BOWMAN ANNEX
Margaret Maria (Bowman) Cool Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 24 October 2021
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Special thanks to George
Edgar Drake for his enthusiastic support, encouragement, and diligent
collection and preservation of most of the information, documents, and photos
available in this annex.
Origin of
the surname “Bowman:”
Generation
6
5 (?) Bowman
1.
Biographical notes:
Born
French Canada.
2. Wife: Susan (?)
Born
French Canada.
3. Children:
a. Peter Bowman:
(perhaps) Born about 1808.
1840 US
Census: Peter Bowman (perhaps this one) was (perhaps) age 60 to 70 and heading
a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included 1 male age 5 to
10; 1 male age 15 to 20; 1 male age 20 to 30; 1 male age 30 to 40; 1 male age
50 to 60; 1 female age 20 to 30; 1 female age 30 to 40; and 1 female age 50 to
60.
1860 US
Census: Peter Bowman, age 52, was heading a household in Brownville Township,
Jefferson County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Catherine, age 49; daughter, Susan, age 26
and employed as a teacher; son, John, age 21; and daughter, Florence, age 14.
Peter Bowman married
Catherine (?) and had the following children:
(1. Susan Bowman: Born
about 1834. Employed
as a teacher.
(2. John Bowman: Born
about 1839.
(3. Florence Bowman:
Born about 1846.
b. Elias Bowman:
(perhaps) Born about 1814.
1860 US Census: Elias
Bowman, age 46, was heading a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County,
New York. That household also included
his wife, Mary, age 42; daughter, Samantha, age 16; son, John, age 13; son,
Cyrus, age 10; daughter, Emma, age 5; son, Elias, age 1 month; and Susan
Bowman, age 59, relationship to Elias unknown.
1870 US
Census: Elias, age 56 and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Mary Bowman (age 52); son, Cyrus
Bowman (age 19); daughter, Emma Bowman (age 15); son, Amos Gardner (age 10);
and Susan Bowman (age 69). All were born
in New York State.
1880 US
Census: Elias, age 66 and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
LeRay Township. The household also included
his wife, Mary Bowman (age 65); son, John Bowman (age 32); and daughter, Emma
Bowman (age 25). All were born in New
York State.
Elias Bowman married
Mary (?) (b. abt 1824) and had the following children:
(1. Mary Bowman: Born
about 1843. In 1860 was employed as a
servant and residing next door to her parents.
(2. Samantha Bowman:
Born about 1844.
(3. John Bowman: Born
about 1847.
1900 US
Census: John, age 50 (b. Sep 1849) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in LeRay Township. The
household also included his wife of 12 years, Emma Bowman (age 35 – b. Nov
1864, had had 1 child, still alive); son, Cyrus Bowman (age 5 – b. Sep 1894);
mother, Mary Bowman (age 81 – b. Oct 1818, widowed, had had 5 children, 3 still
alive); and sister, Emma Bowman (age 45 – b. May 1855, single). All, and their parents, were born in New York
State.
(4. Cyrus Bowman: Born
about 1850.
(5. Emma Bowman: Born
about 1855.
(6. Elias Bowman, Jr.:
Born about 1860.
c. Larry Bowman:
(perhaps) Born February 1815.
1900 US Census: Larry
Bowman, age 85 (b. Feb 1815), was heading a household in Pamelia Township,
Jefferson County, New York (near Evans Mills and LeRaysville). He was widowed. He and his parents were born in New York.
d. Peter Bowman, Jr.:
(perhaps) Born about 1814. Married Mary (?).
1880 US Census: Peter Bowman, age 66, b. NYS (as were his parents), and
employed as a farm laborer, was heading a household in LeRay Township,
Jefferson County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Mary (age 51, b. NYS (as were her parents).
e. Julius Bowman: See generation 4, below.
4 Julius Bowman (photos) (more
info)
1. Biographical notes:
Born August 1818 in French Canada; initially only
spoke French. Died
1902. Immigrated to the United
States at some point, where he was employed as a farmer. After marriage (which probably occurred in
Canada), moved to LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York, where, about
1859, he purchased land about 1.5 miles from the Village of LeRaysville
and constructed a log cabin near a spring-fed creek (that originated on Pine
Plains and flowed to the Bowman property through a dense pine, oak, and hemlock
forest) for easy access to water. He
eventually built the Bowman homestead facilities on that property about ¼ mile away from that cabin.
