Laura Bower

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Laura V. Bower is not in my direct ancestry. She is 1 step removed in the following ways: Sister of Olive Samantha Bower Daughter of David Bower and Caroline Snyder

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	Oct.1859
Marriage	calc. 1884		To James O. Tyler b.July 1858
Death	1937
Burial		Oak Grove Hill Cemetery Oak Grove, Venango, PA, near Oil City

Ancestry chart segment

    Generation 4    Generation 5     
 
                                            
                 +--David Bower 
                 |  (1825-1866)   
 +--Laura Bower--+                 
 |  (1859-1937)  |                     
 |               +--Caroline Snyder
 +                  (1831-1905)
 |
 |
 +--James O. Tyler 
    (1858-1911 )                       

Sources: Pages of David Bower & Caroline Snyder, and:

Children

( Children with James O. Tyler)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
James J. Tyler	M	May 1887
Ray E. Tyler	M	May 1889

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA	born 1860
Emlenton, Venango Co., PA	by 1870, 1880
Oil City, Venango Co., PA	by 1900- death 1937

Photos

Gravestone of Laura V. (Bower) Tyler, Oak Grove Hill cem., Oak Grove, Venango Co., PA, near Oil City.

Gravestone James O. Tyler, Oak Grove Hill cemetery, Venango Co., PA

MYSTERY PHOTO- Please help us identify these individuals.
In this image, Joe Dittman and Minta Beals Dittman are the 2nd & 3rd figures from the right. (Minta is a daughter of Olive S. Bower) The house in the photo is that of the James F. Beals farm where Minta grew up, and not the Dittman house, so it is expected that the other unidentified persons are related to Minta Beals rather than to Joe Dittman. Costumes appear to be about turn of the century. Minta & Joe were married in 1901, so distant family may be visiting the newlyweds. The dark stylish clothes and hats suggest perhaps Minta's "city" cousins from Pittsburgh or Oil City, some of the Bowers.
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Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1860 United States Federal Census, Salem Twp., Clarion Co., PA, Page 20, lines 5-9 lists David Bower, 34,Farmer, real estate value 1,800, personal estate value 400, married to Caroline Bower, 29. They live with three children: son Paris A. Bower, 7; daughter Laura Bower, 4; and son Arthur Bower, 2. Everyone was born in PA. Paris A. Bower and Laura Bower attended school within the census year. This census is dated July 4, 1860. (1860 Census counted: everyone living in this family on June 1, 1860)
2	1870 U. S. Federal Census, Emlenton Borough, Venango Co. PA, pg.9. No day/month date. 2nd line: Laura Bower, age 13, "helps do housework". (Page 8, Date of census 15 June 1870, last house entry: home of Elias & Louisa Widle, son Burt; Elias' occupation: saws lumber. This household continued on pg. 9.)
3	1880 U. S. Federal Census, borough of Emlenton, Venango Co. PA, pg 39, ancestry.com pg. 13. Date of census 23 June 1880. Ln. 36: Laura Bower age 23, servant, she & parents born PA. Living in home of Elias Widle, 71; wife Louisa M., 63 born NY; son Bert,21, occupation miller.
4	1900 U.S. Federal Census, Oil City, Venango, PA, Enum. Dist. 151, pg. 12. Date of Census 7 June 1900. Lines 62-65: James O. Tyler age 42. b.July 1858, married 16 yrs., b. Wisc., father b.PA, mother b. Vermont; occupation: Express Manager, RR; owns house, mortgage free. Laura V., wife, age 40, b. Oct. 1859, mar. 16 yr., 2 children born, 2 living. James J., son age 13, b. May 1887, PA. Ray E., son, age 11, b. May 1889, PA. All read, write, speak English.
5	1910 U. S. Federal Census,Oil City, Venango Co. PA, Enumeration District 26. Date of Census:15 Apr. 1910. Lines 57-59: James O. Tyler, age 52, married 27 yr., occupation: merchant-(Feed?), born Wisconsin, Father born PA, Mother born Vermont. Laura V. age 53, m. 27 yr. Born PA, parents b. PA. James J., age 23, single, occupation: student. In school in 2010.
6	1920 U.S. Federal Census, Oil City, Venango Co. PA, Enumeration District 125, Date of census:6 & 7 Jan. 1920. Lines 91-92. Laura V. Tyler, Head, Rents, age 62, widow, no occupation. Ray E., son, age 30, single, no occupation. Both & parents born PA.
7	1930 U.S. Federal Census, Oil City, Venango Co. PA, Enumeration District 61-2-1. Date of Census 11 Apr 1930. Line 12{ Laura Taylor, head, owns house worth $5,500; age 17, widow, she & parents born PA.
8	Gravestones James O. & Laura V. Tyler, Oak Grove Hill Cemetery, Oak Grove, Venango Co, PA James O. Tyler, 1857-1911 (with Masons symbol). Laura V. Tyler, 1856-1937.

Research Notes

• Source 6, 1920 Census: others on this page, surnames of interest, lines 93-96 Family of Charles F. Beals age 37, wife Mary 38; lines 70-71 Arthur L. Irwin age 31, wife Ida, age 29.
• Source 7, 1930 Census: also on this page, Andrew Bower, apparently unrelated, parents from Germany, surnames Bauer and Ditz. Various records reviewed; nothing to suggest a connection.