Almira Thomas (Hall) Sowle (1810 - 1888)

Born 27 May 1810 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Washington Sowle — married 4 Dec 1827 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1888 at age 78 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

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Genealogically Defined

Biography

notes on Find A Grave Almira Thomas (Hall) Sowle was the daughter of Judge Parker Hall and Hannah (Thomas) Hall. Her husband, George W. Sowle, was a sea captain who died in Isley, Peru. They were married in 1827 and had two children, Amarintha (Sowle) Brown and Job Sowle.

Almira T. Hall was born 27 May 1810 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island She is the daughter of Parker Hall and Hannah Thomas. ^[1]

Almira married George Soule of Dartmouth ^[2]

Name George W. Sowle Event Type Marriage Notice Event Date 04 Dec 1827 Event Place Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Gender Male Marital Status Married Spouse's Name Almira T. Hall Spouse's Gender Female ^{[3] [4]}

Almira died 31 Aug 1888 at age 78 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States ^[5]

Two children, Amarintha (Sowle) Brown and Job Sowle. Note she is listed as mother and mother-in-law in Census records.

Marriage of daughter Ameratha ^[6]

Death of daughter Amarintha ^[7]

Death of son Job: ^[8]

1880 Census

• Name Almira T Sowle

Event Type Census Event Date 1880 Event Place Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Gender Female Age 67 Marital Status Widowed Race White Race (Original) W Relationship to Head of Household Mother Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Mother Birth Year (Estimated) 1813 Birthplace Rhode Island, United States Father's Birthplace Rhode Island, United States Mother's Birthplace Rhode Island, United States Sheet Letter C Sheet Number 66 Person Number 6 Volume 1 Household/Role/Sex/Age/Birthplace

• Job Sowle Self M 44 Massachusetts, United States
• Lydia Sowle Wife F 45 Rhode Island, United States
• Ella A Sowle Daughter F 19 Rhode Island, United States
• Erminie E Sowle Daughter F 12 Rhode Island, United States
• Walter A Sowle Son M 8 Rhode Island, United States
• William T H Sowle Son M 8 Rhode Island, United States
• Almira T Sowle Mother F 67 Rhode Island, United States

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Sources

1. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8SM-W9K : 6 December 2014), Almira T. Hall, 27 May 1810; citing Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, reference p 121; FHL microfilm 946,795.
2. ↑ Representative Men and Old Families of RI. Chicago 1908, p. 1070-1071
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH7F-X5R : 5 November 2017), George W. Sowle and Almira T. Hall, 04 Dec 1827; citing Marriage Notice, Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 903,378.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7F-X5R : 10 November 2020), Almira T. Hall in entry for George W. Sowle, 4 Dec 1827; citing Marriage, Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009648.
5. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D6B7-J63Z : 9 November 2020), Almira T Sowle, 1888.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-M3T3 : 29 November 2018), Almira T Soule in entry for William S Brown and Ameratha H Soule, 8 Oct 1846; citing Marriage, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009321.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW63-J5R : 2 March 2021), Almira Hall in entry for Amarintha H. Sowle Brown, 16 Apr 1900; citing New Bedford, Massachusetts, v 504 p 332, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,726.
8. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D6B8-F5ZM : 9 November 2020), Almyra H Sowle in entry for Job Sowle, 1919.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4SZ-P3F : 15 July 2017), Almira T Sowle in household of Job Sowle, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; citing enumeration district ED 88, sheet 66C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1210; FHL microfilm 1,255,210.

• Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island (J. H. Beers & Co., 1908) Volume 1 p. 1070-1071

• Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Providence, R.I., Narrangansett Historical Pub. Co., 1891) p 78 birth

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDSL-J41 : 29 May 2021), Almira T Sowle in entry for William S Brown, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH6Q-FK4 : 23 November 2021), Almira T. Soule in household of William S. Brown, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQHV-1VQ : 22 February 2021), Almira T Soule in entry for William S Brown, 1865.

• "Rhode Island State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5FQ-7V9 : 11 March 2018), Almira Soule, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island; citing 6, State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 953,920.

• Almira Thomas Hall on Find A Grave: Memorial #26803256 retrieved 14:07, 19 December 2017 (EST)