Obituary
IONIA - Funeral services will be held Sunday at the Boynton funeral home for Mrs. Ella Brooks Bowerman, 77, widow of Almon Bowerman, Ionia circuit court bailiff, who was found frozen to death in her home. She was found dead 19 days after her husband, bailiff in the Ionia court for 32 years, died.

Surviving are two sons by her first marriage, Frank and Ward Hubbard, both of Grand Rapids; two stepchildren, Ralph Bowerman of Grandville and Mrs. Fred J. Allen of Chesaning; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Temporary interment will be in the mausoleum at Highland Park with permanent burial later .... Grand Rapids cemetery.
-Grand Rapids Herald, February 21, 1943
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1) Marriage Date: 29 Mar 1874
Marriage Place: Orleans, Ionia, Michigan
Name: Ellen Bulder
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birth Place: Michigan
Age: 17
Spouse: Mark Hubbard
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Birth Place: Michigan
Divorce: 24 Jul 1912 Ionia, Michigan
Children: 4
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1900 Census
Name: Ella Hubard
Birth Date: Apr 1864
Home in 1900: Ionia, Ionia, Michigan
Race: White
Years Married: 25
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Mother: number of living children: 5
Mother: How many children: 5

Household Members: Name Age
Mark Hubard 44
Ella Hubard 36
Etta Hubard 21
Ward Hubard 13
Purlie Hubard 11
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2) Marriage Date: 18 Oct 1913
Marriage Place: Ionia, Ionia, Michigan
Name: Ella Badder Hubbard
Birth Year: abt 1865
Birth Place: Ionia County
Age: 48
Residence Place: Grand Rapids
Father: Badder
Spouse: Harry A Brooks
Male, White
Age: 48
Birth Place: Ionia Township
Residence Place: Ionia Township
Father: Stephen Brooks
Mother: Mary Mitchell
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3) Marriage Date: 3 Nov 1935
Marriage Place: Ionia, Ionia, Michigan
Name: Ella Badder Brooks
Birth Year: abt 1867
Birth Place: Orange Township
Age: 68
Father: Samuel Badder
Mother: Mary Wilson
Spouse: Mr David A Bowerman
Male, White
Age: 76
Birth Place: Orleans Township
Father: David W Bowerman
Mother: Sarah Joline
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Death record
County Ionia
City/village/township Ionia
Name Ella M Bowerman
Birth Year 1866
Age 76
Death 17 Feb 1943
Father: Samuel Badder
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Daughter Death record
County Montcalm
City/village/township Greenville
Name Etta Lanz
Birth Year 1878
Age 68
Death 17 Jan 1947
Father: Mark Hubbard
Mother: Ellen Batter
Spouse: Fred Lanz