Annie Hespeler Bowlby

1862 - 1910  (48 years)

• Name	Annie Hespeler Bowlby
  Born	7 Mar 1862	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Artifact	Kitchener Daily Record Newspaper, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada
  	Brass plaque
  	Approximate Item Size in inches: Height: 28 inches Length: 18 inches Depth:1.3 inches Approximate Weight: 18.4 Lbs.
  		Brass plaque details unknown was for sale on Kijii.ca 2014
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147275576
  Name	Annie Hespeler Perley
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Church of England
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Church of England
  Residence	1884	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-135227
  Died	22 Aug 1910	Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England   [4]
  Buried	Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I135227	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Warden Ward Hamilton Bowlby, M. A.,   b. 4 Oct 1834, Waterford, Townsend Twp., Norfolk Co., Ontario ,   d. 8 Jan 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth "Lissie" Hespeler,   b. 5 Nov 1839, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jan 1920, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	10 Apr 1861	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F10254	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rt. Hon. Sir George Halsey Perley, MP.,   b. 12 Sep 1857, Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 4 Jan 1938, Nepean, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age 80 years)
  Married	4 Jun 1884	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F24546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MRS. C.H. PERLEY DEAD Cable from London Brings Sad News to Ottawa. Mrs. George H. Perley, of 233 Metcalfe street, wife of the member of parliament for Argenteuil county, died suddenly in London this morning. The news was received in Mr. Perley's office by cable but no details were given. Mr. and Mrs. Perley left on an European tour about six weeks ago, accompanied by their daughter, Miss Ethel and were expected to return shortly. Mrs. Perley had been in delicate health for some time and had on this account spent the last few winters in the south. The trip to Europe was also planned for the benefit of her health. The late Mrs. Perley a daughter of Judge and Mrs. Bowlby, Berlin, Ont., and came to Ottawa as a bride in 1886. Miss Ethel Perley is her only daughter. She had for some time taken a very prominent part in the social life of the Capital and was an enthusiastic member of the Ottawa Ladies Golf club. As genial hostess she was unexcelled and her bright and vivacious disposition made her sincere and true friends where ever she went. She almost invariably accompanied Mr. Perley at his political picnics and similar events and her cheery nature and cordial disposition did much to enhance him popularity, In religion she was member of Grace Anglican church and she took an active Interest in church and charitable work. The Ottawa Citizen Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Mon, Aug 22, 1910 Page 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 32. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 69. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 11676 (1884), Perley-Bowlby. George Halsey Perley, 26, merchant of Ottawa, b. New Hampshire, U. S., s/o William Goodhue & Mabel E. T. Perley, married Annie Hespeler Bowlby, 22, res. Berlin, b. Canada, d/o Ward Hamkilton and Lissie Hespeler, Bowlby, married 4 Jul 1884, Berlin [S2319] England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index 1837-1915. Annie H Perley Estimated Birth Year:abt 1862 Registration Year:1910 Registration Quarter:Jul-Aug-Sep Age at Death:48 Registration district:Westminster Parishes for this Registration District:View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County:London Volume:1a Page:240 [S745] Book - A Cyclopedia of Canadian Biography being chiefly men of the time Vol. 1, pg 123-4 - biography of Ward Hamilton Bowlby. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 17 Apr 1861. Bowlby, Ward married 10 Apr 1861 to Leesa Hespeler In Hespeler by Rev E R Stinson. Groom, barrister of Berlin; bride, eld dau Jacob Hespeler, Hespeler [S1333] News - ON, Wellington, Guelph - Guelph Mercury, 11 Apr 1861. In Hespeler, at the home of the bride's father, by Rev. E.R. Stimson, Ward Hamilton Bowlby Esq., holds a M.A. and is advocate of this paper, was married to Lissie Hespeler, oldest daughter of Jakob Hespeler, Esq. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 11 Apr 1861. Married 10 Apr 1861 In Hespeler, at the home of the bride's father, by Rev. E.R. Stimson, Ward Hamilton Bowlby Esq., holds a M.A. and is advocate of this paper, was married to Lissie Hespeler, oldest daughter of Jakob Hespeler, Esq.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Mar 1862 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Artifact - Brass plaque - - Kitchener Daily Record Newspaper, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1884 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 4 Jun 1884 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth