Grocery store, Bowman family, NYC

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Roxy Triebel

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Grocery store, Bowman family, NYC

A photo of the Bowman family in front of their grocery store: Charles and Elma Simmons briefly ran a grocery store in New York City. My father remembers hearing that Elma hated living in the city so much that she threatened divorce if they did not GO HOME to Dutchess County. I have no proof, but believe the two other people in the photo may be Elma's brother Otis Bowman and sister Mary (Bowman) Duncan. A 1910 census says Otis was 50, making his birthdate about 1860 - he would have been 25 in 1885. According to my information, Mary was born in 1866 and would have been about 19.

Date & Place: 1885 in New York, New York County, New York USA

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Charles Bruce Simmons May 11, 1861 - Dec 26, 1911 Lafayetteville, New York, USA

Charles Bruce Simmons was born on May 11, 1861 in Town of Northeast, Dutchess County, New York USA, and died at age 50 years old on December 26, 1911 in Lafayetteville. Charles Simmons was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Pine Plains. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Charles Bruce Simmons.

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Elma (Bowman) Simmons Sep 8, 1862 - Dec 20, 1943 Milan, New York, USA

Elma (Bowman) Simmons was born on September 8, 1862 in Milan Township, Dutchess County, New York USA to Jane (Milroy) Bowman and John S. Bowman, and had siblings Mary (Bowman) Duncan, Otis M. Bowman, and Louisa Bowman. She married Charles Bruce Simmons on January 2, 1884, and they were married until Charles' death on December 26, 1911. She had children Mabel B. (Simmons) Herrick and Dorothy (Simmons) Triebel. Elma Simmons died at age 81 years old on December 20, 1943 in Milan, and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Pine Plains. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elma (Bowman) Simmons.

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Roxy Triebel

I love antique photographs. In addition to sharing old photos of my family, I am also going through my collection of "antique store people". They've been sitting in a storage tub in my back room much too long and maybe some of their families will be able to find them here. If I'm able to identify the people in the photo, I upload it not only to AncientFaces, but also to Ancestry, FamilySearch, and Find-A-Grave. If the person in the picture is a military veteran, the photo also goes on Fold3. I figure that the more places I upload these pictures, the greater the chance that a relative will be able to find them.

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