The land on which the original cabin was built was later used as a live
stock pasture. Julius Bowman was one of
the original settlers of LeRay Township.
1860 US Census: Julius
Bowman, age 43 and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRay
Township. His real estate was valued at
$540, and his personal property was valued at $200. The household also included his wife, Sophia,
age 34; daughter, Julia, age 16; son, Julius, age 14; son, Lewis, age 12; son,
Edgar, age 9; son, Francis (later called Frank), age 5; and daughter, Maria A.,
age 2. Julius Sr. and Sophia were born
in Canada; their children were born in New York.
Of interest, residing
near-by Julius in LeRay Township was a household headed by Elias Bowman, age 46
(perhaps Julius’s brother). That
household also included his wife, Mary, age 42; daughter, Samantha, age 16;
son, John, age 13; son, Cyrus, age 10; daughter, Emma, age 5; son, Elias, age 1
month; and Susan Bowman, age 59, relationship to Elias unknown.
1870 US
Census: Julius/Jerris, age 52, b. Canada, and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson
County, New York. The household also
included his wife, Sophia H. Bowman (age 49, b. Canada); son, Lewis Bowman (age
22, b. NYS, employed as a farm hand); son, Frank Bowman (age 14, b. NYS);
daughter, Nettie Bowman (age 12, b. NYS); daughter, Addie Bowman (age 10, b.
NYS); and daughter, Adell Bowman (age 6, b. NYS).
1880 US Census: Julius, age 62 (b.
Canada, as were his parents) and employed as a farmer, was heading a house hold
in LeRay Township. The house hold also
included his son, Frank Bowman (age 25, employed as a farm laborer); Frank’s
wife, Mariah Bowman (age 20 (b. NYS, as were her parents), keeping house); and
Julius’s daughter, Addie Bowman (age 22, at home).
1900 US Census: Julius,
age 82 (b. Aug 1818) was residing in the household of his son, Frank. Julius was born in French Canada, as were his
parents.
2. Wife: Sophia Hubbard
Born about 1826 in
French Canada; spoke French.
3. Children:
a. Julia Bowman: Born
about 1844 in New York.
b. Julius Bowman, Jr.: (photos) Born about 1846 in
New York. In 1930 resided at Phoenix,
New York.
1870 US Census: Julius
Bowman, age 25 and employed as a farm laborer, was heading a household in
Rodman Township, Jefferson County, New York.
That household also included his wife, Adelle,
age 23; son, George, age 2; and daughter Stella, age 3 months. All were born in New York.
Julius Bowman, Jr.
married Adelle (?) (b. about
1847) and had the following children:
(1. George Bowman: Born
about 1868.
(2. Stella Bowman: Born
about 1870.
c. Lewis “Lew” Bowman:
(photos) (more
info)
Born 23 January 1849 in New York. Died
18 January 1930, age 81, from complications of old age at the home of his son, Perley E. Bowman; interred Fairview Cemetery. Employed as a farmer in
Champion Township (near West Carthage), Jefferson County, New York, retiring
about 1926. Then moved to reside
with his son, Perley, in West Carthage, where he was
employed in some capacity by Dr. G. D. Hewitt.
May also have owned and operated a store in Carthage. Married Ella Mack (d. about
1890).
1880 US Census: Lewis, age 32 (b.
NYS, parents b. Canada) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Wilna Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Ella M. Bowman (age 20, b. NYS,
parents birthplace unknown); sister-in-law, Anice
Mack (age 18); James Stone (age 21 (b. NYS, parents b. Ireland), employed as a
farm hand); and son, Perly Bowman (age 1).
Lewis Bowman married Ella Mack and
had the following son:
(1. Perley
E. Bowman: Born about 1879. Resided at 22 ½ Jefferson Street, West Carthage, Champion Township,
Jefferson County, New York.
d. Edgar Bowman: Born
about 1851 in New York.
Married Adell (?) (b. abt 1847 in Canada) in January 1870 and in 1930 resided
at Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.
1870 US
Census: Edgar, age 19 and employed as a laborer, was heading a household in
LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Adell
Bowman (age 23, b. Canada).
e. Francis “Frank” H. Bowman:
See generation 3, below.
f. Maria Antoinette
Bowman “Nettie”: Born 1858 in New York.
