Geo. R. Howard  

larger image only. It reads: Geo. R. Howard Culver Indiana; there is no other writing on the bottle. Around or shortly after Dec 17, 1908 he began to engage in the manufacture of pop

owned by: Judith E. Burns

1905 - Jun 22 - D. B.Young has placed a new four-horse-power Fairbanks-Morse gasoline engine in the Howard & Davis property, which will be used in their ice cream factory.

1906 - May 17 - Thge concrete floor for the new Howard & Davis ice cream factory and bake shop was completed last week, and is a good job of work. The carpenters are now engaged on the superstructure. Mr. Menser is making a good improvement and Howard & Davis will be soon equipped in fine shape for the business.

1906 - Aug 9 - Howard's ice cream factory has added an ice crusher, with a capacity of 100 pounds, to its machinery. The factory can now turn out 100 gallons per day

1906 -Aug 16-The Howard ice cream factory manufactured nearly 300 gallons of ice cream last week

1908 - Jan 23 - Howard Puts Up Ice - G. R. Howard on Monday complested the job of filling his 250-ton house with 9-inch ice from little Lake. He is the first to do any cutting this season. Last year on the 30th of January, Medbourm, Walter and the Vandalia began putting up 7-inch ice

1908 - May 7 - Howard's ice cream factory has secured a nice line of business for the present season. It will supply the retail trade of twelve cutomers in ten towns. These, with his local trade, will work the factory to its full capacity.

1908 - Dec. 17 - A Buiness Change -

G. R Howard has disposed of his bakery business to Daniel R. Wolf of Syracuse, Ind. who takes possession today. Mr. Howard will hereafter devote his time to his ice cream business which is growing into large proportions, and will also engage in the manufacture of pop. Another ice cream machine will be installed, and a pop-making machine with a capacity of 120 cases per day will be put int operation.

Mr. Wolf expects to build up a a large wholesale trade in bakery goods. He has not yet decided whether to continue the retail business or not. If not, the present bakery store room will be rented for other purposes.

1909 - Mar 11 - Howard is putting up a building in the rear of his house lot for and ice cream factory

1909 - Apr 22 - Howard's ice cream factory building has been under construction during the past week. The material in Howard's old ice house at Little lake had been used. The building is 22 X 28, 12 feet in the clear, and will cost outside of the old material, about $400

1908 - Jul 9 - Howard's ice cream factory sold 250 gallons,and the bakery turned out 5,200 buns besides extra bread, pies and cakes.

1906 - Aug 9 - Howard's ice cream factory has added an ice crusher, with a capacity of 100 pounds, to its machinery. The factory can now turn out 100 gallons per day.

1910 - mar 24 - G. R. Howard camr from Chicago Saturday to open his ice cream and pop factory for the season.

1910 - Aug 11 - G. R. Howard, Culver's famous ice cream man, has bought a lot east of Main Street back of the blacksmith shop and after the close of the season will put up a building for his ice cream and pop factory using the material in his present factory.

1911 - Jan 27 - Will Build on New Lot. - Geo. R Howard Has bought a $200 lot north of A. L. Warner's in the DIllon & Medbourn addition and in the fall will erect a cement block building, 24X54; two stories, for an ice cream and pop factory. The second sotry may possibly be used as temporary livinv quarters for the family pending theerectionofahous on the east end of the lot.

1911 - Mar 11 - Howard is putting up a building for an ice cream factory on therear of his residence lot.

1911 - Aug 24- Howard has begun work on his ice cream factory on Aurora Borealis hill, otherwise the Dillon & Medbourn addition.

1911- Nov. 9 - G. W. {R} Howard expects to get his ice cream factory and household chattels settled in his new cement building on Aurora Borealis heights next week.

1912 - JANUARY 1, — Howard's old ice cream and pop factory building has been bought by Mrs. Rhumphrey and has been torn down for removal to her farm where it will be rebuilt into a barn.

1917 - Aug 1 - The ices cream factory turned out 264 gallons Sunday. Is former best record was 219 galllons on July

, 1915

1917 - Oct 24- Trades Factory for Farm - G. R. Howard has traded his ice cream factory to Austin Romig for the latter's 68-acre farm in West township. The factory was valued at $5,300 and the farm at $5,500. While Mr. Howard gets pssession of the farm at once he wil not move untill March.

1918 - Jan 16 - G. R. Howard of South Bend came down Monday to see how his daughter, Mrs. Ada Poor, who has been living alone with her children at the ice cream factory, was getting through the severe weather. Mr. Howards says his family are very comfortably situated in furnished apartements in South Bend, and like their surroundings and new friends very much. In making the trip down on the first train that come through from South Bend, he said it was like going through a tunnel when the cars passed through the great drifts, roof-high, between Twin Lakes and Culver.

1931 - Nov. 11 - Wayne Von Ehr had purchased the old ice cream factory and will tear it down and enlarge his garage.

Note there is also a mention of a "Pop Factory"mentioned in rarly papers names given fot it are

Medbourn & Green
Kaley and Green

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This family is given given on Ancestry as - some information does not match George Rufus Howard

Name: George Rufus Howard
Birth: Feb 1858 - United States
Death: Aug 1936 - Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA
Parents: George Reynolds (Col.) Howard, Mary Blickenstaff


Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 25, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 275; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0759; Name: George R Howard
Age: 44
Birth Date: Oct 1855
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 25, Cook, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Annie M Howard
Marriage Year: 1883
Years Married: 17
Father's Birthplace: Spain
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
George R Howard 44
Annie M Howard 32 Jan 1868 Illinois
Orvill P Howard 15 Feb 1885 Illinois
Lorna O Howard 19 May 1886 Illinois
Ada M Howard 12 Jul 1887 Illinois
Leah G Howard 11 Oct 1888 Illinois
Evelyn G Howard 1 Aug 1898 Illinois
Frank W Davis 32 Boarder
Percy E Mcdonald 10

Year: 1910; Census Place: Culver Ward 2, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: T624_370; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0113; Name: George R Howard
Age in 1910: 53
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1910: Culver Ward 2, Marshall, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Anna M Howard
Father's Birthplace: Spain
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Native Tongue: English
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: House
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
George R Howard 53
Anna M Howard 41
Evylin R G Howard 11
Berneice M Howard 9
Kennith W Howard 6
Year: 1920; Census Place: Hammond Ward 3, Lake, Indiana; Roll: T625_445; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 64; Name: George R Howard [George W Howard]
Age: 64 [54]
Birth Year: abt 1856 [abt 1866]
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1920: Hammond Ward 3, Lake, Indiana
Street: Alice St
House Number: 817
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Anna Howard
Father's Birthplace: United States [United States of America]
Mother's Birthplace: United States [United States of America]
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Inspector
Industry: Railroad
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Household Members: Name Age
George R Howard 64[54]
Anna Howard 51

Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: George R. Howard
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 78
Birth Date: 7 Oct 1855
Birth Place: Baltimore, MD
Death Date: 18 Aug 1934
Death Place: Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA
Marital Status: Widower
Father:
Mother:


Marriage: 1883 - Culver, Marshall, Indiana, United States
Spouse: Anna M Davis Daughter of ReubenJ. Davis and Ernestine
Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 Name: Anna May Howard [Anna May Smith]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 54
Birth Date: 10 Jan 1867
Birth Place: Illinois
Death Date: 3 Jan 1923
Death Place: Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: George R. Howard
Father: John Smith

1923 - Jan 10 - Former Culver Woman Succumbs to Cancer
Word was recieved here last week of the death in Hammond of Mrs. George R Howard on Wedensday evening Jan 3 of last week. Mrs. Howard's malady was cancer of the stomach. She was up and about her usual household tasks even until New Year's day.

The Howard family came to Culver a number of years ao, Mr. Howard conducting the City bakery and the ice cream factory until his departure for Hammond a few years ago.


children:
Orvill P Howard Birth FEB 1885 Illinois
Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993 Name: Orville Price Howard
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1885
Birth Place: Bement, Ill.
Marriage Date: 1 Sep 1909
Marriage Place: Fulton, Indiana
Marriage Age: 24
Father: George R. Howard
Mother: Anna May Davis
Spouse: Orpha Grace Maxwell
FHL Film Number: 1871218
Reference ID: Item-3 P161-162

Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 Name: Orvil P. Howard
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 25
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1885
Birth Place: Ill
Death Date: 3 Mar 1910
Death Place: Marshall, Marshall, Indiana, USA
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Ocpha Howard
Father: George R Howard
Mother: Anna May Panis {Davis}


Lorna O Howard Birth MAY 1886 Illinois

Adah May Howard Birth 10 JUL 1887 Illinois - 1966 married abt 1903 Earl Smith Poore Birth 28 MAR 1880 Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana Death 12 JAN 1955 Cook County 'married 05 JUL 1921 - Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co, IA James Samuel Diggle Birth 06 FEB 1883 Union Township, Harrison County, Iowa Death 30 NOV 1956 Kern County, California Birth: 6 Feb 1883 - Harrison County Iowas Death: 30 Nov 1956 - Kern County California son of William Entwisle Diggle, Ursula Jeanette "Nettie" Haszard married 1st abt 1914 MO. Valley, Harrison, Iowa Leora Blanche Babb
Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922
Name: Adah Mae Howard
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1887
Birth Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Female
Race: White
Father: George Rufus Howard
Mother: Anna May Davis
FHL Film Number: 1287867

Year: 1920; Census Place: South Bend Ward 3, St Joseph, Indiana; Roll: T625_464; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 237; Name: Adah Poore
Age: 32
Birth Year: abt 1888
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1920: South Bend Ward 3, St Joseph, Indiana
Street: W. Division St
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Earl Poore
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Earl Poore 39
Adah Poore 32 Ethern Poore 12
Duane Poore 9
Howard Poore 5
Elliott Poore 3[3 7/12]

California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Adah M Diggle
Social Security #: 307010652
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1887
Birth Place: Illinois
Death Date: 5 Sep 1966
Death Place: Kern


Leah G Howard Birth OCT 1888 Illinois–1953 m. abt 1908 William Folkers Birth 9 AUG 1886 East St Louis, Illinois Death NOV 1970 • North Judson, Starke, Indiana son of Henry Folkers and prob. Eva---
Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Lock Georgia Folkers [Leah Georgia Folkers] [Lock Georgia Howard]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 64
Birth Date: 12 Oct 1888
Birth Place: Chicago Ill
Death Date: 22 Jan 1953
Death Place: Knox, Starke, Indiana, USA
Marital Status: Married
Father: George Howard
Mother: Anna Howard


Evelyn Ruth Gladys Howard Birth 19 AUG 1898 Chicago, Cook, Illinois Death 23 AUG 1966 LaPorte County, Indiana, married Vernon Herbert Bottorff birth 19 AUG 1898 Chicago, Cook, Illinois Death 23 AUG 1966 LaPorte County, Indiana, son of AMos Bottorff and Lavina Mock

Berneice M Howard Birth 1901 Illinois Death Los Angeles, California John Warner Birth 1904 Illinois
California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Berniece Margaret Anderson [Berniece Margaret Howard]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1 Mar 1901
Birth Place: Illinois
Death Date: 5 Nov 1953
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Davis
Father's Surname: Howard