Leonard Arthur Albert "Lennie" Bowman

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BOWMAN, LEONARD ARTHUR ALBERT "LENNIE"

On Thursday afternoon, October 7, 1993, at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital, of R. R. #22, Cambridge, in his 37^th year. Predeceased by his father, Leonard "Boots" Bowman. Survived by his mother, Alice (Nee Brown) of Kitchener; sisters, Laurie (Mrs. Kurt Huschka) and Dorothy (Mrs. David Mather), both of Cambridge; many nieces and nephews. Service at the Nelson Funeral Home on Tues. , Oct. 12 at 1: 30, with interment to follow at New Hope Cemetery.

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Leonard — Alice A. Brown. Alice (daughter of Charles James Brown and Bertha Viola Chester) was born 26 Sep 1920, , Ontario, Canada; died 2002, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Alice A. Bowman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-219943
• Residence: 1971, RR2, Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-205343

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BOWMAN, ALBERT ADAM Original German spelling - BAUMAN.

Heart Attack Proves Fatal

Hespeler Resident Stricken Unloading Wood

Suddenly, at about 6 p. m. on Monday evening, February 20^th 1933, succumbing to a heart attack while unloading wood at the home of Wilbur D. Beckman on Bergey Street. Mr. Bowman and Leslie Cutting were delivering wood and Mr. Beckman had been speaking with them and turned to enter the house, when he noticed Mr. Bowman had fallen. He was removed to the house and medical aid called but he expired in but a few moments. He had not been in the best of health for some time and had undertaken, as a measure to tide over the present period, to cut and deliver wood from Puslinch Township. Mr. Bowman was born in Puslinch 42 years ago, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bowman and has been a resident of the town about two years, coming here from Glen Christie. Survived by his wife, ? Gillow; five sons, Leonard, Dennis, Mervin, Harold and Donald; three daughters, Leona, Mildred and Ruth; two brothers, William of Hespeler; John of London; seven sisters, Mrs. Gordon McDonald of Windsor; Mrs. Henry Black of Guelph; Mrs. Henry Leach of Oshawa; Mrs. B. Johnson of Brantford; Mrs. Henry Fetter of Toronto; Mrs. William Black of Hespeler; and Mrs. Ed Cutting of Hespeler. Funeral on Thursday from his home on Queen St. E. , conducted by Rev. E. J. Fischer, pastor of St. James' Lutheran Church, assisted by Captain Johnston of the Salvation Army to Hespeler Cemetery. Pallbearers: Hugo Brix of Paris; John Bowman of London; W. Collins of Galt; Leslie Cutting, Howard Gillow and William Bowman of Hespeler.


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Albert — Viona Christina "Viola" Speckeen. Viona (daughter of John Henry Speckeen and Rebecca Bohn) was born 16 Jul 1895, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jul 1919, , Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Viola Speckeen
• Name: Viona Christina "Viola" Bowman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-219942
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-220103
• Residence: 1972, 78 Queen St. W., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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BROWN, CHARLES JAMES

Suddenly, at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital in Galt, on Friday evening, May 26, 1972, of 78 Queen St. West in Hespeler, formerly of Puslinch Township, in his 85^th year, following a brief illness. Husband of the late Bertha Viola Chester (Sept. 1971). Father of James and Chester, both of Hespeler; Ethel (Mrs. Ralph Parsons); and Alice (Mrs. Leonard Bowman), both of R. R. #2, Hespeler; Ruth (Mrs. Edward Seaton) of River Road in Hespeler; and Eleanor (Mrs. Neil Keegan) of San Francisco. Also survived by eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Mr. Brown was a resident of the Hespeler-Puslinch Township area for over sixty years. He was born in England on January 29, 1888. He was a member of Hespeler United Missionary Church. Funeral service at the Nelson Funeral Home, 23 Galt St. in Hespeler, on Tues. , May 30 at 2. Interment Hespeler Cemetery.

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Charles married Bertha Viola Chester 24 Jan 1912, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Bertha (daughter of Benjamin Chester and Catherine Hammett) was born Between 1885 and 1886; died 13 Sep 1971, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Bertha Viola Brown
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63585
• Residence: 1971, 78 Queen St. W., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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BROWN, BERTHA VIOLA (Nee Chester)

At the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital in Galt, on Saturday morning, September 13, 1971, of 78 Queen St. West in Hespeler, formerly of Puslinch Township, in her 86^th year. Wife of Charles J. Brown. Mother of James and Chester, both of Hespeler; Ethel (Mrs. Ralph Parsons; Alice (Mrs. Leonard Bowman), both of R. R. #2, Hespeler; Ruth (Mrs. Edward Seaton) of River Road in Hespeler; and Eleanor (Mrs. Neil Keegan) of San Francisco. Funeral service on Tues. , Sept. 21 at 2 at the Nelson Funeral Home, 23 Galt St. in Hespeler. Interment Hespeler Cemetery.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74540
• Residence: 1915, 82 Lowell St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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BOWMAN, JOSEPH

At his home at 82 Lowell St. in Hespeler, on Tuesday evening at 9, August 10, 1915, in his 74^th year. The funeral took place on Thurs, Aug. 12^th at 2 from his residence to the Hespeler Cemetery. Surviving are his widow and children: Mrs. W. Black of Hespeler; Mrs. H. Fetter of Toronto; Mrs. Ed Cutting of Hespeler; Mrs. H. Cutting of Hamilton; Mrs. H. Leach of Guelph; Mrs. H. Black of Guelph; Mrs. G. MacDonald of Rochester; Mrs. J. Jones of Guelph; J. Bowman of Berlin; W. Bowman of Hespeler; A. Bowman of Galt; and E. Bowman of Hespeler. The pallbearers were his four sons, John, William, Albert and Irwin; Wellington Cutting and Frank McConnel. Mr. Bowman had been a resident of the city only since last spring, when he came here from his farm near Freelton.

-Information from the death certificate: Born in Puslinch.

-Information from the death certificate of Fanny Bowman: Died on May 18, 1900, at age 80 years. Of lot 28, front of concession 7. Born in Germany.

-Information from Our Germans Were Linked Through Puslinch Township by Chris Bowman and B. & B. Woolsey: Fanny Steffler, b. 1818, daughter of Anthony Steffler and Catherine Fritz married Joseph Bowman Jr.

-information from the death certificate of Joseph Bowman. : Died on March 3, 1877, aged 58 years. Born in Ohio State. Informant - Joseph Bowman Jr. Of Morriston.

-Information from Our Germans Were Linked Through Puslinch Township by Chris Bowman and B. & B. Woolsey: Joseph Bauman, 1784-1856, shoemaker, of Herbolzheim, Breisgau, Baden and his wife, Josepha "Sepha" Wegmann-Spitz, born 1797, landed in Pennsylvania in 1818, serving for three years as indentured servants to David Lightfoot. They made their way to Waterloo Twp. by 1826, settling on lot 13, concession 1 in Beasley's Lower Block (Fisher Mills). In 1830 they settled on lot 33, front concession 8, Puslinch Twp.

Children of Joseph Bauman, 1784-1856 were: Joseph, 1818-1877, married Fanny Steffler; Susanna, b. 1820, married John Schmidt; Elizabeth, 1821-1891, married Aegidius Ochs; Maria Anna, 1823-1847, married Jacob Druar; Margaret, 1826-1906, married Joseph Steffler; Johanna, 1828-1915, married Aloys Ochs; Sarah, b. 1830; Barbara, 1831-1915, married Nicholas Schantz; and John, 1833-1915.

Children of Joseph Bauman, 1818-1877 were: Joseph, 1842-1915; Colenia, b. 1843; Catharine, b. 1845; Elizabeth, 1846-1936, married Joseph Stremble; Jacob, 1848-1897; Christian, b. 1851; Sarah, 1852-1873, first wife of John Munch; Anthony, b. 1853; John, b. 1856; Catharine, 1857-1914, second wife of John Munch; Anthony, 1858-1954, b. 1860.


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Funeral of Joseph Bowman.

The funeral of the late Joseph Bowman, whose death occurred on Tuesday evening last, took place Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late residence to the Hespeler cemetery where interment was made. Besides a widow, the following sons and daughters are left to mourn his loss: Mrs. W. Black of Hespeler, Mrs. H. Fector of Toronto, Mrs. E. Cutting of Hespeler, Mrs. H. Cutting of Hamilton, Mrs. H. Leach of Guelph, Mrs. H. Block of Guelph, Mrs. G. Mcdonald of Rochester, Mrs. J. Jones of Guelph, Mr. J. Bowman of Berlin, Mr. W. Bowman of Hespeler, Mr. A. Bowman of Galt, and Mr. E. Bowman of Hespeler. The pall bearers were four sons, John William, Albert and Irwin and Mr. Wellington Cutting and Frank McConnel.

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Joseph married Anna Catherine "Anna" Fetter 8 Nov 1870, Morriston, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Johann Heinrich "Henry" Fetter and Mary Margaret Tischer) was born 1845, Ostheim, , Hessen, Germany; died 29 Dec 1928, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Catherine "Anna" Bowman
• Name: Catharine Fetter
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-86354
• Residence: 1915, 82 Lowell St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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BOWMAN, ANNA CATHERINE (Nee Fetter)

On Saturday, December 29, 1928, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cutting of Waterloo Township, in her 84^th year. She had been a resident of Hespeler for about fifteen years, coming here from Galt. Her husband, Joseph Bowman predeceased her by some thirteen years. She was born in Germany. Survived by seven daughters: Mrs. J. Wheeler of Toronto; Mrs. Hugh Johnston of Brantford; Mrs. Henry Leach of Oshawa; Mrs. Harry Black of Guelph; Mrs. Gordon McDonnell of Windsor; Mrs. Ed Cutting of Waterloo Township; and Mrs. W. Black of Hespeler; three sons, John Bowman of London; William and Albert Bowman of Hespeler; fifty-eight grandchildren, seventy great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. The funeral was held on Monday afternoon from the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. Black to the Hespeler Cemetery, with Rev. H. L. Merner conducting the service. Pallbearers: Gordon Black of Guelph; Leslie Cutting of Hespeler; Nelson Cutting of Brantford; Gordon and Wellington Cutting of Glen Christie; and Laverne Jones of Guelph.

-Information from Our Germans Were Linked Though Puslinch Township by Chris Bowman and B. & B. Woolsey: Catharine Foerter/Fetter, 1845-1928, was the daughter of Henry Fetter and Maria Margaret Tischer.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93017
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Hand
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

John married Rebecca Bohn 31 Mar 1886, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Rebecca (daughter of Christian Bohn and Louisa "Lucy" Bunge) was born 9 Jul 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Apr 1913, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Birth: , Ontario, Canada
• Name: Rebecca Speckeen
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93018
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27986
• Occupation: 1869, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer

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Died at Midnight, Friday, September 6, 1912. Was 71 years of age


A well known and respected resident, a man of sterling characteristics and enjoyed the friendship of all with whom he came in contact. He was married to Catharine Hammett, who survives along with children: Ben, at home; Thomas of Montana; John, on the farm adjoining the homestead; William of SK; Richard, at home; Edward, in the northern part of the province; Mrs. Frances Hilborn of Waterloo Twp. ; Misses Maria and Martha, at home; Mrs. Charles Brown in England; and Mrs. C. Gowing in Hespeler. The funeral on Monday afternoon to Hespeler Cemetery was largely attended. The service was conducted by Rev. S. Stauffer and Rev. Beese of Hespeler. Pallbearers: S. Cober, J. Cober, J. Sault, T. Evans, C. Reeve and J. Newstead.

-Information from the death certificate: Born on December 6, 1841, son of Richard Chester and Maria Newstead.

-Information from the 1906 Atlas of Wellington County: Rented Benjamin Newstead's farm for 10 years, then purchased the Oak farm, lot 8, rear concession 3, Puslinch. In 1893 bought lot 6, concession 3.

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Benjamin married Catherine Hammett 19 Feb 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of Thomas Hammett and Catherine Chapman) was born 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Apr 1914, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Chester
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27977
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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It is with feelings of deep regret, that we report the death of another old and highly esteemed resident of Puslinch, in the person of Mrs. Benjamin Chester, who died at her residence on Sunday evening, April 5th 1914. She leaves a large family to mourn her untimely death. The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon to the Hespeler Cemetery.