Married Joseph K. Morris, Jr. (more info) (b. 26 Feb 1857 at Slocumville,
LeRay Twp, d. 1938, age 81, from complications of heart disease; interred
Calvary Cemetery), son of Joseph K. and Sarah (Bridgeman) Morris of Slocumville, on 9 October 1877 and resided initially at
Evans Mills, then Carthage, followed by 800 Burchard
Street and 210 North Pleasant Street, Watertown. Initially employed as a carpenter and wall
paper hanger; later partnered with his son, Floyd, in the roofing
business. In 1935 took up residence with
his daughter, Maud. Maria and Joseph had
the following children: (order uncertain)
(1. Arthur J. Morris:
Died 11 November 1903, age 22.
(2. Maud A. Morris:
Married (?) Schell and in 1938 resided with her sister Mabel,
at 502 Academy Street, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York.
(3. Mabel S. Morris:
Married Albert P. Folice and in 1938 resided with her
sister, Maud, at 502 Academy Street, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York.
(4. Earl A. Morris:
Resided at Watertown, Jefferson County, New York.
(5. Floyd C. Morris:
Resided at Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. Was in the roofing
business.
(6. Carlton M. Morris:
Resided at Watertown, Jefferson County, New York.
(7. Lyle W. Morris:
Resided in Pamelia Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Joseph and Maria
(Bowman) Morris also adopted the following daughter:
(8. Thelma M. (?)
Morris: Married (?) Bancroft and resided at Watertown, Jefferson County, New
York.
g. Addie Bowman: (photos) Born about 1860/58 in
New York.
1940 US Census: Matt Wrape, age 71 (b. NYS), a widower and employed as a farmer,
was heading a household on Pleasant Street in LeRay Township, Jefferson County,
New York. Matt had completed 4 years of
high school.
Addie Bowman married
Matt Wrape (photos) (pronounced
"Rape") and resided at LeRaysville, LeRay
Township, Jefferson County, New York. Addie and Matt (perhaps) had the following
daughters:
(1. Ethel V. Wrape: (photos) Married (?) Smith and
had the following children:
(a.
Alice Smith.
(b.
Daughter.
(c.
Son.
(2. Agnes Wrape: (photos) Married, as his 1st wife, Leonard
Mosher (photos) (see Mosher Annex) and resided at Sterlingville, LeRay Township, Jefferson
County, New York.
h. Adell
Bowman: Born about 1864 in New York.
3 Francis “Frank” H. Bowman (photos) (more info)
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1. Biographical notes:
Born about 1855 in northern New York (perhaps on
what became the original Bowman homestead farm near LeRaysville);
one of the 1st generation born in LeRay
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Died 1927 from complications of cancer at the family farm outside LeRaysville, LeRay Township, Jefferson
County, New York. Was
a Catholic. Employed as a retail
butcher and also, apparently, as a farmer.
Moved with his parents to what became known as the Bowman homestead farm
on Pleasant Street near LeRaysville, Jefferson
County, New York. About 1910 moved into
the Village of LeRaysville.
1900 US Census: Frank
Bowman, age 45 (b. Jul 1856 in NYS, parents b. French
speaking Canada) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRay Township. The household also included his wife of 20
years, Maria, age 49/40 (b. Aug 1859).
Maria had had 2 children, both of whom were still residing with their
parents: Ernest, age 14 (b. May 1885); daughter, Martha/Mable, age 9 (b. Mar 1891). The household also included Frank’s father,
Julius, age 82 (b. Aug 1818, widower) and born in French Canada, as were his
parents.
1910 US Census: Frank
H. Bowman, age 54,
and employed as a retail butcher (owned his own shop), was heading a household
in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Marie E., age 50 and married to
Frank for 30 years (had
had 2 children, both still alive; and daughter, Mable G. Bowman, age 19 and single. Marie’s other child (presumably Ernest F.
Bowman)
was still alive, but resided elsewhere.
1920 US
Census: Frank Bowman, age 64 (b. NYS, parents b. English speaking Canada), was
heading a household on Mud Street Road in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New
York. The household also included his
wife, Louisa C. Bowman (age 65, b. NYS, parents b. France).
2. Wife #1: Maria E.
Felt (photos) (more info)
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a. Biographical notes:
Born 2 August 1859 at
Felts Mills, Jefferson County, New York and raised there. Died at home in the Village of LeRaysville, Jefferson County on Wednesday, 25 January
1911; interred near the front of the Felts Mills Cemetery, Rutland Township, Jefferson County.
