Gazlay Family History
Howard Clifford Bowman
Parents
| Father | Jay Franklin Bowman ( - ) |
| Mother | Theresa Strohstacker ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 1 April 2012; Last Edited: 8 March 2024 |
| Person ID | 3676 |
| Name | Howard Clifford Bowman |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 20 June 1897 in Ohio1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Married | ca. 1919 to Flossie Mildred Gazlay3, 4, 6 |
| Died | 20 June 1989 in Frenchtown, Monroe County, Michigan1, 2 |
| Buried | in Roselawn Memorial Park, La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Flossie Mildred Gazlay (daughter of Eugene Miles Gazlay and Mary Elizabeth Watters) |
| Born | 11 April 1897 in Mancelona, Antrim County, Michigan |
| Married | ca. 1919 to Howard Clifford Bowman |
| Died | 8 June 1977 in Frenchtown, Monroe County, Michigan |
| Children | of Howard Clifford Bowman and Flossie Mildred Gazlay: |
| +1. | Jay Eugene Bowman |
| Born | 26 April 1920 in Michigan |
| Married | 18 November 1940 in Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio to Edna Marie Coss |
| Died | 16 April 2018 |
| +2. | Mildred Juanita Bowman |
| Born | 21 October 1922 in Sidnaw, Houghton County, Michigan |
| Married | 7 January 1945 in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan to Dewey Etheridge ‘Sonny’ Turner |
| Died | 1 September 2019 in Monroe County, Michigan |
| +3. | Leon Clifford Bowman |
| Born | 10 February 1924 in Sidnaw, Houghton County, Michigan |
| Married | 31 December 1955 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio to Harriet Agnes Karwick |
| Died | 11 October 2022 in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan |
| 4. | Lowell Lloyd Bowman |
| Born | 16 May 1925 in Houghton County, Michigan |
| Married | to Marjorie M. Karwick |
| Died | 26 January 2015 in Temperance, Monroe County, Michigan |
| 5. | Warren Lee Bowman |
| Born | 11 November 1926 in Houghton County, Michigan |
| Married | to Juanita C. Karwick |
| Died | 22 January 1991 |
| +6. | Audrey M. Bowman |
| Born | 1 August 1928 in La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan |
| Married | 1948 to Robert Lake |
| Died | 9 August 2020 in Monroe County, Michigan |
| +7. | Ronald Lyle Bowman |
| Born | 8 August 1930 in Michigan |
| Married | 12 June 1953 in La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan to Audrey Geraldine ‘Deanie’ Wilson |
| Died | 1 June 2017 in Blissfield, Lenawee County, Michigan |
| +8. | Delbert Fay Bowman |
| Born | 11 July 1932 in La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan |
| Married | 6 April 1951 in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan to Shirley E. Peters |
| Died | 6 June 2017 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan |
| 9. | Marlene Bowman |
| Born | ca. 1938 in Michigan |
| Married | to Edward Ausmus |
| Married | to Richard Reigle |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Roselawn Memorial Park, La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan; Howard Clifford Bowman, born: 1897 in Medina, Medina County, Ohio; died: 1989 in Monroe County, Michigan (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents, two siblings, wife, and eight children).
- Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996; Howard C. Bowman, died 20 June 1989 in Frenchtown, Monroe [County], Michigan, born 21 August 1897.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Houghton County, Duncan Township, Enumeration District 140, Sheet No. 1B, family of Howard C. Bowman (22, Ohio, mill setter, handle factory); wife Flossie M. Bowman (22, Michigan).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Monroe County, LaSalle Township, Enumeration District 58-16, Sheet No. 16B, family of Howard Bowman (32, Ohio, truck driver, first married age 21); wife Flossie Bowman (32, Michigan, first married age 21); son Eugene Bowman (9, Michigan); daughter Mildred Bowman (7, Michigan); son Leon Bowman (6, Michigan); son Lowell Bowman (4 10/12, Michigan); son Warren Bowman (2 4/12, Michigan); daughter Audrey Bowman (1 7/12, Michigan).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Monroe County, La Salle Township, Enumeration District 58-21, Sheet No. 18A, family of Howard Bowman (43, Ohio, truck driver, road work); wife Flossie Bowman (43, Michigan); son Eugene Bowman (20, Michigan, auto mechanic, retail auto); daughter Mildred Bowman (17, Michigan); son Leon Bowman (16, Michigan); son Lowell Bowman (15, Michigan); son Warren Bowman (13, Michigan); daughter Audrey Bowman (12, Michigan); son Lysle Bowman (10, Michigan); son Delbert Bowman (8, Michigan); daughter Marlene Bowman (2, Michigan).
- Sweet/Fish/Gazlay/Post Family Tree, Ancestry (website), Owner: Eagan Anderson, Florida. Although few sources are shown in this extensive tree, the birth, marriage, death, names, and other details typically agree with other sources. This tree is generally cited as a reference in our Gazlay Family History website only where the information is not found in any other source, such as children who died in infancy, middle names, etc.