Elijah Bowman^{[1, 2]}

1839 - 1922  (82 years)

• Name	Elijah Bowman
  Born	10 Oct 1839	Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Free Presbyterian
  Occupation	1880	Leighton, Allegan, Michigan   [3]
  	farmer
  Residence	1890	Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
  Eby ID Number	00002-265
  Died	28 Jan 1922	Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States   [6]
  Person ID	I7493	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Warden Wendell Bauman,   b. 21 Jan 1806, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 7 Jul 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Susannah Bricker,   b. 12 Aug 1807, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Feb 1890, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F2032	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Kraft,   b. 27 Apr 1840, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Apr 1935, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States  (Age 94 years)
  Children	1. Nora Bowman,   b. Jul 1863, , Michigan, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Annetta Bowman,   b. 1864, , Michigan, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Susannah Bowman,   b. 1866, , Michigan, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Lillie Bowman,   b. 1868, , Michigan, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Ralph Bowman,   b. 1871, , Michigan, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Wendel Bowman,   b. 1873, , Michigan, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F2265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elijah Bowman, "the youngest son of Wendel Baumann, resides in Kent County, Michigan, near Caledonia, where he is engaged in farming. He is married to Mary Ann Kraft, and has a family of six 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 112. [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..., 318. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880, Leighton, Allegan, Michigan Film 1254569 Page 46C. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 18. [S1946] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (South Division), Div. 1 Page 1. [S2493] Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952. Name:Elijah Bowman Gender:Male Race:White Marital status:Married Death Age:82 Birth Date:10 Oct 1839 Birth Place:Canada Death Date:28 Jan 1922 Death Place:Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Father:Nindell Bowman Mother:Susan Bricker File Number:001650

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Oct 1839 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Free Presbyterian - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1880 - Leighton, Allegan, Michigan Residence - 1890 - Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Died - 28 Jan 1922 - Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth