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Robert Benjamin Howell (1892 - 1954)

Robert Benjamin Howell
Born in Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 18 Sep 1916 (to before 1930) in Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 62 in Rush Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

The son of Benjamin F. Howell (1861-1938) and Lena Adrian (1868-1942), Robert Howell was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania in 1892.[citation needed] He lived there with his family.[1][2] His siblings included:

  1. Minnie Howell (1886-)
  2. Sarah "Sadie" Ethel Howell (1891-1979)
  3. Helen Howell (1893-)
  4. Birdella E. Howell (1897-)

Robert Howell married Helen (Boughner) Grow, marrying in Luzerne County on September 18, 1916[3] and having two daughters together. They made their home in Delano Township, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, where Robert worked as a machinist at the railroad shop there.[4] When he registered for the draft in 1917,[5] Robert stated that he was employed by Lehigh Valley Railroad Company as a railroad crane operator. He both lived and was employed in Delano Township. He was described as a man of medium height and build, with brown hair and grey eyes.

Robert and Helen Howell separated before 1930; that year, when the census was conducted, Robert boarded in Delano Township with Joseph and Margaret Tarn, along with other railroad workers.[6]

Robert Howell remarried in 1940, marrying Helene (Schimmelbusch) Ludden (1894-1977), the daughter of Charles W. Schimmelbusch and Lucy Lewis, marrying in Luzerne County on November 4, 1940.[7] Helene Schimmelbusch Ludden had been married previously to Thomas Francis Ludden (1896-1935), having one son with him, Carl Thomas Ludden. Thomas Howell passed away in Rush Township at the age of 62.[8]

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3QQ-LQ7 : 13 January 2022), Robert Herrell in entry for Benj Herrell, 1900.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGDX-VBT : accessed 19 March 2022), Robert Howell in household of Ben Howell, Pittston Ward 11, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 96, sheet 4B, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1368; FHL microfilm 1,375,381.
  3. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHF2-2KG : 7 January 2020), Robert B Howell and Helen Boughner, 18 Sep 1916; citing Marriage, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF1P-Z1W : 3 February 2021), Robt B Howell, 1920.
  5. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6KG-RKP : 25 December 2021), Robert Benjamin Howell, 1917-1918.
  6. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.Year: 1930; Census Place: Delano, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 2341878. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Ancestry Record 6224 #56043648 with attached Image
  7. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHFH-7DH : 10 March 2021), Robert Howell and Helene Ludden, 4 Nov 1940; citing Marriage, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
  8. ↑ Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 024601-027300; certificate no. 26952. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Ancestry Record 5164 #5926674 with attached Image




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