WA WA: Richard Bowman dob 4/8/1921; date found 7/30/1993

[nemo'smom]

https://claimus.org/cases/333

Mr Bowman is under the jurisdiction of the Spokane County ME's office in Washington state.

claimus case 333

 

[tifflee]

Here is the SSDI listing for Richard Bowman.

"United States Social Security Death Index," Richard H Bowman, 1993
First Name: Richard
Middle Name: H
Last Name: Bowman
Name Suffix:
Birth Date: 8 April 1921
Social Security Number: 382-01-3393
Place of Issuance: Michigan
Last Residence: Clark, Washington
Zip Code of Last Residence: 98604
Death Date: 30 July 1993
Estimated Age at Death: 72

 

[nemo'smom]

Richard Bowman
Birth Date: 8 Apr 1921
Address: 307 S 4th St, Yakima, WA, 98901-2905

Looks like he was at this address for a while.

 

[nemo'smom]

Name: Richard Bowman
Date of Death: 30 Jul 1993
Place of Death: Spokane City
Age: 72
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1921
Residence: Spokane City
Gender: Male
SSN:
Certificate: 024452

 

[windstorm]

Bumping. Still active on Claimus

 

[doublestop]

Richard H. Bowman, b. April 8, 1921, in Pennsylvania, was jailed in the 1940s at Folsom and San Quentin in California, for car theft from Los Angeles County. He also had a car theft record in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1939. His Folsom records show him as divorced with one child. He was discharged from there June 4, 1950.

His 1944 record shows him as having a tattoo of a cross and wreath that says "In memory of mother" so presumably his mother was dead by then.

In 1940, at age 18, he was in a reformatory in Scioto, Ohio (presumably for the 1939 car theft). He shows that he completed 4 years of high school, and is single.

In 1935, so age 13 or 14, he was living in Detroit, Michigan.

I can't find any record of him before then, or of his marriage or child's birth.

 

[nemo'smom]

He may have used an alias after he got out of prison. If he did, he will be difficult to impossible to trace. We can hope a family member will perhaps search on the internet, find this site, and ask for more information.

 

[doublestop]

If we could find a marriage record for him, it might allow us to track his ex-wife, and see if the child is still living.

 

[Gardener1850]

I found an alternate SS record with his same SS number and same date of death but the date of birth is different. It says "change in DOB" and this record lists his parents names. The alternate DOB is April 8, 1918. His full name is Richard Harvey Bowman. Perhaps more can be found under the 1918 DOB?

I don't know if we're allowed to post his parents names here? I'm new to the unclaimed forum, thanks.

 

[nemo'smom]

I think it is okay if they are deceased, and with a son born in 1918, they would have to be.

 

[Gardener1850]

I think it is okay if they are deceased, and with a son born in 1918, they would have to be.

Ok, thanks! Here is the SS record with alternate DOB:

Name: Richard Harvey Bowman
SSN: 382013393
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: April 8, 1918
Birth Place: Bigler Clear, Pennsylvania [Clearfield, Pennsylvania]
Death Date: 30 Jul 1993
Father: George R Bowman
Mother: Olive M. Turner
Type of Claim: Change in DOB.
Notes: Feb 1937: Name listed as RICHARD HARVEY BOWMAN;
17 Sep 1993: Name listed as RICHARD H BOWMAN

 

[Gardener1850]

I didn't find much on his parents. A couple with their same names was listed as living in Modesto, CA in 1926, 1933 and 1934 city directories.
Richard Harvey Bowman would have been a child/teen in 1926-1934, no matter which DOB is correct. But I didn't find them in census records yet to verify those are his parents in the city directories.

 

[pigsnpickles]

It is unlikely that Richard Harvey Bowman (1921-1993) was actually born in 1918 because his father George R. Bowman was seriously wounded in WW I in 1918 and sent home (arriving in New Jersey from France) in 1919.

 

[truthfinder2019]

I found the same & some more:
Richard Harvey Bowman, dob 1921

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQK-3VKN

father George R Bowman
Mother Olive M Turner

Wife Rosa Pearce deceased 1990 (divorced from R H Bowman). Was living with her widower mother Mary L Pearce ( Maria Lopez Olachea, married to Henry-Enrique Raphael Pearce). and brother Henry (dob 1909) in CA with her own daughter and son:
Possible daughter Carol J Bowman, dob 1944 California, also deceased
Possible son D. W. Bowman, dob ca. 1947 (potentially 1/17/1947) not sure he is alive, with this dob there is a page on findagrave so he is also probably deceased. Donald W. Bowman (1947-unknown) - Find a Grave...

Info comes from public 1950 census document attached, Carol was ca. 6 and D was 3.

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Cannot find an obituary for Carol, those available are of omonyms in different cities I believe with different dob.
Cannot find marriage records or any other records for Carol and Donald, so maybe the family indeed ends there with them, and he will remain unclaimed.

 

[HorseGuy]

The Claim Us link at the top is broken. Maybe we was claimed?

 

[truthfinder2019]

The Claim Us link at the top is broken. Maybe we was claimed?

I think the page may have been moved to Unclaimed Person / NamUs #UCP333

 

[HorseGuy]

How do you have both children as deceased? His wife was divorced from him by 1950 census while he was in prison. The children if still alive probably want nothing to do with him. Read what he did in 1960. No need to search for his relatives.

 

[truthfinder2019]

How do you have both children as deceased? His wife was divorced from him by 1950 census while he was in prison. The children if still alive probably want nothing to do with him. Read what he did in 1960. No need to search for his relatives.

This is what comes out from familysearch and ancestry. The daughter is imdicated as deceased, and for Donald there is a grave. I do not know more but it i not uncommon to have deceased people born late 40s