My grandmother was named for her mother Bertha Rice.
She was the third child born to John Rice and Sarah France from Kansas. They all came to Texas about 1873 and settled around Denton County for awhile. 1879 they moved on to Baird in Callahan County near Belle Plains. Great Mimmie as we called her went to school graduating in Baird. Her father John Rice was in the freighting business in Ft Worth and gone allot taking care of business to provide for his family. Here in Baird is where she and William Grant met and married when she was 18 years old and began their large family of children.
I was fortunate enough to know my Great Mimmie and adored her and her stories of the family. She especially inspired me to learn the piano and one of my favorite things to do at their lovely home was swinging in this awesome old large tree in their back yard. I remember many great times visiting.
Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Name: Bertha Belle Bowlus
Death Date: 29 Nov 1947
Death Place: Baird, Callahan, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1871
Birthplace: Lawrence, Kansas
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: John Rice
Mother's Name: Sarah France
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Baird, Callahan, Texas
Burial Place: Baird, Texas
Burial Date: 01 Dec 1947
My grandmother was named for her mother Bertha Rice.
She was the third child born to John Rice and Sarah France from Kansas. They all came to Texas about 1873 and settled around Denton County for awhile. 1879 they moved on to Baird in Callahan County near Belle Plains. Great Mimmie as we called her went to school graduating in Baird. Her father John Rice was in the freighting business in Ft Worth and gone allot taking care of business to provide for his family. Here in Baird is where she and William Grant met and married when she was 18 years old and began their large family of children.
I was fortunate enough to know my Great Mimmie and adored her and her stories of the family. She especially inspired me to learn the piano and one of my favorite things to do at their lovely home was swinging in this awesome old large tree in their back yard. I remember many great times visiting.
Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Name: Bertha Belle Bowlus
Death Date: 29 Nov 1947
Death Place: Baird, Callahan, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1871
Birthplace: Lawrence, Kansas
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: John Rice
Mother's Name: Sarah France
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Baird, Callahan, Texas
Burial Place: Baird, Texas
Burial Date: 01 Dec 1947
Family Members
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William Lawrence Bowlus
1891–1964
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Feral Bertha Bowlus
1894–1895
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Esther Belle Bowlus Haley
1896–1980
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Beulah Juanita "Nete" Bowlus Ogilvy
1898–1939
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Bertha Myrl "Mimmie" Bowlus Ramsey
1900–1993
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Edith Marie "Dee" Bowlus
1902–1957
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Norma Annetta Bowlus West
1904–1983
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Weldon Grant Bowlus
1906–1967
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John Wesley Bowlus Sr
1908–1968
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