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Edith Bowman

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  • Name Edith Bowman  [1
    Nickname "Eddie" 
    Born 22 Jun 1887  162 Wellington Street North, Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I14255  All
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2007 

    Father Reuben S. Bowman,   b. 3 Aug 1852, near Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1918  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Louisa H. Geiger,   b. 17 Oct 1852, Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Feb 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 30 Dec 1879  Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    Married:
    • Three records/references of the marriage of Reuben Bowman and Louisa Geiger have been located. Information provided in the three sources is not consistent.

      Marriage record ( view image) certifies that Reuben Bowman of Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario and Louisa Geiger of Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario were married by David B. Sherk, Minister of U.B.C. Waterloo at Berlin on the 30th day of December 1879. Witnesses were ?? Ziegler and Carrie Geiger.

    • http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/water79.htm

      011197-80 (Waterloo Co) Reuben BOWMAN, 27, carpenter, Canada, Berlin, s/o Joseph BOWMAN & Mary Ann SHOEMAKER married Louisa GEIGER, 27, Canada, Berlin, d/o Jacob & Elizabeth, witn: Albert ZIEGLER & Aaron ERB both of Berlin, 30 December 1879 in Berlin.

    • http://www.waterlooogs.ca/Newspapers/BerlinerJournal1880Marriages.PDF

      Dec. 23, 1879 - Ruben Baumann and Louise Geiger, both of Berlin, were married by Preacher Baumann of Freeport. Print date Jan. 8, 1880.

    Family ID F3807  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Bremner,   b. 8 Aug 1888, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    Married:
    • http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/water09.htm

      020214-09 (Waterloo Co) George BREMNER, 20, glove cutter, Berlin, s/o George BREMNER & Jennie HENDERSON married Edith BOWMAN, 21, Berlin, d/o Reuben BOWMAN & Louise GEIGER, witn: James BREMNER & Beatrice BOWMAN both of Berlin, 3 February 1909 in Berlin.
    Children 
     1. Evelyn Bremner,   b. 27 Jul 1909, Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. date unknown
     2. Dorothy Jean Bremner,   b. 27 Feb 1912, Waterloo, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. date unknown
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2008 
    Family ID F6058  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Jun 1887 - 162 Wellington Street North, Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    30 Francis Street North, Kitchener, Ontario
    30 Francis Street North, Kitchener, Ontario
    Family of Reuben Bowman and Louisa Geiger at their home, 30 Francis Street North, Kitchener, Ontario about 1903. Reuben built this home for his growing family in 1889
    On balcony: Fred and Clayton Bowman.
    Below: Louisa, Hilda, Reuben, Dora, Edie (Edith), Gordon, Beatrice, and Ivan.
    Family of Reuben Bowman and Louisa Geiger 1892
    Family of Reuben Bowman and Louisa Geiger 1892
    Left to right back row: Reuben, Gordon, Beatrice, Clayton, Fred, Louisa. Girl in 'middle' row is Edie (Edith) Bowman. Sitting on floor in front is Dora Bowman. Louisa is pregant with Hilda in this picture.
    Five Bowman Children
    Five Bowman Children
    Left to right:

    Frederick Bowman, Beatrice Bowman, Edith Bowman, Clayton Bowman, Dora Bowman
    Louisa Geiger and five of her children
    Louisa Geiger and five of her children
    Left to right are:

    Gordon Bowman, Hilda Bowman, Ivan Bowman, Louisa Geiger, Dora Bowman, Edith Bowman
    Bremner Family
    Bremner Family
    Taken at the Sr. Bremner home on Lancaster Street in Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario.

    Standing is Edith "Edie" Bowman, Louisa Geiger, Mr. & Mrs Bremner. On steps is George "Doe" Bremner holding Evelyn, Aunt Myrnie, Bill, Jim, Hilda.

    Documents
    Birth record of Frederick Bowman and
birth record of Edith Bowman
    Birth record of Frederick Bowman and birth record of Edith Bowman

  • Notes 
    • Source: "Reuben Bowman, His Family" by Fred Bowman 1948

      EDITH BOWMAN, the fifth child of Reuben and Louisa Bowman, was born in the old house at the corner of Weber and Wellington Sts., in Berlin, on June 22nd 1887. She attended Agnes St. School and after passing her entrance examination, she went to the Berlin and Waterloo High School, taking a commercial course. After leaving school, she accepted employment with the D. Hibner Company Limited and later on with the C.P.R. telegraph Company.

      She is married to George Bremner, a native of Berlin, who was overseas with the 135th Battalion and Fifth Divisional Engineers during the First World War. He is an electrician by trade and after living for some years in Berlin and Waterloo, they moved to Windsor, Ont., where he is employed with the General Motor Company in the capacity of chief maintenance electrician. They have a family of five children, two daughters and three sons.

  • Sources 
    1. [S106898] Private.




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