Helen Maria Day

1839 - 1910  (70 years)

• Name	Helen Maria Day
  Birth	11 Aug 1839	Rockingham, Windham, VT
  Gender	Female
  Census	21 Sept 1850	Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH ; age 11, born VT, living with father
  Census	24 Jul 1860	Muscatine, Muscatine, IA ; age 44, born VT
  Census	26 Aug 1870	Brimfield, Peoria, IL ; age 31, born VT
  Census	14 Jun 1880	Brimfield, Peoria, IL ; age 40, born VT, Keeping House, parents born NH/NH
  Census	11 Jun 1900	Chicago, Cook, IL ; age 60, born Aug 1839 in VT, 7/8 children living, widowed, parents born NH/NH, son Lewis is head of house
  Census	21 Apr 1910	Chicago, Cook, IL ; age 70, born VT, widowed, 7/8 children living, parents born NH/NH
  Death	4 Jul 1910	Chicago, Cook, IL
  Burial	7 Jul 1910	Rosehill cemetery, Chicago, IL
  Person ID	I1525	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	Capt John Day,   b. 2 Feb 1791, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH d. 29 Apr 1864, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Polly Baker,   b. 1797, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH d. 1 Jan 1849, Grafton, Windham, VT (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1814	Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH
  Notes	from "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947" (familysearch.org) On 26 Jan 1814, John Day resident of Chesterfield married Polly Baker, resident of Chesterfield.
  Family ID	F341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Pierce Bowman,   b. 16 May 1818, Windsor, Vt d. 1899, Brimfield, Peoria, IL (Age 80 years)  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Marriage	18 Jul 1857
  Children	+ 1. Stella E Bowman,   b. 16 Jul 1858, Brimfield, Peoria, IL d. 24 Dec 1896, Peoria, Peoria, IL (Age 38 years) + 2. Kate Effie “Katie” Bowman,   b. Jun 1861, Muscatine, Muscatine, IA   3. Lewis J Bowman,   b. 31 Mar 1863, Peoria, Peoria, IL d. 20 Dec 1949, Los Angeles, CA (Age 86 years)   4. William J Bowman,   b. 19 Jul 1865, Brimfield, Peoria, IL d. 18 Jul 1942, Los Angeles, CA (Age 76 years) 5. Lucius Albert “Lucius” Bowman,   b. 17 Jul 1872, Peoria, Peoria, IL d. 26 Oct 1944, Los Angeles Co, CA (Age 72 years) + 6. George Larkin Bowman,   b. 17 Jul 1872, Peoria, Peoria, IL d. 26 Oct 1944, Los Angeles Co, CA (Age 72 years) 7. Frank Winthrop Bowman,   b. 29 Jul 1874, Brimfield, Peoria, IL d. 10 Oct 1956, Los Angeles, CA (Age 82 years)   8. Della Day Bowman,   b. 7 Nov 1876, Brimfield, Peoria, IL d. 27 Mar 1946, Los Angeles, CA (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2011

  
  

• Headstones

  Helen (Day) Bowman Headstone HELEN M. DAY / WIFE OF J.P. BOWMAN / 1839 - 1910

  
  

  Histories

  History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, NH

  
  

• Notes

  from Chicago Daily Tribune, 6 Jul 1910 (proquest) BOWMAN - Helen Maria Bowman, 4526 Beacon st., passed away July 4, 1910, aged 70 years, widow of Joseph P. and beloved mother of Lewis J., Lucius A., Frank W., and Della Day of Chicago; William J of Minneapolis; George L. of Syracuse, Ill.; Kate Bowman Marshall of agricultural college, New Mexico, and the late Stella E. Langley of Peoria. Funeral Thursday, July 7, 10:30 a.m. at Brimfield, Ill. from Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922 (familysearch.org) Helen Maria Bowman, House Wife, born 11 Aug 1839 in VT to John Day of Vermont and her mother of Vermont died 4 Jul 1910 in Chicago, Cook, IL. Burial on 07 Jul 1910 in Rose Hill cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Randall, Oran E, History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, N.H., (D. Leonard printer, Brattleboro, Vt. 1882), 279-280. [S10] United States Federal Census 1880, Roll: 240 Pg 350C. [S13] United States Federal Census 1900, Roll: 275 Page: 102. [S21] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900, (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html), Vol II Pg 106 # 4046. [S41] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre–1916, (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com), Cert # 1395. [S49] Proquest Historical Newspapers, Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963), July 6, 1910, pg 16. [S14] United States Federal Census 1910, Roll 267, Page 260.