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Bloodline — Bowland

The Bowland Line

Placeholder — built from the family GEDCOM export, primary-source verification not yet started

Nellie Florence Bowland's family, rooted in Tiffin, Adams County, Ohio. Her marriage into the Schmidt family is covered on the Schmidt Line — she married Kenneth Schmidt, one of William Edward and Margaret "Madge" Schmidt's seven children; this page will hold her own ancestry as that research develops. Her son Richard Dean Schmidt's own life story — Kansas roots, WWII Navy service aboard USS Sumter, and his postwar decades in Peoria — is written up on the Schmidt Line and the Sumter Log.

Kenneth Oswald Schmidtb. 1905 · ANCHORSchmidt & Oswald linesNellie Florence Bowland1904–1991m.William A. Bowland & Mary F. Porter1853–1911 · 1860–1926 · TIFFIN, OHEphraim W. Boland & Elizabeth SoaperSENECA COUNTY, OHIOThe Bowland line joins through Kenneth’s wife, Nellie.
From Kenneth Oswald Schmidt up through the Bowland line.
Ancestor Records
001
Married into Schmidt Line

Nellie Florence Bowland Schmidt

A Tiffin, Ohio, Native
b. Sep 16, 1904, Tiffin, Adams Co., OH d. May 10, 1991, Park Forest, Cook Co., IL m. Kenneth Schmidt, abt. 1925

Nellie was born in 1904 in Tiffin, Ohio, the youngest of seven children of William Alexander Bowland and Mary Florence Porter. Around 1925, in Washington, Kansas, she married Kenneth Schmidt — a son of William Edward Schmidt and Margaret "Madge" Oswald (see the Schmidt Line). She died in 1991 in Park Forest, Illinois.

002
Parents of 001

William Alexander Bowland & Mary Florence Porter

William: b. Nov 15, 1853 — d. Jul 5, 1911 m. Jun 13, 1878, Seneca, OH

William Alexander Bowland and Mary Florence Porter married in June 1878 in Seneca, Ohio, and raised seven children in Tiffin, Adams County. Birthplace and death place for William are not yet recorded in the GEDCOM beyond the dates themselves.

The Siblings
  • Carrie (b. 1860, d. 1959, Akron, OH) — married Frank Edward Bessler.
  • Alta (b. 1882, d. 1940) — married Howard Beecher Scott, 1912.
  • Glenn (b. 1887) — married Bertha Horner, abt. 1914; WWII draft card on file, Wymore, Nebraska.
  • Clyde (b. 1890, d. 1932, Steele City, NE) — married Sadie Eden Rohecrana, abt. 1927.
  • Ruth (b. 1892) — no spouse or family on record yet.
  • Anna M. (b. 1897, d. 1992) — married Charlie Franklin Ferguson, 1915.
  • Nellie Florence (b. 1904, d. 1991) — married into the Schmidt family; see record 001.
003
Open — One Generation Further Back

Ephraim Walter Boland & Elizabeth Soaper

Parents of William Alexander Bowland

William Alexander Bowland's parents. No dates or places recorded yet — the current edge of the known line on this side. Note the spelling variant, "Boland" vs. "Bowland" — dedicated research into whether and when the spelling settled is flagged for a future session.

The Bowland Siblings
Nellie's Brothers & Sisters — Tiffin, Ohio

Nellie grew up in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, the youngest of William and Mary Bowland's children. Around 1910 the family moved west to Farmington, Washington County, Kansas, and several of her siblings settled on into Nebraska. Nellie married Kenneth Oswald Schmidt about 1925.

From family records
Alta Bowland
1882–1940 · Tiffin, OH
Glenn Bowland
b. 1887 · later Wymore, NE
Clyde Bowland
1890–1932 · Steele City, NE
Ruth Bowland
b. 1892 · Ohio
Anna M. Bowland
1897–1992 · later Nebraska
Nellie Florence Bowland
1904–1991 · this line

Sibling names and dates are drawn from the family's records and have not yet been independently verified against primary sources.

Open Questions & Discrepancies
Boland / Bowland Spelling

Ephraim Walter Boland's surname is recorded without the "w" — worth confirming whether this is the same family with a settling spelling, a transcription variant, or a genuine name change.

William Alexander Bowland's Birthplace

No birthplace or death place is recorded for William, only dates (1853–1911). Unresolved.

Ruth Bowland

The one sibling among the seven with no spouse or family recorded. No marriage or death record located yet.