Tobias S. Bowman

1892 - 1968  (75 years)

• Name	Tobias S. Bowman
  Born	6 Dec 1892	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21641829
  Occupation	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer Son
  Residence	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00002-130.1000
  Died	23 Jan 1968	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I25320	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. Benjamin S. Bowman,   b. 15 Jan 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Sep 1936, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Hannah Shantz,   b. 10 Apr 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Dec 1938, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	30 Oct 1883  [4]
  Family ID	F2107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sybilla Schweitzer,   b. 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1977  (Age 86 years)
  Married	19 Dec 1917	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Robert Gordon Bowman,   b. 2 Jan 1922,   d. 9 Mar 2011, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)   2. Dorothy Isabel Bowman,   b. 1924,   d. 10 Apr 2014, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F6517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Bowman, Tobias, was born in Wilmot Twp., Ont., Dec. 6, 1892; died at St. Mary's Hospital, Jan. 23, 1968; aged 75 y. 1 m. 17 d. Surviving are his wife (Sybilla), one daughter (Dorothy), one son (Robert G.), 2 brothers (a twin, Aaron, and Weston), and 2 sisters (Mrs. Minerva Rosenberger and Annie). He was a member of the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Ont., where funeral services were held Jan. 25, with Robert N. Johnson and F. W. Zinck officiating Gospel Herald - Volume LXI, Number 7 - February 20, 1968, p. 159, 160 ________________ TOBIAS BOWMAN Tobias Bowman, Kitchener died January 23 at St. Mary's Hospital after a brief Illness. He was 75. Bom in Wilmot Township Dec. 6, 1892, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Bowman. He has been a Twin City resident for the past 44 years, he was a member of First Mennonlte Church and had been employed by the Kitchener Coal Co. Ltd. for 40 years before his retirement in 1962. Surviving are his wife, the former Sybilla Schweitzer, whom he married in Kitchener Dec. 19, 1917; one son, Robert G. of Kitchener; one daughter, Dorothy, also of Kitchener; two brothers, a twin, Aaron, and Weston, both of Kitchener; two sisters, Mrs. Minerva Rosenherger of Nipiwan, Sask., and Annie of Kitchener, and two grandchildren. The service was held at First Mennonite Church Kitchener, Thursday afternoon. Rev. Robert N. Johnson, minister of the church, and Rev. F.W. Zinck, pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, officiated. Temporary entombment was made in Woodland mausoleum, and burial will follow in First Mennonite Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Bowman / Sybilla / Schweitzer / 1891-1977 / Tobias / Bowman / 1892-1968 / The Lord is my shepherd / (A) Father [S8] News - Gospel Herald, February 20, 1968 - Obituary of Tobias Bowman. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 9. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 12, 1939 - Obituary of Hannah Shantz.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Dec 1892 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer Son - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 19 Dec 1917 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Jan 1968 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth