Iowa Family Group Sheet for the William L. GOWDY Family

Submitted by: Jim McDavitt at mcdavitt@charter.net


HUSBAND: William L. GOWDY
Birth date: 13 June 1820
Birthplace: Ohio
Death date: Between 1870 - 1880
Place of death: Davis County, Iowa
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Burial place: Unknown
Other Spouse: 
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown


Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: Unknown

WIFE: Eliza Jane FOSTER
Birth date: 1825
Birthplace: Maryland
Death date: 16 Novemeber 1912
Place of death: Floris, Iowa
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Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown


CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Mary A. GOWDY
Sex: F
Birth date: 1844
Birthplace: Ohio
Death date: Unknown
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Child No. 2: John C. GOWDY
Sex: M
Birth date: 1846
Birthplace: Ohio
Death date: Unknown
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Child No. 3: Aldon Dewin GOWDY
Sex: M
Birth date: 14 Jult 1848
Birthplace: Ohio
Death date: 6 February 1924
Place of death: Ottumwa, Iowa
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Spouse's name: Eliza Ellen CREAMER
Marriage date: 29 August 1873
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Child No. 4: Thomas N. GOWDY
Sex: M
Birth date: 29 June 1850
Birthplace: Ohio
Death date: 1881
Place of death: Iowa
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Spouse's name: Eavy N. Kanser
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Child No. 5: George W. GOWDY
Sex: M
Birth date: 21 September 1860
Birthplace: Unknown
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Child No. 6: Hanna Eliza GOWDY
Sex: F
Birth date: 4 February 1854
Birthplace: Unknown
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Child No. 7: Rebecca GOWDY
Birth date: 23 February 1855
Birthplace: Unkown
Death date: Unknown
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Child No. 8: William S. GOWDY
Sex: M
Birth date: 21 September 1860
Birthplace: Iowa
Death date: Unknown
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Child No. 9: Anis Manory GOWDY
Sex: F
Birth date: 11 April 1863
Birthplace: Iowa
Death date: Unknown
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Child No. 10: Jesse Lester GOWDY
Sex: M
Birth date: 15 OCtober 1864
Birthplace: Iowa
Death date:  1942
Place of death: Colorado
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Spouse's name: Lucy Virgina SNELL
Marriage date: 1 January 1885
Marriage place: Bloomfield, Iowa

Child No. 11: Arminta Jane GOWDY
Sex: F
Birth date: 12 July 1866
Birthplace: Iowa
Death date: Unknown
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Child No. 12: Catherine Elizabeth
Sex: F
Birth date: 12 August 1868
Birthplace: Iowa
Death date: Unknown
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Documentation and Sources:
The family surname has been spelled "GOUDY" and "GOWDY".  Both spellings are shown in this manner on US Census records.  

William L. Goudy/Gowdy and family is shown on the 1850 US Census, Clark 
County, Green Township, Ohio.  The census records show William, Eliza, 
Mary, Jown, and Aldon.  Sometime between 1850 and 1860, the family moved 
to Davis County Iowa.  The family is shown on the 1860 US Census, Davis 
County, Soap Creek Township, Iowa.  The family is shown on the 1870 US 
Census, Davis County, Lick Creek Twonship, Iowa.

The families of James (Age 63), J.B. (Age 25), Andrew (Age 36), and 
Ezekiel (Age 33) Gowdy are reflected on the 1860 US Census, Wapello 
County, Dahlonega Township, Iowa.  How and if they are related to William 
L. Gowdy and family is unknown.



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