Grew up in a large stone house at Felts Mills, where her parents were
prominent residents, owning one of the paper mills on the Black River that runs
through Felts Mills. Was
a Methodist. Attended
Felts Mills schools. Married Francis “Frank” H. Bowman on 1 January 1880. Was a member of the LeRaysville
Methodist Church and the Great Bend, Jefferson County Grange.
According to Margaret
Maria (Bowman) Cool: "Grandma Bowman was a lovely person. My mother always said she had lots of friends
and was a jolly person. I am built like
her, so my mother has told me, but she also told me 'If [you] would grow up to
be as fine a person as my Grandmother, I would be very happy.' "
b. Children:
(1. Ernest Felt Bowman: See generation 2, below.
(2. Mabel G. Bowman: (photos) Born 14 March 1891 on
the family farm on Pleasant Street Road near LeRaysville,
LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York.
In 1910 was age 19 and resided with her parents in LeRay Township,
Jefferson County, New York. Married Jesse “Jack” Meister (photos),
son of (?) and Mary (?) Meister of West Carthage/Denmark,
New York, on 19 January 1918 and resided most of their married life on a farm
near Deer River, New York. Jack
was employed as a farmer. In retirement
they bought a home in the village of Deer River. Of interest, Jesse had the following siblings:
Ernest Meister of Cortland, New York; Donald Meister of Oneida, New York;
Ellwood Meister of West Carthage, New York; and Adrian Meister of West
Carthage, New York. Jesse and Mable
(Bowman) Meister had the following children: (order uncertain)
(a.
Ernest Meister: Born 20 December 1918 at Deer River, Jefferson County, New
York. Died 1998. In 1942 resided at Cortland, New. In 1944 resided at Ellisburg, Jefferson
County, New York. Married Thelma Smith
of Cortland, Cortland County, New York and had the following children:
(1) Mary Patricia
Meister: Born 1944.
(2) Jo Ann Meister:
Born 1945.
(3) Janet Marie
Meister: Born 1946.
(b.
Donald Meister: (more info) Born 14 December 1919 at Deer River, Jefferson County, New York. Died from complications of
cancer, like his grandfather Bowman.
In 1942 resided at Oneida, New York.
Also that year graduated from the College of Agriculture, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York. Married Marcia Ruth Colby, daughter of J.
Merton Colby of Spencerport, New York (who also had daughter, Virginia Colby),
on 20 August 1944 at the residence of Marcia’s parents. Marcia graduated 1944 from the College of
Home Economics, Cornell University.
Donald worked initially
after college for GLF. Then he went
partnered with his father-in-law at Spencerport, Monroe County, New York. Then resided at Caledonia, Caledonia
Township, Livingston, New York. Later moved to Greene, Chenango County, New
York, where Donald operated an insurance business at 46 Birdsall
Street (phone: 607-656-8050). Donald and
Marcia had the following children:
(1) Marletta
Jane Meister: Born 1946 at Oneida, Madison County, New
York. Married Ray (?).
(2) Carol Lucy Meister:
Born 1948 at Caledonia, New York.
Married Bryce (?) and resided in Colorado.
(3) Donald Colby
Meister "Colby": Born 1952.
(c.
Lucy Gertrude Meister: Born 18 August 1921 at home in Deer River, Lewis County,
New York. Died Tuesday, 7 July 1942, age
20, from complications of a heart condition; interred Deer River Cemetery. Graduated from Carthage High School in 1939
and completed dental hygienist training in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 1
year before working for Dr. B. T. Hunt, DDS in Lowville, Lewis County, New
York.
(d.
Elwood James Meister: (more info) Born 1923 at home in Deer River, Lewis County,
New York. Died from
complications of cancer, like his grandfather Bowman. Graduated from Lowville Free Academy in June
1942 and was subsequently employed as a farmer on his father’s farm. Married (1st) Mary Frances Bush of
Croghan, Lewis County, New
York on 13 February 1944. Married (2nd) Esther Mae Campany,
daughter of George H. Campany of Lowville, Lewis
County, New York (engagement announced 23 Oct 1945). Esther graduated from Lowville Free Academy
in June 1942 and from the Watertown School of Commerce in June 1943. Elwood and Esther had the following children:
(1) Cyanne
Marie Meister: Born 1949. Married Steve Storm.
