school was eighth grade [11]
    Person ID I2801  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2018 

    Father Samuel McDowell,   b. 30 Nov 1824, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1896, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Sarah Anne Ennis,   b. 1831 - 1834, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1 Jun 1900  (Age 66 years) 
    Notes 
    • Likely married late 1849
    Family ID F1254  Group Sheet

    Family Rachel Kathryn Miller,   b. 24 Feb 1872, Buffalo Mills, Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1947, Smithfield Twp., Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage License 8 Jun 1891  Indiana Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Married 16 Jun 1891  Garfield, Indiana, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    • Married at the bride's home by G H Huffman, Minister of the Gospel [6]
    McDowell, Charles W and Miller, Rachel C - Marriage Application, License and Return - Indiana Co., Pennsylvania, 1891
    McDowell, Charles W and Miller, Rachel C - Marriage Application, License and Return - Indiana Co., Pennsylvania, 1891
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2011 
    Family ID F1271  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S34634] 1870 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 299, p. 39, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 18 May 2010.

    2. [S34638] Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Register of Wills, Volume 9, page 313, Will #87.

    3. [S32943] Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953, Ohio Department of Heath, (Salt Lake City, Utah (Family History Library, http://www.familysearch.org)), 1943 > 61301-64200 > image 2747 of 3282 (Reliability: 3), 28 Apr 2015.

    4. [S34623] 1900 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900), fam. 335, p. 21B, ED 16-81, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 24 Mar 2010.

    5. [S34622] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), fam. 274, p. 30, ED 116, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 23 Apr 2010.

    6. [S40209] Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, (index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org)), Indiana Co., certificate 469, LDS film 1288580, LDS digital folder 4838921, image 159 (Reliability: 3), 27 Dec 2011.

    7. [S165] Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County registration of births, 1893-1906, Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Westmoreland County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982), vol. L - O, p. 154 (Reliability: 2), 24 Apr 2018.

    8. [S165] Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County registration of births, 1893-1906, Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Westmoreland County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982), vol. L - O, p. 173 (Reliability: 3), 24 Apr 2018.

    9. [S40176] 1910 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910), fam. 81, p. 4B, ED 20-123, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 12 Mar 2010.

    10. [S40175] 1920 United States Federal Census, Bureau of the Census, (National Archives, Washington, D.C.), fam. 154, p. 8A, ED 93, Irvona, Clearfield, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 19 May 2011.

    11. [S40214] 1940 United States Federal Census, United States, Bureau of the Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), fam. 207, p. 11B, ED 50-40, Green Twp., Mahoning, Ohio (Reliability: 2), 29 Jun 2012.

    12. [S34624] Canton, Ohio, Repository, 19 April 1942, p. 16.

    13. [S28546] Parish Registry of Saint Francis Xavier Church, ((unpublished)), Indiana Co., certificate 469, LDS film 1288580, LDS digital folder 4838921, image 159 (Reliability: 3), 27 Dec 2011.