| Birth: | Jan. 24, 1858
Illinois, USA | | Death: | Apr. 19, 1940
Portland
Multnomah County
Oregon, USA | 
Olive Thayer Bowlsby was the daughter of Elbridge Thayer and Mary C. Merryfield. On 7 Nov. 1877 she married Willard Lucien Bowlsby In Olive, Nebraska. She was 19 yrs. old.Their first three children, Cora Melissa b.1878, a little girl with big blue eyes and dark curls, Leroy b.1880, and Effie Lecreca b.1882, were born there. In 1884, Willard and Olive lost 2 of their younger children, Leroy and Effie, to diphtheria. They are buried in David City.After the death of the children, they moved to Oregon and homesteaded near Pilot Rock. After they arrived, 3 more children were born to them, May, Fayette Elenora and Lillian. Later Olive and Will's family moved to Pendleton, Oregon.
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Parents:
Elbridge May Thayer (1832 - 1917)
Mary Catherine Merryfield Thayer (1834 - 1901)
Spouse:
Willard Lucien Bowlsby (1857 - 1932)*
Children:
Leroy Bowlsby (1879 - 1884)*
Effie Lucrecia Bowlsby (1882 - 1884)*
*Calculated relationship
| | | Burial:
Multnomah Park Cemetery
Portland
Multnomah County
Oregon, USA
Plot: X, 5-2, 2 |
Maintained by: Marilyn Harrison
Originally Created by: Invenio Sepulchrum
Record added: Jan 31, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 47369917 |
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