Benjamin Baer Bowman^[1]

1811 - 1872  (61 years)

• Name	Benjamin Baer Bowman
  Born	15 Feb 1811	, Berks Co., Pennsylvania   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	farmer
  Eby ID Number	00002-47
  Died	24 Feb 1872	, Kent Co., Michigan   [1, 2, 3, 6]
  	Cause: heart disease
  Buried	Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan   [6]
  Person ID	I6770	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Reverend Joseph O. Bauman,   b. 19 Jul 1766, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Jan 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Mary Baer,   b. 23 Jan 1772,   d. 29 Oct 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F2021	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Clemens,   b. 6 Mar 1815, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 24 Aug 1901, , Whatcom, Washington, United States  (Age 86 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	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F2034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin B. Baumann, "the youngest son of Joseph Baumann, was born February 15th, 1811, and died in Kent County, Michigan, February 24th, 1872. " Benjamin B. Bowman, "the youngest son of Rev. Joseph and Mary (Baer) Bowman, was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, February 15th, 1811. When he was five years of age his parents moved to Canada. He was raised at Blair, Ontario. He was married to Mary, daughter of Deacon Abraham S. and Rachel (Dierstein) Clemens. They resided on a farm near Blair for many years; then they moved to Kent County, Michigan, where he died February 24th, 1872. Since then his wife and some members of the family moved near Fairhaven, Washington, U.S., where she still resides with one of her children. Their family consisted of eleven children, .." 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

  [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..., 69. [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. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 9. Benjamin B. BOWMAN Farmer Birthplace: USA Age 40 Mennonite Mary BOWMAN Birthplace: USA Age 37 Mennonite Lydia BOWMAN Birthplace: Canada Age 20 Mennonite Abraham BOWMAN Labourer Birthplace: Canada Age 18 Mennonite Rachel BOWMAN Birthplace: Canada Age 16 Mennonite Mary BOWMAN Birthplace: Canada Age 13 Mennonite Amos BOWMAN Birthplace: Canada Age 12 Mennonite Leah BOWMAN Birthplace: Canada Age 10 Mennonite Joel BOWMAN Birthplace: Canada Age 8 Mennonite Susan BOWMAN Birthplace: Canada Age 6 Mennonite Elisabeth BOWMAN Birthplace: Canada Age 4 Mennonite Caroline BOWMAN Birthplace: Canada Age 2 Mennonite Jacob GENE Labourer Birthplace: Switzerland Age 32 Lutheran [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, G., America, N., County, K., & Cemetery, G. (1811). Benjamin B. Bowman (1811-1872) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 1 August 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65150354. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 9.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Feb 1811 - , Berks Co., Pennsylvania Occupation - farmer - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: heart disease - 24 Feb 1872 - , Kent Co., Michigan Buried - - Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan  = Link to Google Earth