(2) Stanley Eugene
Meister: Born 1952.
(3) Byron Carlile Meister: Born 1954.
(e.
Adrian Lewis Meister: Born 1924 at home in Deer River, Lewis County, New
York. Died from
complications of cancer, like his grandfather Bowman. Veteran
of World War II; served in the US Navy.
Graduated from Oswego State Teacher's College, Oswego, New York and was
initially employed as an industrial arts teacher at Lafargeville,
Orleans Township, Jefferson County, New York. Later was an industrial arts teacher at
Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, New York.
Then was employed by the General Electric Company, Syracuse, Onondaga County.
Married Edna Mason of Oneida, Madison County, New York on 24 June 1950 and had the
following children:
(1) Stephen Lewis
Meister: Born 1952.
(2) Randy Stewart
Meister: Born 1953.
(3) Douglas Adrian
Meister: Born 1958.
(4) Marcine
Meister: Born 1960.
Mable G. (Bowman)
Meister may have married (2nd) Russell Cocagne.
3. Wife #2: Louisa C. (?)
Born about 1855 in New
York State; parents born France.
2 Ernest Felt Bowman (photos) (more info) maps
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1. Biographical notes:
Born 30 September 1885
on the family farm on Pleasant Street Road near LeRaysville,
Jefferson County, New York. Died 29
July 1963, age 77, at home in Adams from complications of cancer (like his
father); interred Adams Rural Cemetery, Adams, Jefferson County, New York. Grew up on the Bowman farm on Pleasant Street
Road, about 1½ miles outside the Village of LeRaysville, Jefferson County, New York. Learned to speak some
French as a youngster so he could communicate with his grandparents. After marriage spent about 1 year on the
Frank Smith farm in that area, but on 1 December 1909 moved back to his
parents’ farm where he engaged in, primarily, potato farming. Was known locally as the “Potato King of
Jefferson County,” having about 120 of his 500-acre farm (a composite of 5
separate farms he inherited or otherwise acquired over the years in partnership
with his son-in-law, Donald Dow
Cool)
planted in potatoes; and he was recognized throughout the area and state for
his leadership cin horticultural science. In fact, in 1940, Earnest was presented the
Master Farmer Award by New York State Governor Herbert Lehman during ceremonies
at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Ernest Bowman was a member of the American Farm Bureau federation and
the Jefferson County Extension Association, serving as the latter
organization’s President at one point.
When their farm was expropriated by the U.S.
Government in late 1941, the Bowmans (and Cools)
moved to Adams (south of Watertown) and purchased the 190-acre Clifton E.
Schick farm on outer Park Street, where they continued to raise potatoes. Because the soil in Adams
was not as sandy as LeRaysville and, thus, not as
good for potatoes, Ernest and Donald soon changed to dairy farming. Ernest sold the farm to Donald Cool in 1954
and retired, spending winter months at Lakeland, Florida.
1910 US Census: Ernest
F. Bowman, age 24, was heading a farming household in LeRay Township, Jefferson
County, New York. The household also
included his wife, Laura, age 19, to whom he had been married 1 year. They had no children at that time. Both were born in New York.
1920 US
Census: Ernest F. Bowman, age 34 and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household on Mud Street Road in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New
York. The household also included his
wife, Laura L. Bowman (age 28); and daughter, Margaret M. Bowman (age 6).
1930 US
Census: Ernest Bowman, age 44, was heading a household in LeRay Township,
Jefferson County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Laura L. Bowman (age 38); and daughter,
Margaret M. Bowman (age 16).
1940 US
Census: Ernest Bowman, age 54 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household on Pleasant Street in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New
York. His farm was valued at
$15,000. The household also included his
wife, Laura Bowman, age 48 (b. NYS), and mother-in-law, Carrie Loadwick, age 76 and widowed.
2. Wife: Laura Lovisa Loadwick (photos) (more info)
Born 14 June 1891 in
Watertown Township, Jefferson County, New York, daughter of Fred C. and Carrie Elizabeth (Fowler) Loadwick of LeRaysville,
Jefferson County, New York. Died 13
February 1976 while residing at 3030 Heatherway,
Lakeland, Florida; interred Adams Rural Cemetery. Married Earnest Felt Bowman
on 6 January 1909 at her parents’ residence on Pleasant Street Road (about 1
mi. from the "Frank" Bowman residence) near LeRaysville,
Jefferson County, New York.
