Leeman, Sarah Evelyn ^{1 2 3 4}

   Other names for Sarah were Leman, Sarah Evelyn and Mowatt, Sarah Evelyn.

   Research Notes:

Marriage record shows Sarah was born in Niagara [County], New York

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• her obituary was published in the Evart Review in Mar 1927 in Evart, Osceola County, Michigan, USA.
MRS. ROBERT MOWAT DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER
Mrs. Robert MOWAT, who since the death of her husband, three years ago, has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. F.D. ELTON, at Flint, died Saturday evening, March 19, 1927, after a five days illness with bronchial pneumonia. Mrs. Mowat, whose maiden name was Sarah Evelyn LEEMAN, was one of a family of eleven children, and a native of New York state. She was born August 3, 1855, and was at the time of her death 71 years, 7 months and 15 days of age. December 13, 1873, she was united in marriage at Greenville to Robert Mowat, of St. Johns, and to them were born a daughter, Myrtle (Mrs. F.D. Elton), of Flint, and a son, Edgar, who resides on a farm near Avondale. Mrs. and Mrs. Mowat were pioneer settlers of Hartwick, coming there in 1873. Thirteen years ago they moved to Evart, where they lived until Mr. Mowat's death, July 16, 1924. Left to mourn the loss of a kind and loving christian mother are the daughter and son, a sister, Mrs. Hattie HAVENS, of Sylvan, a brother, Walter W. Leeman, of Grand Rapids, nine grandchildren, besides a host of other relatives and friends. The body was brought to Evart Sunday, by Undertaker George Gray, of Flint, and taken to the son's home where services were held Monday at 11 o'clock a.m. conducted by Rev. W. H. Bailey of the Baptist church of which Mrs. Mowat was a member. Interment was made in Forest Hill cemetery.

Evart Review March 1927.

This obituary was posted by Deborah Larsen on the Osceola And/or Rootsweb Message board.

• Appeared on the 1900 US Census 1 Jun 1900 in Hartwick Township, Osceola County, Michigan, USA, Page: 12A.

Name: Mowat, Sarah
Relation: Wife
Color: W
Sex: F
Month of Birth: Aug
Year of Birth: 1855
Age: 44
Marital Status: M
Number of Years Married: 26
Mother of How Many Children: 2
Number of Children Living: 2
Place of Birth: Michigan
Place of Birth Father: New York
Place of Birth Mother: New York
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Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
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• Appeared on the 1910 US Census 20 Apr 1910 in Hartwick Township, Osceola County, Michigan, USA, Page: 4A.

Name: Mowit, Sarah E.
Relation: Wife
Sex: F
Race: W
Age: 54
Marital Status: M1
Number of Years Married: 36
Mother of how many Children: 2
Number of Children Living: 2
Place of Birth: New York
Place of Birth Father: At Sea
Place of Birth Mother: England English
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Language Spoken: English
Occupation: None
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Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
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Sarah married Robert Mowat on 13 Dec 1873 in Greenville, Montcalm County, Michigan, USA. (Robert Mowat was born on 24 Feb 1853 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA, died on 16 Jul 1924 in Evart, Osceola County, Michigan, USA and was buried on 20 Jul 1924 in Evart, Osceola County, Michigan, USA, Forest Hill Cemetery.) The cause of his death was chronic nephritis.