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Carl Herbert Denbow

Carl Herbert Denbow

Male 1911 - 1994  (82 years)


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  • Name Carl Herbert Denbow  [1
    Birth 13 Dec 1911  East Fultonham, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Witness Role: Child: [I1049] Carl Herbert DENBOW
    Gender Male 
    Education Between 1930 and 1937  Universiity of Chicago, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    He received undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Chicago -- Ph. 
    • He received undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Chicago, earning his Ph.D. in 1937. He began teaching mathematics at Ohio University in 1938. After service in the Navy in WWI, he taught at the Naval Postgraduate School in Annapolis, Maryland, until 1950, when he returned to Ohio University. He then taught there until the early 1980s.
      Witness Role: Principal 2: [I1049] Carl Herbert DENBOW
    Marriage Groom 5 Jun 1939  Grace Luthern Church, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Witness Role: Bride: [I432] Stefania Aðalbjörg BJÖRNSON
      Witness Role: Groom: [I1049] Carl Herbert DENBOW
    Milit-Beg 1942  U.S. Navy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • As LTJG.
    Milit-End 1945  U.S. Navy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • as a full Lieutenant
    Best man Jun 1951 
    • Witness Role: Principal: [F284] ...of Russell Edwin DENBOW and Betty Jean BAKER
      Witness Role: Bride: [I178] Betty Jean BAKER
      Witness Role: Groom: [I1386] Russell Edwin DENBOW
      Witness Role: Best man [I1049] Carl Herbert DENBOW
    1952 (Jun 8) Raliegh Register Baker-Denbow wedding
    1952 (Jun 8) Raliegh Register Baker-Denbow wedding
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    Death 6 Aug 1994  Doctors North Hospital, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Age: 82 
    Cause: of lung cancer (small cell) 
    • Death Witness: [I1] Carl Jón DENBOW
      Death Witness: [I1050] Carl William DENBOW
      Death. Witness: [I432] Stefania Aðalbjörg BJÖRNSON
    • By the time of diagnosis, his lung cancer had spread to the brain. He received a few weeks of chemotherapy and died as a result of septicemia (blood infection), secondary to the treatment itself. That is, his immune system did not recover from the effects of the chemotherapy, which allowed the infection to run wild [There was some disagreement among his doctors whether the brain or the lung cancer was primary.]
    Burial 10 Aug 1994  West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Athens, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I1049  Hillbillies & Vikings
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2025 

    Father Edward Clifford Denbow,   b. 23 Aug 1881, Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 1960, Woodsfield, Monroe, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Edna Esther Gigax,   b. 26 Jun 1882, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1967, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 27 Jun 1906  Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Witness Role: Bride: [I1974] Edna Esther GIGAX
      Witness Role: Groom: [I1108] Edward Clifford DENBOW
      Witness Role: Minister: [I5209] A. M. COURTENAY
    Family ID F283  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stefania Aðalbjörg Björnson,   b. 28 Dec 1916, Minneota, Lyon, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 2008, 60 Eden Place, Athens, Athens, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 5 Jun 1939  Grace Luthern Church, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Witness Role: Bride: [I432] Stefania Aðalbjörg BJÖRNSON
      Witness Role: Groom: [I1049] Carl Herbert DENBOW
    Children 
     1. Marie Denbow,   b. 17 Nov 1942, Athens, Athens Twp., Athens, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1942, Athens, Athens Twp., Athens, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +2. Living
    +3. Living
    +4. Living
    Family ID F1011  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2025 

  • Photos
    Dad & Signe (c 1960)
    Dad & Signe (c 1960)
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    chd-navy
    chd-navy
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    Documents
    Dad's OU Employment History.pd
    Dad's OU Employment History.pd
    BC -CHD2
    BC -CHD2
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    BC CHD
    BC CHD
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    Dad's OU Employment History-page1
    Dad's OU Employment History-page1
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    Dad's OU Employment History-page2
    Dad's OU Employment History-page2
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    Dad's OU Employment History-page3
    Dad's OU Employment History-page3
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    Dad's OU Employment History-page4
    Dad's OU Employment History-page4
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    Dad's OU Employment History-page5
    Dad's OU Employment History-page5
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    Dad's OU Employment History-page6
    Dad's OU Employment History-page6
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    Dad's OU Employment History-page7
    Dad's OU Employment History-page7
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    CHD Death Certificate
    CHD Death Certificate
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    CHD PhiBetaKappa (1937)
    CHD PhiBetaKappa (1937)
    Caption Note: Phi Beta Kappa Page from 1937 Athena Yearbook
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    Histories
    CHD Short Bio
    CHD Short Bio
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  • Reference  Your Name Here. "Carl Herbert Denbow". Our Family History. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I1049&tree=tree1 (accessed March 14, 2025).

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Personal knowledge of Carl J. Denbow.

    2. [S193] MC: Edna Gigax-Edward Denbow from Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013, database with images, FamilySearch.


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