3. Daughter:
a. Margaret Maria Bowman: See generation 1, below.
Of interest, Ernest and Laura Bowman also played an
important role in raising Shinorig “Grace” ”Gracie” Krikorian (photos) (d. 14 Dec 2012),
daughter of Armenian immigrants Karnig (d. Jun 1929)
and Osannah (?) Krikorian
of the heart of New York City, who in 1930, with the support of the Herald
Tribune Fresh Air Fund, began spending summers as a “Fresh Air” child on the
Bowman’s farm as a 6-year old girl and, over the ensuing years, virtually
became a second daughter to them, as well as aunt to Margaret’s children. For example, it was Grace and her older
brother, Antranig ‘Anthony,’ who hosted the 50th
wedding anniversary celebration for Donald and Margaret (Bowman) Cool.
1 Margaret “Molly” Maria Bowman:
(middle name pronounced "Mariah")
Born 3 September 1913
on the family farm on Pleasant Street Road near LeRaysville,
LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. Died 19 February 2004. Married Donald Dow Cool, descendant # 2 of
generation 12 of the Descendants of Louisa Mehitabel
(Drake) Cool on 1 January 1932.
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Other, still
unidentified Bowmans:
1.
Simon Bowman: Born August 1844. Employed as a farmer in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York.
1880 US Census: Simeon, age 35 and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Ellen
Bowman (age 31); son, Emmit Bowman (age 13);
daughter, Anna Bowman (age 10); and son, George Bowman (age 1). All were born in New York State.
1900 US Census: Simon, age 55 (b. Aug 1844) and employed as a farmer, was
heading a household in LeRay Township.
The household also included his wife of 34 years, Ellen Bowman (age 52 –
b. Oct 1847, had had 5 children, all still alive); daughter, Emma Bowman (age
30 – b. Nov 1869, single); son, George Bowman (age 21 – b. Dec 1878, single);
son, Charles Bowman (age 16 – b. Jun 1883, single); and son, Arthur Bowman (age
10 – b. Mar 1890). All, and their
parents, were born in New York State.
1910 US
Census: Of interest, a Hiram P. Bowman (apparently), age 65,
was heading a household on Military Road in LeRay Township, Jefferson County,
New York. The household also included
his wife of 43 years, Mary D. Bowman (age 62, had had 5 children, all still
alive); daughter, Anna E. Bowman (age 40, single); son, George S. Bowman (age
31, single); and son, Arthur Bowman (age 20, single). Looks a lot like this
Simon Bowman family.
Simon
Bowman married Mary Ellen Timmerman “Ellen” (b. Oct 1847) and had the following
children:
a. Emmett R. Bowman: Born about
1868. Initially
employed as a farmer on Military Road in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New
York. By 1920 was employed as a
retail stone dealer and residing on Willow Avenue in the Village of Evans
Mills, LeRay Township.
1880 US
Census: Age 13 and resided with his parents in LeRay Township, Jefferson
County, New York.
1900 US
Census: Not found.
1910 US
Census: Emmitt R. Bowman, age 42 and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household on Military Road in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife of 14
years, Edith Bowman (age 42, had had 2 children, both still alive); son, Leslie
E. Bowman (age 7); and daughter, Mildred B. Bowman (age 6).
1920 US Census: Emmet Bowman, age 53 and employed as a retail stone dealer,
was heading a household on Willow Avenue in LeRay Township, Jefferson County,
New York. The household also included
his wife, Edith Bowman (age 51); son, Leslie Bowman (age 17, single); and
daughter, Mildred Bowman (age 15).
1930 US Census: Emmet Bowman, age 62 and married, was heading a household
on Willow Street in the Village of Evans Mills, LeRay Township, Jefferson
County, New York. The household also
included his daughter, Mildred Bowman (age 25 and married).
Emmett R. Bowman married Edith (?) and had the following children:
(1. Leslie E. Bowman: Born about 1903.
1930 US Census: Leslie E., age 27 (1st married age 23), was
heading a household at 10 S. Jefferson Street in the Village of West Carthage,
Champion Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Ruth M. Bowman (age 29, 1st
married age 25); son, Wayne E. Bowman (age 3); and son, Roswell C. Bowman (age
1 month).
