Henry MAUVAIS / MOWWE & Louisa COOK

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Henry MAUVAIS / MOWWE
Louisa COOK

Husband: Henri / Heinrich MAUVAIS, a.k.a., Henry MOWWE
Birth: 1849/50, Baden or France
Death: 1885-1900
Occupation: carpenter, worker in furniture factory

Anytime someone is switching between France and Germany as their birthplace, there's a high probability they were born in Alsace-Lorraine.

Marriage: 29 Aug 1869, Marion Co., IN

Wife: Louisa / Louise COOK
Birth: Aug 1851, IN
Occupation: homemaker
Father probably: William COOK, b. 1817/8, Prussia
Mother probably: Lenora __?__, b. 1821/2, Prussia

Children — born in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN:

1. Wilhelm / William F. MOWWE, b. Jun 1870
2. Clara MOWWE, b. 1871/2
2. Henry Charles MOWWE, b. 23 Sep 1874
4. Otto William MOWWE, b. 25 Feb 1877
5. Ernest Christian MOWWE, b. 20 Jul 1885/6

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; FRA, FR, France; German Empire, Preussen, Preußeb; USA, US, United States, Indiana

Sources (n.b., Hamilton Co. is adjacent to Marion Co.):

1. Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 (online at FamilySearch.org):

Henry Mowe Louisa Cook 29 Aug 1869 Marion Co. GS Film #499370 Ref ID 509

2. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find Henry, at least not with certainty. There is a Louisa COOK (æ 11, b. IN) living in Indianapolis (Ward 7), Marion Co., IN (p. 597), with her parents, William COOK (æ 42, b. Prussia) & Lenora (æ 38, b. Prussia), plus siblings. Here, Louisa's siblings are all "ditto'd" as born in Prussia, but in 1870, they're all shown born in Indiana.

3. 1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #140 of 147 — indexed "Mooy"): Indianapolis P.O., Indianapolis (Ward 8), Marion Co., IN, Roll M593_341, p. 471, PN 140, 1159/1159, enumerated 28 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1870: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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1159 1159 Movy Henry 21 M W Carpenter 100 Baden / / /

____ Louesa 19 F W Keeps House Indiana / /

4. 1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 74): 382 South East Street, Indianapolis (Ward 23), Marion Co., IN, Roll 296, p. 710B, SN 2B, SD 3, ED 129, enumerated 1 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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* 382 19 22 Mauvais Henry W M 30 / Works at furnit. fact. France France France

_______ Louisa W F 29 Wife / Keeping House Indiana Prussia Prussia

_______ Wilhelm W M 10 Son / At Shool (sic) / Indiana France Indiana

_______ Clara W F 8 Dau / At Shool (sic) / Indiana France Indiana

_______ Henry W M 6 Son / Indiana France Indiana

_______ Otto W M 3 Son / Indiana France Indiana

*South East Street

5. 1890 U.S. Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6. 1900 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 16): 1225 Shelby Street, City of Indianapolis (Ward 14), Center Twp., Marion Co., IN, Roll 390, p. 272A, SN 2, SD 7, ED 169, enumerated 1 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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* 1225 29 35 Mowwe Louise Head W F Aug 1851 48 Wd 5 5 IN Ger Ger Y Y Y O F H

_____ Henry Son W M Sep 1874 25 S IN Ger IN Electrician Y Y Y

_____ Otto Son W M Feb 1877 23 S IN Ger IN Chemist Y Y Y

_____ Ernest Son W M Jul 1885 14 S IN Ger IN Clerk - Music House Y Y Y

*Shelby Street

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