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Husband: Franklin
   Born:
Married: before 1920
   Died: before 1927               in Iowa, possibly
 Father: 
 Mother: 
Spouses: 
   Wife: Helen Louise Elizabeth Bower
   Born: 03 DEC 1852               in Waukegan, Lake Co.,  Illinois
   Died: 23 DEC 1928               in Souix City, Plymouth Co., Iowa
 Father: Joseph Bower
 Mother: Mary Murrie
Spouses: Isaac Cornelius Van Valkenburg

Additional Information

Franklin:

Notes:
I got the last name of Franklin from the letters of Helen Louise Elizabeth (Bower) Van Valkinburgh to her son Leslie Dewy, and from her daughter Laura. The return address on some from 1927 envelopes lists her as Mrs. L. E. Franklin, Route 3, box 278, Everett, Washington. I do not know if The L. E. is Mr. Franklin's initials or perhaps Louise Elizabeth.

Helen Louise Elizabeth Bower:
Name: Louisa Bower 1
Name: Eliza S Van Valkenburg 2
Born: 1852, Iowa 3
Born: 1853, Fremonth 4
Died: 23 DEC 1926, Souix City, Plymouth Co., Iowa
Buried: UNKNOWN, Smithland Cemetery, Little Souix Twp., Woodbury Co., Iowa
Moved: 1854, Smithland, Iowa
Census: 1860, Listed as 7 years old, living in Little Sioux Township, Woodbury Co, Iowa
Residence: 1885, Woodbury, Iowa 5
Residence: 1925 6

Notes:
From the records of Laura Brown 1974:
[note: all spellings of names are as per Laura Browns notes]

"Louise Bower was the only child of a German father, Joseph Bower who was born May 4, 1813 at Baden Germany. Her mother, Mary Murie was born in Perth, Scotland, in 1814. Joseph and Mary Bower married 1845.

Dave and John Murie, Mary's brothers had ranches in Waukegan. Dave Murie sold his property to the railroad and a depot was was put there and was called Russel Station.

Joseph Bowers had a sister, Tearesa, who married a Mr. Burkett. After Burkett died she married a man named McCall. Tereasa had a daughter named Mary Burkett.

Helen Louise E. Bowers was born in Lake County, Illinois Dec. 3, 1852. Moved with her parents to Smithland, Woodbury County, Iowa in 1854 by wagon train. She was married to Isaac Van Valkinburgh in 1869 at age 16 years. To them was born 13 children:

Lilly Bell b. Aug 28, 1870; d. Oct 1, 1877
Mary Anna b. July 27, 1872; d. Jan 1, 1945
Sara Charolette b. April 20, 1874; d. Dec. 3, 1958
Joseph Cornelius b. July 18, 1876; d. June 8, 1942
Ella Pauline b. June 5, 1878; d. June 1933
Ruth Leona b. Dec. 27, 1880; d. May 24, 1949
William Anthony b. July 31, 1882; d. October 1952
Geneva May b. Feb 17, 1884; d. Feb 7, 1951
Edgar Richard b. June 16, 1886; d. May 11, 1897
Laura Francis b. April 6, 1888; d. March 6, 1968
Eber Harley b. Aug. 31, 1890; d. 1976
Rosy Marjory b. Mar 23, 1893; d. Feb 7, 1902
Leslie Dewy b. March 8, 1898; d. Feb 1965

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from http://www.navvf.org/VVgene/pafn103.htm#333 10-31-2006

1920 age 67; listed as Louisa Franklin a widow

1920 in Everett, Snohomish Co, WA

Footnotes

  1. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [45].
    Online publication - Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.
  2. Ibid.
    Online publication - Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.
  3. Ibid.
    Online publication - Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.
  4. Ibid.
    Online publication - Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.
  5. Ibid.
    Online publication - Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.
  6. Ibid.
    Online publication - Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.

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