Leslie E. Bowman married Ruth M. (?) about 1926 and had the following
children:
(a. Wayne E. Bowman: Born about 1927.
(b. Roswell C. Bowman: Born about 1930.
(2. Mildred B. Bowman: Born about 1904.
b. Anna/Emma Bowman: Born November 1869.
1880 US Census: Anna, age 10, was residing with her parents in LeRay
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
1900 US Census: Emma, age 30 was residing with her parents in LeRay
Township.
1920 US Census: Anna, age 51 and single, was living in the household of
her brother, Arthur Bowman, in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York.
c. George S. Bowman: Born December
1878. Married Eugenie
(?).
1880 US Census: Age 1 and residing with his parents in LeRay Township,
Jefferson County, New York.
1900 US Census: Age 21, single, and residing with his parents in LeRay
Township.
1920 US Census: George, age 41 and employed as a dairy farmer, was
heading a household on Military Road in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New
York. The household also included his
wife, Eugene Bowman (age 35); daughter, Elner Bowman
(age 2 years and 8 months); step son, Walter Baun
(age 16); and step son Richard Baun (age 13).
1930 US Census: George, age 50 (1st m. age 35) and employed as
a dairy farmer, was heading a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County,
New York. The household also included
his wife, Eugenie (age 44, 1st m. age 16); and daughter, Ellen
Bowman (age 12).
1940 US Census: George S. Bowman, age 61 (b. NYS) and employed as a
farmer, was heading a household on the Theresa to Watertown Road, LeRay
Township, Jefferson County, New York. He
had completed 2 years of college. The
household also included his wife, Eugenie S. Bowman, age 56, who had completed
8th grade. Resided
next door to Arthur Bowman and his wife, Emma.
d. Charles Bowman: Born June 1883.
e. Arthur Bowman: (more info) Born March 1890. Attended LeRay Township
rural schools. Employed
as a farmer on the Bowman homestead farm. Retired 1956. Married Emma Poth,
daughter of Conrad and Rosina (Vogt) Poth of Theresa
Township, on 22 February 1911 in the Concordia Lutheran Church, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York.
Had the following daughter:
1920 US Census: Arthur Bowman, age 29 and employed as a dairy farmer, was
heading a household on Military Road next door to his brother, George, in LeRay
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Emma Bowman (age 29); mother, Mary
E. Bowman (age 72, widowed); and sister, Anna Bowman (age 51, single).
1930 US Census: Arthur Bowman, age 40 (1st m. age 21) and
employed as a dairy farmer, was heading a household in LeRay Township,
Jefferson County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Emma Bowman (age 40, 1st m. age
21); daughter, Lois Bowman (age 8); mother, Mary Bowman (age 82, 1st
m. age 20); and sister, Anna Bowman (age 60, single).
1940 US Census: Arthur Bowman, age 50 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer,
was heading a household on the Theresa to Watertown Road, LeRay Township,
Jefferson County, New York. He had
completed 8th grade. The
household also included his wife, Emma Bowman, who had completed 8th
grade. Resided next
door to George S. Bowman and his wife, Eugenie S. Bowman.
(1.
Lois Bowman: Married Elmer Ward and resided at Balmat. Had the following son:
(a. Jack Ward: Attended St. John’s College, Annapolis,
Maryland.
2. E. J. Bowman: Born about 1838. Father born Germany, so probably not a close relative of Margaret
(Bowman) Cool.
1880 US Census: E. J. Bowman, age 42, b. NYS, father b. Germany, mother
b. Ireland, and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRay
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Mary J. Bowman (age 42, b. NYS,
parents b. Ireland); and son, J. E. Bowman (age 22, single, b. NYS).
a. Joseph E. Bowman: Born about
1859. Married Adel M.
Bowman (b. abt 1858).
1920 US Census: Joseph E. Bowman, age 61 (b. NYS, as were his parents)
and employed in a carpenter shop, was heading a household on Maple Street in
Black River, LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Adll M. Bowman (age 62, b. NYS, father b. France, mother b.
