Wilfred Carroll Howes (1900 - 1978)

Born 2 Apr 1900 in Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Son of William Henry Howes and Winnifred Ella (Russell) Howes

Husband of Carrie Mildred (Harlow) Howes — married 4 Apr 1925 (to 20 Sep 1978) in Livermore Falls, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Died 20 Sep 1978 at age 78 in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States

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Biography

Wilfred Carroll Howes was born on 2 Apr 1900 in Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States, son of William Henry Howes (1866 - 1931) and Winnifred Ella (Russell) Howes (1873 - 1944).

His WWI draft registration record signed 12 Apr 1918 at Jay, Maine yields the following information: His full name is Wilfred Carroll Howes, age 18, born Apr 2, 1900, a resident of Jay, Maine. He is single, and a high school student. His father William Howes is listed as his nearest relative. He is described as being of medium height and build, with blue eyes and light brown hair. His draft classification was 1A.

Wilfred married Carrie Mildred Harlow (1905 - 1987) on 4 Apr 1925 in Livermore Falls, Androscoggin, Maine. They were the parents of five known children:

1. Madeline W Howes b. 19 Sep 1925 at Jay, d. 25 Jul 2016 at Farmington, Maine;
2. Robert W Howes b. 18 Mar 1927 at Jay, d. 21 May 1928;
3. Rodney Harlow Howes b. 26 Apr 1929 at Jay, d. 1 Sep 2016 at San Antonio, Texas;
4. Gloria A Howes b. 9 Jun 1932, d. 22 Jul 2003;
5. Carroll Howes b. about 1935.

Wilfred died on 20 Sep 1978 in Farmington, Franklin, Maine aged 78. He is buried at the Jay Hill Cemetery, Jay, Maine.

Sources

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQN-N3R : accessed 11 February 2020), Willfred Howes, 02 Apr 1900; citing Jay, , Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLN-BYH : accessed 30 April 2020), Willfred C Howes in household of Willie H Howes, Jay town, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95, sheet 11B, family 245, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,592.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR33-HXN : accessed 30 April 2020), Wilfred C Howes in household of William H Howes, Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 130, sheet 12A, family 195, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 540; FHL microfilm 1,374,553.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZFR-WYV : accessed 30 April 2020), Wilfred Carrol Howes, 1917-1918.,*"Maine, World War I Draft Registration Index, 1917-1919," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HM-5HGV : 15 March 2018), Wilfred C Howes, 1917-1919; citing Draft Registration, Jay, Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States, Maine State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 005652230.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZJ-GVG : accessed 30 April 2020), Wilfred C Howes in household of William H Howes, Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing ED 53, sheet 7B, line 54, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 642; FHL microfilm 1,820,642.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM8T-82S : accessed 30 April 2020), Wilfred E Howes, Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 3B, line 65, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 832; FHL microfilm 2,340,567.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMM8-28N : accessed 30 April 2020), Wilfred Howes, Jay Town, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-17, sheet 3A, line 13, family 44, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1478.
• "Wilfred Howes," obituary, Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), 21 September 1978, p. 2, col. 4; online images, Google" (https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=IT5EXw6i2GUC&dat=19780920&printsec=frontpage&hl=en : accessed 20 April 2022).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192303047/wilfred-carroll-howes), memorial page for Wilfred Carroll Howes (2 Apr 1900–20 Sep 1978), Find a Grave Memorial ID 192303047, citing Jay Hill Cemetery, Jay, Franklin County, Maine, USA.

DNA

• Paternal and maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between [[Howes-1973|EH and her paternal second cousin, BH. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great-grandparents William Howes and Winnifred Russell. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd cousins, based on sharing 196 cM across 9 segments.