Nancy Ellen "Ellen" Bowman^[1]

1858 - 1936  (77 years)

• Name	Nancy Ellen "Ellen" Bowman
  Born	10 Oct 1858	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Nancy Ellen "Ellen" Geib
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	United Brethern in Christ
  Eby ID Number	00002-274.6
  Died	27 Apr 1936  [3]
  Buried	Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan   [3]
  Person ID	I7523	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. Jacob C. Bowman,   b. 9 Jul 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Mar 1872  (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Catharine Kolb,   b. 23 Sep 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	29 Feb 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F2272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Valentine Geib,   b. 31 Jan 1854, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Apr 1926  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F4866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "In the year of our Lord 1857, the tenth month and the tenth day, a tiny baby was born,weiqhinq three pounds fully dressed. The hands were so small that the nurse slipped her finqer ring over them to the wristfor a bracelet. The nurse was aunt Nancy Kolb, the baby's mothers sister. For months the babe was feed witha spoon. Nursing bottles ware unheard of at thet time. The child was named Nancy Ellen, not in honor of anyone in particular but just to be different. There were Mary Anns and Lydianna, Lizanns, Sarah\emdash Amos and Nancy Anns, but there were no Ellens in the whole relationship. So the little stranqer was named Ellen. The qrand parents on both sides were Mennonites by faith and the forelqn and almost heathen name of Ellen could hardly be endured. Puttinci Nancy , a good reliable family name before it toned it down. The grand dames said by always saying Nancyellen, it was not so bad, but the father recorded only Ellen in the family book. The birthplace of Nancy Ellen was in a very small town in Ontario, Canada, known as the toll bridge. So named because of the new bridge across the river. The bridge was being paid for by the toll each one had to pay when crossing. A few houses, a small store and a few other small places of business made up the little village. A large barn like farmhouse bordering on the town was the exact spot where Nancyellen was born. Her father was teaching school in a nearby country school. This farm was not the real home of the Bowman family. A few rooms ware rented only for the school year, The permanent home was in the little berg of Breslau. The family at this time consisted of Albert and Abram. Angeline, the first daughter, died at the age of ten months and was buried in the Mennonite cemetary near the town of Berlin. The father, Jacob C.Bowrnan, second son of Elias and Polly Bowman taught school a number of years. He made brooms during vacation in company with Elias Snider, the owner of the big farmhouse and brother-in-law of Jacob C. Bowman. They sold the brooms in Preston and other small cities. I don't know where Marian found this, nor when it was written. She said it was sort of a diary or journal. - source Betty Larson" "Nancy Ellen Bowman B. 10 Oct 1857 D. 1936: Genealogy Of Susan And Barry Reynolds". 2022. Reynolds-Lake.Ca. https://www.reynolds-lake.ca/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I22357&tree=Main.

  
  

• 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..., 113. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 12 Page 86. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, G., America, N., County, K., & Cemetery, G. (1858). Nancy "Ellen" Bowman Geib (1858-1936) -.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 5 September 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48265770. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Jacob C. Baumann aged 20, occ. school teacher of Waterloo married 29 Feb 1852 Greenbush by license to Catharina Kolb aged 19 of Waterloo. witnesses: Jacob Kolb of Waterloo and Thomas Murphey of Waterloo. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226. [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, 4 Mar 1852 Pg 10. BAUMANN, Jacob C. married 29 Feb 1852 To Catharina KOLB. Both of Waterloo. minister F. W. Bindemann

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Oct 1858 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethern in Christ - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan  = Link to Google Earth