TWELFTH GENERATION

3477. William Henderson BOWLBY^{(13900) (3655)(7) (8)} was born on 30 May 1897 in East St. Louis, IL. ^{(7864)(13901)} He died on 21 Mar 1973 in Sequim, Washington.^{(7864) (13902)} He was a gas shovel operator by occupation, Presbyterian by faith, and
a member of the Eagles.

He was married to Beatrice May SANDS on 23 Jun 1915. ^(13903) County Marriages 1 Aug 1891 - 26 Apr 1921 online at:
http://www.olypen.com/rfoss/marriageindex.html puts the date at 23 Jun
1916 from Clallam Beatrice May SANDS ^{(3)(6) (3661)(3655) (7)(8)} was born on 3 May 1898 in Bucyrus, Washington.^{(7864) (13904)} She died on 18 Feb 1984 in Port Angeles, Washington. ^(13905) She was buried in Mount Angeles Cemetery.^(13906) Nickname: "Bessie" William Henderson BOWLBY and Beatrice May SANDS had the following children:

+5806 i. William Raymond BOWLBY^{(13907) (3655)(7) (8)} was born on 13 Jul 1917 in Sharpsville, Indiana.^{(7864) (13908)} He died on 18 Apr 1986 in Anacortes, Washington. ^(13909) He was also known as "Ray". ^(13910) After graduation from Clallam Bay High School with honors, Ray
received a scholarship to Washington State College where he attended
one year. He worked as a logger for 10 years, then for Skagit Steel,
an iron works in Sedor Woolley, Washington where he held numerous
jobs, one of which took him to different places to teach loggers how
to log with Skagit equipment. His furthest trip was to the
Philippines in 1962 where he taught natives how to log mahogany.
5807 ii. Wilber Eugene BOWLBY^{(3) (3660)(6) (3661)(3655) (7)(8)} was born on 19 Apr 1921 in Clallam Bay, Washington.^{(7864) (13911)} He died on 2 Mar 1942 in USS Houston, Pacific Ocean WWII.^(13912) Gene's first cousin once removed, Al Hudgens writes:

During World War II, "Gene" enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served aboard the Cruiser, USS Houston (CA-30). This ship was originally commissioned 17 June 1930 and was sunk on 1 March 1942 by the Japanese Navy. Gene was originally among the survivors in the water after the ship went down. An excellent swimmer, Gene carried messages between lifeboats for a time, but unfortunately disappeared and was presumed drowned during one of these trips. Many of the other survivors were captured and interned by the Japanese.

And a close family friend, Gay Knutson shares on a guest gook on the web:

Comments: I have just returned from SE Asia as part of a symphony orchestra tour. As part of the trip we visit Kanchanaburi, Thailand. We had a tremendously moving experience at the Allied Cemetery as well as to the Death Railway site where many of us purchased books about that terrible time not so many years ago. We also visited the Prisoner of War Museum-another experience which moved many of us to tears.

Our conductor is Dutch and was particularly interested in the news stories reported in his native tongue. However the most profoundly emotional moment came when one of our group returned to the tour bus obviously shaken. I was to learn that his older brother, Wilbur Bowlby, had been aboard the Houston and he had just seen a display about the catastrophe. Robert Bowlby was 14 years old when he lost his gib brother, but he has never forgotten him. Apparently Wilbur, like all Clallam County youths-growing up on the shores of the sea-was quite a strong swimmer and was able to help several young men grab hold of debris before he, himself, succumbed to exhaustion. The Bowlby family are good friends of mine and I would love to find out if any of these folks might still be around. Does anyone remember Will?

Thank you so much, Gay Knutson. PS The Bowbly's live in Clallam Bay about 40 miles west of here.
+5808 iii. George Dennis BOWLBY (Private).
+5809 iv. James Franklin BOWLBY (Private).
+5810 v. Robert Ross BOWLBY (Private).

He was married to Clara Josephine PETRANEK (ADAMS) on 31 Dec 1952 in Clallam County, Washington. ^(13913)