Hugh Allan Ferguson Bowman

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00002-245.3
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Hugh married Merle Beatrice Horsley 26 Oct 1921, Aurora, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario. Merle (daughter of Thomas Horsley and Alice Francis Breckin) was born 12 Nov 1894, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00002-245
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren
• Occupation: 1890, Lindsay, Ops Twp., Victoria Co., Ontario, Canada; engineer

Notes:

Leander Bowman, "was born December 29th, 1863. Resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a sanitary engineer and is first assistant in the health department for the city. He is married to Hannah May Ferguson, and has had a family of two children, namely: Constance Lillian (dead), and Hugh A. F."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Leander married Hannah May Ferguson 22 Jan 1890, Lindsay, Ops Twp., Victoria Co., Ontario, Canada. Hannah (daughter of Hugh Ferguson and Christine) was born 1869, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Hannah May Bowman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-245.1
• Residence: 1890, Mariposa Township, Victoria Co., Ontario, Canada

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00002-244
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; teacher
• Residence: 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Public Service: 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Treasurer - Waterloo Township
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Land Surveyor & Teacher
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Surveyor
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Surveyor
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

Notes:

Isaac L. Bowman, "the youngest son of John B. and Nancy (Bechtel) Baumann, was born near Freeport, Ontario, May 23rd, 1830. In his younger days he was engaged as a teacher of our public schools. About the year 1860 or 61 he was appointed inspector of our public schools, which position he held until 1871 when a change in the school law was made. He then followed surveying of land. At the time of his death he was treasurer for the township of Waterloo. He was a member of the United Brethren in Christ, of which body he was a local minister. On December 25th, 1862, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary (Wenger) Meyers. She was born May 17th, 1844. They resided in the town of Berlin where he died of paralysis February 3rd, 1893. Their family consists of four boys"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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BOWMAN - On the 3d of February, 1893, in Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ont., after a protracted period of suffering, Isaac L. Bowman, aged 62 years, 8 months and 11 days. The remains were laid to rest on the 6th, in the Blair cemetery. Funeral services were conducted by D.B. Sherk. The deceased was for many years a faithful member of the U.B. church (Old Constitution) and also a local preacher of that body. He was a lover of education and was a successful teacher, serving also as principal of the Freeport Academy, and as Superintendent of Public Schools for Waterloo county years ago. In these capacities and that of surveyor in which business he was engaged in later years, he became widely known throughout Waterloo and other counties, and was highly esteemed as a citizen for his strict integrity, and for his kindliness and geniality, but above all for his humility and firmness to christian principles. He leaves a deeply bereaved wife and family of four sons and a large circle of warm friends to mourn his departure. He was resigned to his God and his end was peace. K.


Herald of Truth , Vol. XXX, No. 5, March 1, 1893 - Page 86, 87

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Died/ At Berlin, on Friday, February 3rd,/ 1893, at 10.20 a. m.,/ Isaac L. Bowman,/ aged 62 years, 8 months and 11 days./ The Funeral/ will take place on Monday, 6th inst., at/ 1 o'clock p.m., from his late residence./ Church Street, to the U. B. Church,/ thence to Blair Cemetery./ Friends and acquaintances are re-/ spectfully invited to attend./ Berlin, Ferbruary 34d, 1893

Funeral Card of Isaac L. Bowman (original at Univerity of Waterloo Special Collection Library)

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In and Around Town Mr. Isaac L. Bowman, Church street, who some time ago had a paralytic stroke is very low today and is not expected to recover.<sup>4a

4a</sup>The Daily Telegraph 2 Feb 1893

Occupation:
Lived with his brother Jacob.

Isaac married Elizabeth M. "Lizzie" Meyer 25 Dec 1862, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of John N. Meyer and Mary Wenger) was born 17 May 1844, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Nov 1927; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Eliza Meyer
• Name: Elizabeth M. "Lizzie" Bowman
• Eby ID Number: 00078-4741
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Elizabeth Meyer, "was born May 17th, 1844. She was married to the late Isaac L. Bowman. Her place of residence is on Church Street, Berlin, Ontario. Her family consists of four sons"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: dnf-18162

Hugh — Christine. Christine was born Abt 1833, of, Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Christine Ferguson
• Eby ID Number: dnf-68540

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00002-41

Notes:

John Baumann, "the fourth son of Joseph Baumann, was born April 4th, 1800, and died of paralysis, September 22nd, 1850, in Lincoln County, Ontario. He was married to Nancy Bechtel."

John B. Baumann, "the fourth son of Rev. Joseph and Mary (Baer) Baumann, was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, April 4th, 1800. In 1816, he in company with his parents and their family, moved to Canada and settled at Blair, Waterloo County. About the year 1825 he was married to Nancy, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Gabel) Bechtel. She was born June 6th, 1808, and died August 3rd, 1855. Soon after their marriage they moved a little north of the "Toll Bridge" on the farm now possessed by George Becker. Here they resided until their death. When he was about thirty-five years of age he was called to the ministry. He proved himself to be an able minister and a good worker among his class. While on his pastoral duties he died of paralysis, September 21st, 1850, at the Twenty, Lincoln County, Ontario. Their family consists of three children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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Bloomingdale (Schneider or Snyder) Mennonite Church

Services began in 1824, and in 1826 a first meeting house, known as Schneider's or Snyder's, was built northwest of Bloomingdale, and east of the Grand River, on land (part Lot 7) donated by Jacob Schneider. Henry Weber was the first minister to this congregation, from 1824 until 1854. He was followed by Moses Erb who was ordained minister to the congregation on April 14, 1854. The church building was primarily used as a school in the beginning; the first teacher was John Bauman from Pennsylvania. Church services were held in homes. Dorothy Sauder, in her 1972 history of the church, states that "Prior to 1860, Schneider's was the only [Mennonite] place of worship on the Grand River and, until the 1889 Martin schism, it was one with the Martin congregation with ministers serving both groups" (Sauder 1972: 8). Services were held on a two-week schedule, at one meeting house and then at the other.

Snyder's was affected by division in the church in the early 1870s. The majority of the congregation joined the Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites, a group organized by Solomon Eby on May 15, 1874, and from 1875-1879 the meeting house was used almost exclusively by them. It was here that the conference was held on March 23, 1875 in which the New Mennonites and the Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites joined together as the United Mennonites. However, because the original deed to the church property had been lost or perhaps never duly executed, a new deed was drawn up on January 15, 1879, giving ownership of building and property to the group of more conservative Mennonites in the congregation.

The present church was built in 1878 on approximately the same site as the first meeting house. Renovations to the church building were carried out in 1951. One main entrance, to replace the two separate entrances, was part of the changes made. Further improvements were made in 1985. The name of the church is now Bloomingdale Mennonite Church.

Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

Johnnes — Nancy Bechtel. Nancy (daughter of Deacon Jacob Bechtel and Elizabeth Gabel) was born 6 Jun 1808, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Aug 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Nancy Bauman
• Name: Nancy Oberholtzer
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0805
• Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Nancy Bechtel "the eighth member of Jacob and Elizabeth (Gabel) Bechtel's family, was married to Rev. John Baumann. They resided on the west side of the "Toll Bridge" where they had a family of two children".


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Nancy's tombstone has her name as Oberholtzer.

Residence:
Lived with Jacob Bowman and family.

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81938051
• Residence: Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00078-4733
• Elected Office: 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Woolwich Township
• Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; teacher, justice of the peace

Notes:

John Meyer, "the fourth member of last named family, was born August 21st, 1808. He came to Canada when a young man and settled in the county of Waterloo. At his arrival here he was engaged by Mr. Jacob S. Shoemaker of Bridgeport where he put in his first work in Canada. He was married to Mary, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Wenger (maiden name Zimmerman). She was born April 28th, 1814, and died March 16th, 1868. They resided in the township of Woolwich, one mile east of Heidelberg where she died. After her death he was again married to a Mrs. Wenger and during the last years of his life he resided in the village of St. Jacobs where he died August 8th, 1883. They had a family of thirteen children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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THE WOOLWICH COUNCIL

A Woolwich Township Council was organized on January 21st, 1850. The councillors were: John Meyer, Edward Passmore, Peter Wenger, Peter Hay, and Wm. Veitch. They met "at Conestoga, in Kurtz's tavern." The members chose John Meyer as reeve and named James Dow as clerk and treasurer; Moses Springer as assessor on the east side of the Grand River and Christian Hurst on the west wide, each at 6 pounds ($24) a year; and Wm. Reynolds as collector, with a salary of five and a half per cent. of his collections. Charles Hendry was appointed auditor.

The council ordered a seal and studied a plan for building a bridge across the Conestoga River; appointed a road surveyor and considered the advisability of appointing a local superin-tendent of schools. For a number of years schools, bridges, roads, and the regulation of taverns were the chief items of business.

Waterloo County's provisional municipal council met in Berlin on May 3rd, 1852. Woolwich was represented by Reeve John Meyer and Deputy-Reeve Peter Wenger.

Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1933 pg 134 - Woolwich Township - Its Early Settlement by W. V. Uttley

John — Mary Wenger. Mary (daughter of Joseph Wenger and Elizabeth Zimmerman) was born 28 Apr 1814, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Mar 1868, Near Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Meyer
• Eby ID Number: 00128-7993

Notes:

Mary Wenger, "was born April 28th, 1814, and died near Heidelberg, Ontario, March 16th, 1868. She was married to John Meyer."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].