NYS)
3. Clifford J. Bowman: Born about 1892.
1930 US Census: Clifford J. Bowman, age 38 (married 1st age
22), was heading a household in the Village of Dexter, Brownville Township,
Jefferson County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Barbara M. Bowman (age 38, married 1st
age 22); daughter, Barbara F. Bowman (age 14); son, Richard W. Bowman (age 13);
son, Kermit J. Bowman (age 9); daughter, Marjorie B. Bowman (age 6); and son,
Harold F. Bowman (age 3 years and 7 months).
Clifford J. Bowman married Arabella/Barbara M.
(?) (b. abt 1892) about 1908 and had the following
children:
a. Barbara F. Bowman: Born about
1916.
b. Richard W. Bowman: Born about
1917.
c. Kermit J. Bowman: Born about
1921.
d. Marjorie B. Bowman: Born about
1924.
e. Harold F. Bowman: (photos) (more info) Born
about 1926. Employed as
a farmer and as a rural mail carrier.
Graduated from Dexter High School. Married L. Betty Eveleigh,
daughter of Dyer and Nellie (?) Eveleigh, on 18 September 1948 at the Sulphur Springs Methodist Church in Jefferson County and
resided at 23245 North Shore Road, Pillar Point, Jefferson County, New
York. Harold and Betty had the following
children:
(1. Richard Bowman: Died before 1998.
(2. Donald M. Bowman: Resided in New York.
(3. John F. Bowman: Resided in Texas.
4. Braton H. Bowman: Born about 1868. (perhaps
son of Hiram P. Bowman)
1900 US
Census: Braton H., age 32 (b. Feb 1868) and employed
as a farmer, was heading a household in Wilna Township, Jefferson County, New
York. The household also included his
wife of 16 years, Eva B. Bowman (age 33 – b. Jul 1866, had had 5 children, 5
still alive); son, Guy E. Bowman (age 14 – b. Dec 1885, single); son, Ray J.
Bowman (age 9 – b. Feb 1891); son, Clarence J. Bowman (age 7 –b. Oct 1892);
son, Douglas G. Bowman (age 5 – b. Jul 1894); and son, Loson
(sp) E. Bowman (age 1 – b. Oct 1898).
All, and their parents, were born in New York State.
Braton and Eva B. (?) Bowman (b. Jul 1866) had the
following children:
a. Guy
E. Bowman: Born December 1885.
b. Ray
J. Bowman: Born February 1891.
c. Clarence
J. Bowman: Born October 1892.
1930 US Census: Clarence Bowman, age 37 (married 1st age 27)
and employed as an iron miller in a foundry, was heading a household at 519
Center Street in the City of Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Lena
Bowman (age 47, 1st m. age 18).
d. Douglas G. Bowman: Born July
1894.
e. Loson
(sp) E. Bowman: Born October 1898.
5. Hiram P.
Bowman: Born about 1845. (looks a lot like Simon family, above)
1910 US
Census: Hiram P. Bowman, age 65, was heading a household on Military Road in
LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included his wife of 43 years, Mary D. Bowman (age
62, had had 5 children, all still alive); daughter, Anna E. Bowman (age 40,
single); son, George S. Bowman (age 31, single); and son, Arthur Bowman (age
20, single).
Hiram P. Bowman married
Mary D. (?) about 1867 and had the following children:
a. Anna E. Bowman: Born about 1870.
b. George S. Bowman: Born about
1879.
c. Arthur Bowman: Born about 1890.
6. Frank
Bowman: Born about 1898 in English speaking Canada; perhaps the brother of Mahlon Bowman, with whom he shared a dwelling on Depot
Street in the Village of Antwerp, Antwerp Township, Jefferson
County, New York.
1930 US
Census: Frank Bowman, age 32 (b. English speaking Canada, father also, mother
b. NYS; 1st married age 27) was heading a household on Depot Street
in the Village of Antwerp, Antwerp Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Maude
Bowman (age 37, 1st married age 33, b. NYS, as were her
parents). It appears Mahlon
Bowman, age 23, and his wife, Hilda Bowman (age 18), both b. English speaking
Canada, as were their parents, was heading a household in the same dwelling as
Frank Bowman on Depot Street in the Village of Antwerp.
Frank
Bowman married Maude (?) (b. abt 1893 in NYS) and,
perhaps had the following son:
7. Mahlon Bowman: Born about 1907; perhaps the brother of
Frank Bowman, who shared a dwelling with him on Depot Street in the Village of
Antwerp, Antwerp Township, Jefferson County, New York. Married Hilda (?) (b. 1912).
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