Family Group Sheet data from: April Boatman Bertolini, billu2u@ymail.com

 

husband

Henry Westley Boatman

birthdate and birthplace

 21 Jan 1850, Hillsboro, Highland Co., OH

death date, place

 27 July 1924, Gravity, Taylor Co., IA

burial

 Fairfield Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor Co., IA

1st marriage

 Ida Petronella DeWeese

father

 Henry Boatman, b. 11 July 1806, Highland Co., OH

mother

 Leah Marquis(s), b. 4 July 1808, OH

  picture of Henry Westley Boatman

 

wife

Ida Petronella DeWeese

birthdate and place

 14 Oct 1864, Napa (Brown’s Valley), Napa Co., CA

deathdate and place

 6 July 1949, McMinnville, Yamhill Co., OR

burial

 Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville, Yamhill Co., OR

father

 Carlin Edward Douglas “Dougie” DeWeese, b. 19 June 1840, IL

mother

 Mahala Jane Lomax, b. 14 May 1842, IL

  picture of Ida and Clyde Boatman

 

CHILDREN

 

#1 Clyde Milton

born

 30 July 1885

Bedford, Taylor Co., IA

married

 1 June 1905

Zoe Belle Lewellen

Gravity, Taylor Co., IA

died

 24 Dec 1975

McMinnville, Yamhill Co., OR

buried

 27 Dec 1975, Evergreen Mem. Park

McMinnville, Yamhill Co., OR

 

#2 Jennie Vaughn

born

 24 Sept 1889

Bedford, Taylor Co., IA

married

 26 Oct 1905 m/1 Roy S. Brookman

m/2 Ralph Owen Bargenholt

died

 7 Nov 1977

Beuna Park, Orange Co., CA

buried

 

 

#3 Gail Westley

born

 39 June 1896

Bedford, Taylor Co., IA

married

 11 Nov 1919

Amy Edith Michael

died

 

McMinnville, OR

buried

 

 

#4 Helen Vita or

Uneeta

born

 8 May 1898

Bedford, Taylor Co., IA

married

 7 April 1918 m/1 Elmer Lewis Farmer, m/2 23 Oct 1943 Lloyd Hanville

m/1 Alliance, NE

died

 

buried

 

NOTES:

[1] Sources include various census records; book of genealogy records kept by Clyde Milton Boatman; personal history written by Clyde Marion Boatman; and Canadian homestead records.

 [2] On some records Henry Westley Boatman is listed as Wesley Boatman.

[3] The 1850 census shows Henry’s parents residing in Jackson twp., Highland Co., OH.

[4] Henry Westley is born the youngest of 11 children.

[5] 1858 Henry’s parents move to Wisconsin.

[6] 1860 Henry’s parents are living in Galesburg, Knox Co., IL.

[7] 1872 Family tradition says Henry and Ida Boatman moved with their family to Bedford.

[8] 1880 Henry Westley is listed as a farm laborer, 29, living with John S. Payton in Ross twp., Taylor Co.

[9] 1895 Henry Westley is listed as a carpenter.

[10] Henry and his wife Ida homestead for a few years (1909-22) with other friends and families, including Boatmans, Lewellens and Palmers (and more), to Rich Valley, Alberta, Canada. They return often to Iowa and move back there permanently at some point.

[11] Ida Petronella DeWeese Boatman operated a milliner store in Gravity, Iowa.

[12] Later in life, after the death of Henry Westley, Ida remarries Ira Syvester King who dies at the age of 84 on 17 July 1941 in McMinnville, Oregon. He was always referred to as Mr. King.