Magdalena "Lena" Bowman^[1]

1838 - 1859  (21 years)

• Name	Magdalena "Lena" Bowman
  Born	10 Jun 1838	Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79290255
  Name	Lena Bowman
  Name	Magdalena "Lena" Marks
  Residence	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00002-267
  Died	12 Oct 1859	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Buried	Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I7504	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 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	Edward Marks,   b. 16 Jan 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Sep 1902, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Married	19 Jan 1858	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  Children	1. William Bowman Marks,   b. 18 Apr 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jul 1859, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F2268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lena Bowman, "the youngest daughter of Wendel Bowman, was married to Edward Marks, a cabinet maker. They resided in Preston where she died many years ago, leaving one son, Willie, who also died young." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 318. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Edward Marks Born: Waterloo Res: Preston Age: 25 Father: Frederik Mother: Maria Born: 1833 Spouse: Magdaline Bowman Age: 17 born: North Dumfries Res: Waterloo Born: 1841 Father: Wendel Mother: Susanna Bricker married 19 Jan 1858 county: Waterloo [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 18. [S3297] Missouri Synod, U.S., Lutheran Church records, 1851-1973. NameEdward Marks Marriage Age25 Res: Preston Birth Dateabt 1833 Marriage Date19 Jan 1858 Marriage ChurchSt. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Marriage PlacePreston, Ontario, Canada Father Friedrich Marks Mother Maria Marks Spouse Magdelena Bowmann Marriage Age3?4 Birth PlaceNorth Dumfries Res: Waterloo Twp Father Wenstal Bowmann Mother Susanna Bricker [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link. In/ memory of/ Magdalene Bowman/ who died Oct. 12, 1859/ aged 21 years 4 mos & 2 d's/ also of her son/ William Bowman Marks/ who died July 25, 1859/ aged 15 months & 7 ds/ afflictions sore short time we bore/ physicians were in vain/ till God did please that death should (come)/ and ease us of our pain [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Jun 1838 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Birth - - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 19 Jan 1858 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 12 Oct 1859 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth