Howard Wayland Morse and Esther G. Rowley

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Husband Howard Wayland Morse [2024]

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      Born: 14 Sep 1914 - , Columbia Station, Lorain, OH ^{1 2 3}
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      Died: 15 Nov 1986 - , Venice, Sarasota, FL ^{1 4}
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Father: William Wayland Morse [402] (1879-) ^{2 5}
Mother: Ola Mae Barber [403] (1883-) ²

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    Married: 6 Apr 1937 - , Ripley, Chautauqua, NY ^{6 7}

More records for this person:
Directories ⁸, 1951-1964 - , Elyria, Lorain, OH
Other references ⁹

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Wife Esther G. Rowley [1892]

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      Born: 15 Jul 1917 - , Elyria, Lorain, OH ^{1 6 10 11 12}
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      Died: 23 May 2012 ^{1 10 11}
     Buried: 2012 - Brookdale Cem, Elyria, Lorain, OH ¹¹

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Father: Harold Edwin Rowley [1584] (1885-1945)
Mother: Dorothy Katherine Wagner [1869] (1885-1958)

More records for this person:
Other references ^{13 14}
Directories ¹⁵, 1995 - , St. Petersburg, Pinellas, FL
Directories
Obituary ^{16 17 18}

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Children

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1 M Living (details have been suppressed)

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2 F Living (details have been suppressed)

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1 A020. Social Security Death Index, kept by the US Government, published on the internet and CDROM.

2 A092. Social Security Applications, (U.S.A.), kept by the Social Security Administration, Baltimore, MD.

3 C92. United States Federal Census, year 1920.

4 M268. "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998" (database) published on the internet by by FamilySearch.org at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1946805.

5 A169. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," (card files) original cards; scanned and published on the internet by FamilySearch.org and also Ancestry.com, at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530.

6 M021. My Family Heritage, (paper) by Rowley, Irene (San Jose CA), 1977; original kept in my files, with family charts assisted by my four grandparents.

7 N11. Elyria Chronicle Telegram, (newspaper) published in Elyria, Ohio.

8 M075. Telephone Directories, "White Pages," 1950, (directory) by the Pacific Bell and other Local Phone Companies.

9 M086. Memories of Rowley Family, Memories of Leroy & Gerald Rowley, (Oral Interviews). This is information passed down in my family by my grandpa Leroy H. Rowley, and dad Gerald L. Rowley, both of southern CA, told to me during my childhood.

10 N105. Dicken Funeral Home (Elyria, OH): Obituaries (obituaries) contributed byDicken Funeral Home: Obituaries; published on the internet at http://www.dickenfuneralhome.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/10518/id/1531353.

11 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/.

12 M086. Memories of Rowley Family, Memories of Leroy & Gerald Rowley, (Oral Interviews).

13 L1992.1. Family genealogy letter, by McKnight, Elizabeth Rowley, 1992 Dec, addressed to Irene Rowley; original kept in my files.

14 N3. Unidentified Ohio Newspapers.

15 M091. U.S. PhoneDisk on CDROM, (CDROM) v. 3.17.06, 1995, by the Digital Directory Association.

16 N11. Elyria Chronicle Telegram, (newspaper) published in Elyria, Ohio, 2012 Jul 16, Online Edition. "Esther G. Morse (nee Rowley), 94, of Venice, Florida, and formerly of Elyria, died Wednesday, May 23, 2012. She was born July 15, 1917 in Elyria and was a former member of First United Methodist Church in Elyria and Grace United Methodist Church in Venice.
Esther is survived by a son, H. William Morse of Golden, Colorado; daughter, Susanne Nikla of Sarasota, Florida; two grandsons; one granddaughter; three great-granddaughters; and a brother, Russell Rowley.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Howard in 1986; parents, Harold and Dorothy Rowley, a brother, and two sisters.
A graveside service will be Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 11 A.M, at Brookdale Cemetery in Elyria with Reverend Roger Talbott officiating.
Dicken Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Elyria, is in charge of arrangements."

17 N105. Dicken Funeral Home (Elyria, OH): Obituaries (obituaries) contributed byDicken Funeral Home: Obituaries; published on the internet at http://www.dickenfuneralhome.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/10518/id/1531353, copy (see N11).

18 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, (copy).

Rowley Genealogy Site & Family Charts, compiled by I. Rowley, version of Nov. 10, 2016.

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