Mary Clemens^{[1, 2]}

1815 - 1901  (86 years)

• Name	Mary Clemens
  Born	6 Mar 1815	, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mary Bowman
  Eby ID Number	00023-1806
  Died	24 Aug 1901	, Whatcom, Washington, United States   [6]
  Buried	Bayview Cemetery, Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States   [6]
  Person ID	I17171	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Deacon Abraham S. Clemens,   b. 7 Mar 1790, Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 25 Dec 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Rachel Dierstein,   b. 15 Nov 1791, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 3 Dec 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	19 May 1812  [7]
  Family ID	F4489	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin Baer Bowman,   b. 15 Feb 1811, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 24 Feb 1872, , Kent Co., Michigan  (Age 61 years)
  Children	1. Lydia B. Bowman,   b. 30 Sep 1832, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Oct 1866, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 34 years)   2. Abraham C. Bowman,   b. 9 Jul 1834, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jun 1905, , Washington State, USA  (Age 70 years)   3. Rachel B. Bowman,   b. 1835, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mary Harriet Bowman,   b. 5 Feb 1838, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1903, Crestline, Cherokee, Kansas, United States  (Age 65 years)   5. Amos B. Bowman,   b. 15 Sep 1839, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jun 1894, Fairhaven, Whatcom, Washington, USA  (Age 54 years)   6. Leah B. "Lee" Bowman,   b. 20 Sep 1841, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jan 1919, Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, USA  (Age 77 years)   7. Joel B. Bowman,   b. 1843, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1865, Ohio  (Age 22 years)   8. Susannah Bowman,   b. Dec 1845, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Elizabeth B. Bowman,   b. 1848, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Caroline Bowman,   b. 1849, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Oscar B. Bowman,   b. Abt 1854, Of, Ohio ,   d. Ohio
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F2034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Clemens, "was born March 6th, 1815. She was married to Benjamin B. Bowman who died in Kent County, Michigan, February 24th, 1872. She now resides near Fairhaven, Washington, U. S. " 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.]. __________________ BOWMAN - On the 24th of August, 1901, in Whatcom, Wash., of the infirmities of old age, Mary Bowman, widow of the late Pre. B.B. Bowman, aged 86 years and 6 months. Her maiden name was Clemens. She was born in Bucks Co., Pa., March 6, 1815. Her family moved to Canada, with others of the Mennonite people when she was twelve years old, and formed with them a large settlement in Waterloo Co., Ont. The Bowmans were from Bucks Co., and had previously settled in the same neighborhood, and some years later Mary became the wife of B..B. Bowman, the youngest son of a large family. He died in 1872. Mary Bowman's family consisted of four sons and seven daughters, of whom one son and four daughters survive. She came to Whatcom in 1883. Her increasing infirmities rendered her helpless for a year and nine months, when death came to her relief and she calmly fell asleep. Funeral on the 27th. Interment at Bay View Cemetery. Herald of Truth - September 15, 1901 - Page 287

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 428. [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..., 117. [S316] Census - Michigan - 1870, 1870 United States Federal Census > Michigan > Kent > Gaines. [S352] Census - Washington - 1900, 1900 United States Federal Census > Washington > Whatcom > New Whatcom > District 243. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 9. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, B., America, N., County, W., & Cemetery, B. (1815). Mary Clemens Bowman (1815-1901) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 1 August 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7299397/mary-bowman. [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..., 425.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Mar 1815 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Died - 24 Aug 1901 - , Whatcom, Washington, United States Buried - - Bayview Cemetery, Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States  = Link to Google Earth