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Joseph Alvy Snowdall1,2,3

ID# 19517, (1876 - 1966)
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Parents:

  • Father: Joseph Snowdall
  • Mother: Mary A. Glover

Key Events:

  • Born: on 30 Dec 1876 in Edwards Co., Illinois.4,5,6,7
  • Married First: Mable Bowers on 10 Aug 1898 in Edwards Co., Illinois.8,9
  • Married Second: Ethel Maud Gordon on 28 Jan 1908 in Sandusky Co., Ohio.10,11,12
  • Died: in 1966.13
  • Buried: in Elmwood Cemetery, Coin, Page Co., Iowa.14
Joseph also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Mable Bowers:

  • Vera I. Snowdall
  • Harold Alva Snowdall

Children with Ethel Maud Gordon:

  • Douglas Gorden Snowdall
  • Joseph Dean Snowdall+ (1908 - 1981)
  • Wava P. Snowdall
  • Clifford O. Snowdall
  • Helen Angela Snowdall
  • Robert Melvin Snowdall
  • Marguerite Eileen Snowdall
  • Winfred Iris Snowdall
  • Mildred Grace Snowdall
  • John R. Snowdall
  • Myron Jerome Snowdall
  • James Arthur Snowdall

Citations

  1. Eliza Gloover household, 1880 U.S. Census, Edwards Co., Illinois, shows name as Alva Snowdall.
  2. Joseph Alvy Snowdall, Joseph Alvy, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  3. Joseph Alvy Snowdall and Ethel Maud Gordon, marriage record.
  4. Joseph Alvy Snowdall and Ethel Maud Gordon, marriage record, shows he was age 31 on 30 Dec 1907, county, and state.
  5. Joseph Alvy Snowdall, Joseph Alvy, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date, with year as 1876.
  6. Eliza Gloover household, 1880 U.S. Census, Edwards Co., Illinois, shows age 4 and state.
  7. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 54834565, Joseph A Snowdall, shows year, as 1877, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  8. "Illinois County Marriages, 1810-1934," FamilySearch.org, record for Joseph Alvy Snowdall and Mabel Bowers, citing FHL # 1401779, shows date, county, and state.
  9. Alvie Snowdall household, 1900 U.S. Census, Edwards Co., Illinois, shows married one year.
  10. Joseph Alvy Snowdall and Ethel Maud Gordon, marriage record, shows date, county, and officiant.
  11. Joseph A. Snowdall household, 1910 U.S. Census, Putnam Co., Missouri, shows married 2 years, his second and her first marriage.
  12. J. A. Snowdahl household, 1925 Iowa State Census, Page Co., Iowa, Tarkio, shows married, and as marriage of parents for the children, state.
  13. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 54834565, Joseph A Snowdall, shows year, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  14. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 54834565, Joseph A Snowdall, includes tombstone photo.

Ethel Maud Gordon1,2,3

ID# 19518, (1885 - 1935)
Family Chart

Parents:

  • Father: John Gordon
  • Mother: Sophia Katherine Snur

Key Events:

  • Born: on 25 Feb 1885 in Elmira, Otsego Co., Michigan.4,5,6,7
  • Married: Joseph Alvy Snowdall on 28 Jan 1908 in Sandusky Co., Ohio.8,9,10
  • Died: on 22 May 1935 in Iowa City, Johnson Co., Iowa.11,12,13
  • Buried: on 25 May 1935 in Elmwood Cemetery, Coin, Page Co., Iowa.14,15
Ethel also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with Joseph Alvy Snowdall:

  • Douglas Gorden Snowdall
  • Joseph Dean Snowdall+ (1908 - 1981)
  • Wava P. Snowdall
  • Clifford O. Snowdall
  • Helen Angela Snowdall
  • Robert Melvin Snowdall
  • Marguerite Eileen Snowdall
  • Winfred Iris Snowdall
  • Mildred Grace Snowdall
  • John R. Snowdall
  • Myron Jerome Snowdall
  • James Arthur Snowdall

Citations

  1. Joseph Alvy Snowdall and Ethel Maud Gordon, marriage record, shows name as Ethel Maud Grodon in three places and Ethel May in a fourth.
  2. J. A. Snowdahl household, 1925 Iowa State Census, Page Co., Iowa, Tarkio, shows name as Mrs. J. A. Showdahl, and as mother of her children, as Ethel Gordon.
  3. Ethel Snowdall, Ethel, Standard Certificate of Death, shows father's surname as Gordon.
  4. Joseph Alvy Snowdall and Ethel Maud Gordon, marriage record, shows she was age 22 on 25 Feb 1907, county, as "Oswego" [does not exist, probably mis-spelling of Otsego] and state.
  5. Ethel Snowdall, Ethel, Standard Certificate of Death, shows date, town, as Elmira, and state.
  6. Joseph A. Snowdall household, 1910 U.S. Census, Putnam Co., Missouri, shows age 25 and state.
  7. "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," FamilySearch.org, record for Ethel Snowdall, citing FHL #1535553 and pg 258, shows age 50 at death 22 May 1935.
  8. Joseph Alvy Snowdall and Ethel Maud Gordon, marriage record, shows date, county, and officiant.
  9. Joseph A. Snowdall household, 1910 U.S. Census, Putnam Co., Missouri, shows married 2 years, his second and her first marriage.
  10. J. A. Snowdahl household, 1925 Iowa State Census, Page Co., Iowa, Tarkio, shows married, and as marriage of parents for the children, state.
  11. Ethel Snowdall, Ethel, Standard Certificate of Death, shows date, city, and county.
  12. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 54834584, Ethel M Snowdall, shows year, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  13. Joseph Snowdall household, 1940 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa, shows her husband as widowed.
  14. Ethel Snowdall, Ethel, Standard Certificate of Death, shows date, town, and state.
  15. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 54834584, Ethel M Snowdall, includes tombstone photo.

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