Ensign Thomas John McDowell

1932 - 1954  (22 years)

• Name	Ensign Thomas John McDowell  [1]
  Title	Ensign
  Born	1 Mar 1932	North Canton, Stark, Ohio   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1935	North Canton, Stark, Ohio   [3]
  	Same locality but not the same house as in 1940
  Census	1940	North Canton, Stark, Ohio   [3]
  	Enumeration District 76-88
  Residence	1940	North Canton, Stark, Ohio   [3]
  	153 Donner Rd With parents Levi M and Helen M (Nieporte) McDowell and five siblings
  Census	1950	North Canton, Stark, Ohio   [1]
  	Enumeration District 76-168
  Residence	1950	North Canton, Stark, Ohio   [1]
  	With mother Helen M (Nieporte) McDowell and five siblings
  	Address: 153 Donner Rd
  Occupation	1952	North Canton, Stark, Ohio   [4]
  	"In U S Service"
  Residence	1952	North Canton, Stark, Ohio   [4]
  	153 Donner Rd
  Died	1 Dec 1954	at sea near Quonset Point, Rhode Island   [2]
  		McDowell, Thomas J - Obit - Canton Repository, 1954
  Buried	Canton, Stark, Ohio   [2]
  	Forest Hill Cemetery Memorial Military Row 3 [2]
  		Thomas J McDowell (1932 - 1954) - Find A Grave Memorial Includes headstone photo. Created by: Barbara Richardson Smith Record added: May 12, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 52313735
  Person ID	I3144	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Levi Miller McDowell,   b. 14 Oct 1896, Lockport, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania ,   d. 4 Oct 1947, Plain Twp., Stark, Ohio  (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Helen May Nieporte,   b. 9 May 1904, Canton, Stark, Ohio ,   d. 9 Apr 1994, Canton, Stark, Ohio  (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	1924	Canton, Stark, Ohio   [5]
  		McDowell, Levi M = Nieporte, Helen M - wedding portrait 1923
  Family ID	F1245	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  McDowell, Thomas J - Service Portrait c1952

  
  

• Sources

  [S325] 1950 United States Census, Bureau of the Census, (FamilySearch), sheet 71, ED 76-168, North Canton, Stark, Ohio (Reliability: 2), 16 Nov 2025. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 52313735 (Reliability: 2), 12 Jun 2013. [S40214] 1940 United States Federal Census, United States, Bureau of the Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), fam. 177, p. 8B, ED 76-88, North Canton, Stark, Ohio (Reliability: 2), 9 Nov 2012. [S40249] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Canton, Ohio, City Directory, 1952, p. 888 (Reliability: 2), 23 Sep 2013. [S40174] 1930 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930), fam. 98, p. 4B, ED 76-119, Plain Twp., Stark, Ohio (Reliability: 2), 25 Jan 2010.