Gabriel W. Bauman^[1]

1819 - 1883  (~ 65 years)

• Name	Gabriel W. Bauman
  Born	Between 1 Mar 1818 and 1819	Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Residence	1844	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Residence	1847	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Christened	1 Dec 1848	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1851	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	cabinet maker
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	cabinet manufacturer
  Elected Office	1854	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	councillor - Kitchener
  	Years Served: 1854, 1857
  Name	Gabriel W. Bowman
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Carpenter
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Wesleyan Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00002-65
  Died	18 Oct 1883	, Kent Co., Michigan   [1, 2, 3, 7]
  Person ID	I6810	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Christian Bauman,   b. 20 Jun 1766, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Jun 1824  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Weber,   b. 21 Mar 1774, Of, Berks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 Mar 1834  (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F2035	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Bowers,   b. 7 Sep 1821, , Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	24 Nov 1844	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 11]
  Children	1. Harriet E. Bowman,   b. 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Albert Bowers Bowman,   b. 17 Mar 1847, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Henrietta Bauman,   b. 17 Sep 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Franklin B. Bowman,   b. 3 Oct 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Lydia L. Bowman,   b. 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Louise A. Bowman,   b. 1855, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Harriet Elizabeth Bowman,   b. 24 Sep 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Charles S. Bowman,   b. 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F2052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Gabriel W. Baumann, "was born March 1st, 1818, and died October 18th, 1883. He was married to Louisa Bowers. Resided in Kent County, Michigan." Gabriel Bowman, "the tenth and youngest son of Christian and Magdalena (Weber) Baumann, was born in Waterloo, Ontario, March 1st, 1818. He was married to Louisa Bowers, sister to his brother Jacob's wife. They resided in the town of Berlin until about thirty years ago when they moved to Kent County, Michigan, where he died October 18th, 1883. They had a family of five 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.]. ___________________________ King Street, Kitchener Benton to Eby Street.-Successive occupation was as follows: From Benton Street easterward, before 1855, a one-story brick building with gable facing King Street was erected at the corner and used by Jacob Benner as blacksmith shop. Later Benner moved to West Montrose and the next occupant was Valentine Gildner and after him his son John Gildner . This blacksmith shop continued until comparatively recent years. A frame building painted white, with veranda in front, was Gildner s residence.. Vacant lot. A tinsmith shop owned by Mr. Lehnen . This had a nice front with two good-sized glass windows on either side of the door. A dwelling house built by Henry Rothaermel 1848-9. He was a carpenter and later was market clerk and tax collector. A lane. A one and one-half story building, with gable facing King Street and a verandah extending over the sidewalk, occupied by a Mr. Coleman 1855-1860. Adjoining it was a warehouse. The store passed to Coleman's son and then to John Kegel. Later John George Schmidt, shoemaker, occupied the building. A lane. A double, frame building about 50 feet along King St.; the east half used as a dwelling had a veranda; the west half was occupied by Charles Koehn, shoemaker. Open space. Dwelling of Gabriel Bowman, carpenter, who built the house. A one and one-half story building occupied by Balzar Allendorf, a coverlet weaver, about 1840. Allendorf later moved to New Hamburg. There was a veranda at the front of the house and under it a well. Cattle ran at large in the streets at this time and one Sunday afternoon a steer got on the veranda floor, which was partly rotted, broke through, fell into the well and had to be pulled out by means of a windlass. The building was torn down later. frame building ocupied by Henry Sippel, former employee of Allendorf, as a weaver's shop. In 1855 there was a frame building one and one-half story high along King Street divided into two parts, one part a dwelling and the other part a hat shop, owned by John Kidder, who made felt hats and old-fashioned bonnets. The shop was a few steps above the sidewalk level. A dwelling. A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with King street occupied by a widow, Mrs. Caroline Lehnen. A driveway. A two story brick building with gable toward King Street, occupied by J. J. Lehnen, son of the widow Lehnen, as a copper and tinsmith shop and a store. Lehnen made his own tinware. Later Jacob Doebler occupied this building as a bakery. A one and one-half story frame building with gable toward King Street occupied by George Yantz, a cabinet maker. He had a tavern in this same building for a time, and lived there. In the early years a garden. A small shop with sloping roof used by Christian Enslin as a book store and book-bindery, the first book-bindery in Berlin Enslm arrived in Berlin about 1830. Jacob Stroh remembers going with his father to the store to buy school supplies. Enslin later was editor, for Henry Eby, the publisher, of the Deutsche Canadier which began publication in 1840. Enslin's House, one-half story, frame, standing lengthwise with King Street and having a veranda over the door, was on the site of Dr. Hetts present office and house. At the rear there was an orchard. About 60 feet back of King Street there was a house built by Henry Eby. Shubel Randall, brother of George Randall, lived in it later. In 1860 the building was destroyed by fire and a servant girl Dina Hertz, perished in the flames. The walls remaining standing, the house was re-built, and is still in use. A brick building, abutting on King Street with gable facing the street, was Henry Eby's printing office. The main floor was she or seven feet above the sidewalk level. In 1860 this building was changed to a church and was the first Anglican Church in Berlin. A frame building, one end of which was used by Henry Bowman as a general store; he lived in the other end. This was known as the Bowman building. Later William Stein had a tailor shop in it and after him William Thoms used it as a shoe repair shop. REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder. Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

  
  

• 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..., 292. [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..., 72. [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..., 148. [S101] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register - transcript of cards, Kitchener Public Library. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 2. Gabriel BOWMAN Cabinet Mfr. Canada 34 Wesleyan Methodist b. 1-Mar Louisa BOWMAN USA 31 Wesleyan Methodist b. 7-Sep Albert BOWMAN Canada F. 5 Wesleyan Methodist b. 5-Mar Henrieta BOWMAN Canada F. 3 Wesleyan Methodist b. 17-Sep Franklin BOWMAN Canada F. 2 Wesleyan Methodist b. 3-Oct Elisabeth MOYER Germany 14 Lutheran b. 20-Oct William PIPE Cabinet maker England 18 CE b. 6-Mar August KISTNER Cabinet maker Germany 20 Lutheran b. 5-Apr William WASHBORN Turner Canada 19 Methodist b. 10-Jun [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 3 Page 29. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 25 Oct 1883. 18 Oct 1883 Gabriel W. Baumann died in Oakfield, Kent County, Michigan, at age of 66 years [S12] Vit - ON, Gore - Gore District Marriage Register - Waterloo Entries, Rev. Peter Kerr - Wesleyan Methodist pg 22,23. Gabriel Bowman married Louisa Bowers both of Waterloo 26 Nov 1844 by license, wit: Isaac Bowers and Lydia Fry [S2070] Directory - Ontario Directory for 1851. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 2. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 28 Nov 1844 Pg 48. BAUERS, Louise married 26 Nov 1844 To Gabriel BAUMANN. minister Peter Kerr

  
  

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  Born - Between 1 Mar 1818 and 1819 - Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1844 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 24 Nov 1844 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1847 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Christened - 1 Dec 1848 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - cabinet maker - 1851 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - cabinet manufacturer - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor - Kitchener - 1854 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Wesleyan Methodist - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Oct 1883 - , Kent Co., Michigan  = Link to Google Earth