1949-53 vintage 5yr DIARY greeley co HELEN BOWLES betty daily life genealogy For Sale

1949-53 vintage 5yr DIARY greeley co HELEN BOWLES betty daily life genealogy
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Original 1949 five-year diary kept by Helen Bowles, with handwritten entries continuing through 1953. This is another piece from the Betty Bowles estate and contains a substantial amount of Bowles family, social, genealogical, travel, military, medical, birth, marriage, and death information. Please see the photographs for the diary\'s physical size and scale, as no exact measurement was supplied. The dark blue textured binding shows normal age and handling wear, and the interior contains extensive period handwriting along with several pieces of original ephemera.

Rather than functioning simply as a daily 1949 diary, Helen used the book\'s dated spaces to record multiple years on the same calendar dates, frequently adding entries for 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, and 1953. This creates an unusually dense family chronology covering approximately five years.

The entries document everyday family life including Christmas gatherings, dinners, visitors, shopping, weather and temperatures, illnesses, deaths, marriages, births, trips, and family movements. Locations visible in the diary include Park City, Utah; Salt Lake City; Cheyenne; Loveland; Littleton; Greeley; Winter Park; Pasadena, California; Lawrenceburg and Summertown, Tennessee; San Francisco; and military locations overseas.

Of particular genealogical interest are numerous full names and family relationships. Among the memoranda is detailed information concerning Culis Doyle Martin, born June 29, 1930, with his parents identified as Arthur Roosevelt Martin and Laura Marie Daniels. Helen also recorded military information for Martin, including a service/serial number, APO 323, FEAMCOM, San Francisco, the 6400th Warehouse Squadron, 6409th Air Base Group, and Tachikawa, Japan. These entries provide a particularly interesting early Cold War/U.S. Air Force research connection.

Additional family memoranda record birthdays and events for people including Russell Edward Lofgren, Thomas Chester Shaw, Culis Doyle Martin, Steven Ray Martin, and Nora Cary Bowles. Nora Cary Bowles is recorded as born October 30, 1869 and died April 18, 1956. Helen also noted illnesses and medical events including measles, chicken pox, bronchial croup, tonsil removal, polio in Japan, and other family health events.

Several loose or retained pieces of period ephemera accompany the diary. Particularly noteworthy is an original U.S. Army Medical Department Form 55 L-B serology card bearing the name Culis D. Martin, along with a newspaper death clipping for Mrs. Ida May Shaffer of Greeley and another newspaper clipping containing birth announcements. These pieces appear to have been intentionally saved with the family record and add considerably to its archival and genealogical character.

The diary also contains a period address/telephone entry for Mrs. Shirley Bowles Chappell of Pasadena, California, as well as numerous references to Bowles relatives and acquaintances. Christmas and holiday entries are especially detailed, recording who visited, where family members ate dinner, travel between households, and other small details rarely preserved in formal genealogical records.

For Additional estate items, CLICK HERE:This is from the Betty Bowles estate. Father is Floyd, Husband is Russell E. Lofgren. The Bowles family used BOWLES TREE SERVICE business.

PARENTS:
FLOYD C BOWLES & HELEN L BOWLES
1329 11TH ST
GREELEY, COLO

Name Miss Betty Bowles
Residence Place Salt Lake City, Utah,
Employer California Institute of Technology
Marriage Date 28 May 1950
Father Floyd Bowles
Mother Bowles
Spouse Russell E Lofgren

Name: Betty Exact Bowles
Residence Year: 1947 Street Address: 507 N Grand Oaks av Pasadena, California,
Occupation: Clerk
Publication Title: Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1947



Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.

CONDITION: Maybe 80% filled. See listing description and photos.




















































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