[33130] Ancestry.com offers: "Blum Name Meaning - German: from Middle High German bluom ‘flower’, hence an occupational name for a flower gardener or a florist."
_Abraham (Bouden or) BOWDEN _+ | m 1706 _John BOWDEN ________|_Martha Mary WORMWOOD _______ | (1718 - ....) m 1750 (1688 - 1751) _Abraham BOWDEN _____| | (1759 - ....) | | | _John STOVER ________________+ | | | (1709 - 1786) m 1729 | |_Lucy STOVER ________|_Miriam HARMON ______________ | (1729 - 1789) m 1750 (1707 - ....) _John BOWDEN _______________| | (1781 - ....) m 1800 | | | _____________________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | _____________________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________________ | _John BOWDEN ________| | (1805 - 1848) m 1828| | | _____________________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________________ | | | | | _____________________| | | | | | | | | _____________________________ | | | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________________ | | | | |_Mary ("Molly") HEATH ______| | (1777 - 1864) m 1800 | | | _____________________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | _____________________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________________ | | |--Elizabeth BOWDEN | (1831 - 1871) | _Robert GRAY ________________+ | | (1680 - 1748) m 1706 | _Joshua GRAY ________|_Elizabeth FREETHY __________ | | (1714 - ....) m 1736 (1686 - ....) | _James GRAY _________| | | (1745 - 1821) m 1765| | | | _____________________________ | | | | | | |_Jennat ELLIOT ______|_____________________________ | | m 1736 | _Christopher Mitchell GRAY _| | | (1763 - 1866) | | | | _James HOWARD _______________ | | | | (1660 - 1708) m 1713 | | | _Edward HOWARD ______|_Mary SHORTRIDGE ____________ | | | | (1707 - ....) (1661 - ....) | | |_Elizabeth HOWARD ___| | | (1747 - 1821) m 1765| | | | _Christopher MITCHELL _______+ | | | | (.... - 1743) m 1694 | | |_Susannah MITCHELL __|_Sarah DUDLEY _______________ | | (1708 - 1769) (1676 - ....) |_Frances L. GRAY ____| (1810 - 1903) m 1828| | _James HOWARD _______________ | | (1660 - 1708) m 1713 | _Edward HOWARD ______|_Mary SHORTRIDGE ____________ | | (1707 - ....) (1661 - ....) | _Benjamin HOWARD ____| | | (.... - 1819) | | | | _Christopher MITCHELL _______+ | | | | (.... - 1743) m 1694 | | |_Susannah MITCHELL __|_Sarah DUDLEY _______________ | | (1708 - 1769) (1676 - ....) |_Margaret HOWARD ___________| (1765 - 1850) | | _____________________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________________ | | |_____________________| | | _____________________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________________
[48903] Elizabeth's ancestry is in the Lufkin Family Tree in 2023 in Ancestry.com.
__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _John MAVERICK ______| | (.... - 1636) m 1600| | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | | __| | | | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | | |__|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--Moses MAVERICK | | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | __|__ | | | | | | |__| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_Mary GYE ___________| m 1600 | | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |__| | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
[40202] See "Massachusetts Bay Connections . . .," Judy Jacobson (Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1992), pp. 77, 81, 150.
[38984] "News-Journal [Mansfield, Ohio], 7 September 1938," p. 9: "Mrs. Ruth Query, 22, wife of Park Query, died at her home on the Olivesburg road Tuesday evening of scarlet fever. She was born near Newville, June 23, 1916. The survivors include her husband, two daughters, Patricia and Joan; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. McCready of Newville; two brothers, Willis and James of Newville, and four sisters, Mrs. Orella Kilgore and Mrs. Rhea Darling of Bellville, Mrs. Neva Zody of Perrysville and Mrs. Olive B. Miller of Fredericktown." Her Find A Grave Memorial (30805123) states Ruth is daughter of Laban Willard McCready & Anna Smith.
[48445] "The Akron Beacon Journal [Akron, Ohio], 14 June 1972," p. C6: "Stow - Services for Oliver J. Witwer, 86, of 4115 Kent Rd., were today at Redmon funeral home. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery, Twinsburg. Mr. Witwer, retured in 1952 after 32 years as superintendent of maintenance with Akron Board of Education, died Monday after a long illness. Born in Jackson Township, Stark County, he lived in Stow 26 years. He was a 53-year member of Masons, Henry Perkins Lodge No. 611, F&AM, Tadmore Temple, Scottish Rite, Valley of Akron, Royal Arch Mason Washington Chapter No. 25, Royal and Select Masters Akron Council No. 80 and a member of High Street Christian Church. Mr. Witwer leaves his wife, Cora M.; sons, Frank, Cleveland, Larry, Stow; daughter Mrs. Lois Rook, Monroe Falls; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; brothers, Ralph, Akron, Delbert, Cleveland; sister Mrs. Delia Greenhorn, Stow."