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

Harriet Bowers[1]

Female 1819 - 1842  (23 years)


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  • Name Harriet Bowers 
    Born 1819  , Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Name Harriet Barber 
    Name Harriet Bauer  [3
    Residence 1839  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Eby ID Number 00013-1156 
    Died 18 Jan 1842  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I16095  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Samuel Bowers,   b. 26 Feb 1792, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Lydia Sauers,   b. 8 Oct 1797, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1869, Oakfield, Kent, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 1815  [4
    Family ID F416  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert Barber,   b. CA 1815, of, Waterloo Twp., Region of Waterloo, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 23 Jan 1839  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Isaac Barber,   b. 9 Apr 1840, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F4290  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Harriet Bowers, "was born in 1819. She was married to Robert Barber and resided in Berlin where she died, leaving a son named III Isaac."

      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  • 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..., 292.

    2. [S952] News - Christian Guardian - Death Notices from the Christian Guardian 1836-1850, Obituary of Harriet Barber 2 Mar 1842 pg 75.
      Mrs. Harriet Barber, second daughter of Samuel and Lydia Bowers, who married Mr. Barber in 1839, died in Berlin (Waterloo Twp.) Jan. 18, 1842; aged 22; survived by her parents, husband and 1 child.

    3. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 23 Feb 1839:9.
      23 Jan 1839 Rev Carson m. Robert Barber, schoolteacher, to Spr Harriet Bauer, daughter of Samuel Bauer, all of Waterloo Tp.

    4. [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..., 286.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1819 - , Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1839 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Jan 1839 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Jan 1842 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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