Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Family: Samuel S. Bowman / Levia Shantz (F2211)

m. 11 May 1850


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  • Father | Male
    Samuel S. Bowman

    Born  30 Jun 1827  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  27 Dec 1902  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  11 May 1850  [1, 2, 3]  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2, 3] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Reeve Jonathan B. Bowman | F186 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Maria "Polly" Snyder | F186 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Levia Shantz

    Born  21 Sep 1830  , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 Feb 1912  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Abraham Shantz | F2214 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Bechtel | F2214 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Mary S. Bowman

    Born  9 Aug 1851  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  George W. Bowman | F2194 
    Married  16 Jul 1879  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    Nelson S. Bowman

    Born  21 Dec 1853  West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Nov 1907  Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Catharine Singer | F2215 
    Married  10 Nov 1878  Cascade, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Leander S. BowmanChild 3 | Male
    Leander S. Bowman

    Born  8 Mar 1856  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Jul 1937   
    Buried    Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Rebecca Snyder | F2216 
    Married  28 May 1884   

    Child 4 | Male
    John Bowman

    Born  1858  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 5 | Female
    Joannah B. Bowman

    Born  24 Apr 1860  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  7 Mar 1938   
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  John B. Shantz | F2217 
    Married  30 Mar 1881  Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Male
    Franklin Bowman

    Born  CALC 20 Jun 1861   
    Died  12 Oct 1862   
    Buried    Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Male
    Joseph Bowman

    Born  CALC 18 Mar 1864   
    Died  31 Mar 1864   
    Buried    Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 8 | Female
    Emeline Bowman

    Born  1868  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 9 | Female
    Evaline Agnes "Eva" Bowman

    Born  5 Jan 1869  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  13 Jan 1883   
    Buried    Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 102.

    2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Rev. Samuel S. Bowman - December 11, 1924.

    3. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 16 May 1851 Pg 20.
      BAUMANN, Samuel S. married 11 May 1851 To Livia SCHANTZ. Both of Waterloo. minister F. W. Bindemann