Rev. Samuel S. Bowman^{[1, 2, 3]}

1834 - 1924  (90 years)

• Name	Samuel S. Bowman
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	15 Jul 1834	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Carpenter
  Residence	1861	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [14]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [14]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite Clergyman (Minister)
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00002-141
  Died	24 Nov 1924	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 15, 16]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [15, 16]
  Person ID	I7006	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Benjamin H. Bauman,   b. 15 Feb 1787, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 7 Dec 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Susannah Bechtel,   b. 16 Jun 1797, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Dec 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	1818  [11]
  Family ID	F2017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Ploch,   b. 1 May 1839, , Germany ,   d. 30 Jan 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 46 years)
  Married	1 Dec 1861	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 6, 8, 17, 18]
  Children	1. Noah P. Bowman,   b. 1 Nov 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1862  (Age 0 years)   2. Simon P. Bowman,   b. 26 Sep 1865, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Mar 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)   3. Matilda P. Bowman,   b. 29 Oct 1868, Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Apr 1950  (Age 81 years)   4. Tilman P. Bowman,   b. 19 Jun 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Mar 1941, High River, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F2112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Anna C. Cressman,   b. 15 Feb 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Aug 1908  (Age 64 years)
  Married	24 Mar 1887  [1, 4, 6, 13]
  Children	1. Matilda Bowman,   b. 1868, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Dilman Bowman,   b. 1870, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F2113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth Ploch,   b. 1840, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Dec 1861  [14]
  Children	1. Simon P. Bowman,   b. 26 Sep 1865, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Mar 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)   2. Matilda P. Bowman,   b. 29 Oct 1868, Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Apr 1950  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F273951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel S. Bowman, "the fifth son of Benjamin and Susannah (Bechtel) Baumann, was born July 15th, 1834, on the farm he now owns. His boyhood days were spent on the farm. After he had attained the age of eighteen or twenty years, he commenced teaching our public schools during the winter months. When a young man he joined the church of his choice, the Mennonite body. After the decease of Rev. Abraham C. Weber it was deemed expedient by the church to have a minister appointed to assist the aged ministers, Jacob Oberholtzer and John Steckley, in the teaching of the "Word" according to their views. On February 2nd, 1878, he was ordained as minister of the Gospel. His untiring energy, together with his clear thought and common sense, soon raised him to be one of the best pulpit declaimers of our day. It did not take a long time until friends and enemies became convinced that he was by no means a man of ordinary ability. His sermons are short, instructive and encouraging to the child of God, while the sinner is powerfully convinced of his fallen state and earnestly entreated to become a child of God. On December 1st, 1861, he was married to Elizabeth Ploch who was born May 1st, 1839, and died January 30th, 1886. After her decease he married Anna, daughter of Samuel and Barbara (Cressman) Cressman. She was born February 15th, 1844. The second marriage took place March 24th, 1887. His family consists of four 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.]. _______________________________ Bowman. - Samuel S. Bowman was born near Kitchener, Ont., July 15, 1834; died Nov. 24, 1924; aged 90 y. 4 m. 9 d. On Dec. 1, 1861, he was married to Elizabeth Ploch, who died Jan. 30, 1886. Of this marriage there were four children, two of whom survive. They are Mrs. John Moss (with whom he had his home) and Tillman E. His elder son (Simon) predeceased him on Mar. 12 of this year. There are also thirteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. On Mar. 24, 1887, he was married to Anna Cressman who predeceased him on Aug. 28, 1908. In his young days he taught school, and also followed the trade of carpentering for some time, but the greater part of his life was spent on the farm where he was born and died. Bro. Bowman was converted and united with the Mennonite church at the age of twenty-one. On Feb. 2, 1878, he was ordained as a minister of the Gospel in which capacity he was very faithful in performing his duty, rarely ever missing a church service until a little more than a year ago, when bodily weakness prevented him. He was blessed with an exceptionally good memory which he kept to a remarkable degree in his old age. In his passing the church is losing one of its oldest pillars. Among other things he pre-arranged for the speakers and texts to be used at the funeral. He was laid to rest on Nov. 29. Services at the house were conducted by Bro. Ben. Shantz and at the Mennonite church at Kitchener by the brethren, M. Hallman (Text, II Cor. 5: 1,2) and Jonas Snider (Text, II Tim. 4: 7,8). Such a large number of people gathered to pay their last respects to the departed brother that it was necessary to conduct a service in the basement of the church where the brethren, M. H. Shantz and H. W. Stevanus, were the speakers. Gospel Herald - Vol. XVII, No. 36 - December 11, 1924 - pages 735, 736

  
  

• 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..., 491. [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..., 200. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 12 Dec 1861. Married 1 Dec 1861 Samuel S. Bowman was married to Elisabeth Bloch, both of Waterloo. [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..., 85. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Rev. Samuel S. Bowman - December 11, 1924. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 27. Samuel BOWMAN Labourer Birthplace: Canada Age 18 Mennonite b. 26-Jun [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Samuel S. Bowman b. Waterloo res: Waterloo Age: 27 born abt 1834 father: Benjamin mother: Susanna Beihle married Elizabeth Block Age:: 21 born abt 1840 b. Germany Spouse res: Waterloo father: John mother: Christena Werzel married 1 Dec 1861 county: Waterloo [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 39. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 5 Page 15. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div. 1 Page 1. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sub District 5 Page 19. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 21. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 1 Page 47. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35600223/samuel-s-bowman. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. [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, 12 Dec 1861 Pg: 50. BLOCH, Elizabeth married 1 Dec 1861 To Samuel S. BOWMANN. Both of Waterloo Twp. minister F. W. Bindemann

  
  

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  Born - 15 Jul 1834 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1861 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Dec 1861 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Mennonite Clergyman (Minister) - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Nov 1924 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth