Ancestry of Ted Bundy
 
compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner
 
 

The following material on the immediate ancestry of Ted Bundy should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.  
 
 
 
 
 

William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com
 
 
Ancestry of Ted Bundy
1 Theodore Robert Cowell, from 1950 "Theodore Robert Nelson", from 1951 "Theodore Robert (Ted) Bundy", b. Burlington, Vt., 24 Nov. 1946, executed Florida State Prison, Starke, Fla., 24 Jan. 1989
PARENTS
2 Lloyd Marshall, b. ... 1916, d. ...  
(non-marital liaison)
3 Eleanor Louise Cowell, b. Philadelphia, Pa., ... 1924  
m. ... , Wash., 19 May 1951, Johnnie Culpepper Bundy, b. ...
GRANDPARENTS
4 ... Marshall, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
5 ... , b. ... , d. ...
6 Samuel Cowell, b. ... , Ill., 23 Sept. 1898, d. Lafayette Hill, Pa., 16 Dec. 1983 [SSDI 183-12-0754]  
m.
7 Eleanor ... , b. ... , Pa., ... [ca. 1897], d. ... [living 1930]
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
12 William F ... Cowell, b. ... , N. Y., ... [ca. 1871], d. ... [living 1930]  
m.
13 Julia F ... , b. ... , Ill., ... 1877, d. ... [living 1930]
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS
 
 
 
 
 
 

1930 - Pennsylvania, Montgomery Co., Abington, ED 12 sheet 2B, line 93, continued on sheet 3A

Cowell William F   H    M W 59       M 26   NY  England  NY         Optermist         Own Office
       Julia F     W    F W 53       M 22   IL  Germany  Germany
       Samuel A    S    M W 31       M 25   IL  IL       Germany    Saleswman         Kitchen Ware
       Eleanor     DiL  F W 33       M 28   Pa  England  NY
       David E     D    M W 26       S      IL  England  NY         Civil Engineer    Railroad
       Lawrence    S    M W 23       S      MI  England  NY
       Virginia    D    F W 21       S      VA  England  NY
       Ethlyn      D    F W 15       S      NJ  England  NY
       John R      S    M W  9       S      PA  Ehgland  NY
       E Louise    GD   F W  5       S      PA  PA       PA
       Andery      GD   F W  1 3/12  S      PA  PA       PA

Yes, David is enumerated as a daughter and male.
The birth locations make no sense, but that's what's in the schedule

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NOTES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED
 
 
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William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com