Nancy Bowman

1852 - 1919  (66 years)

• Name	Nancy Bowman
  Born	25 May 1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Nancy Dodge
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00002-288
  Died	23 Mar 1919	Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan   [2]
  Buried	Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan   [2]
  Person ID	I7606	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Elias B. Bauman,   b. 4 May 1809, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 21 Aug 1875, , Kent Co., Michigan  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" Clemens,   b. 12 Jul 1811, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 28 May 1886, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1829	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F2033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Owen L. Dodge,   b. 2 Oct 1847, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Sep 1935, Freeport, Barry, Michigan, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Children	1. Hale Dodge   2. Verne Dodge   3. Ward Simon Dodge,   d. Abt 1883   4. Frederick Dodge   5. Mary Magdalena "Maggie" Dodge,   b. 4 Apr 1850, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Nov 1923, , Kent Co., Michigan  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F2295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Nancy Bowman, "the sixth daughter of Elias Bowman, was born in Waterloo County, Ontario, May 25th, 1852. She is married to Owen Dodge, a farmer. They reside in Kent County, Michigan. Their family consists 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _________________ Nancy's obituary from the Grand Rapids newspaper said: Nancy A. Dodge, aged 66 years and 10 months, died at her home in Gaines Township, Sunday, March 23. She is survived by husband, Owen L. Dodge, nine children and 21 grandchildren. Residences of children: M.H. Dodge, V.O. Dodge, F.E. Dodge of Grand Rapids; Roy O. Dodge and Clinton B. Dodge of Gaines township; Mrs. Frank Ewing, Byron township; Roland A. Dodge, Mrs. Elon Plant, Mrs. Harold Overholt, Sunfield, Mich. Funeral services at Gaines U.B. church Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment in Gaines U.B. cemetery. Grand Rapids Press

  
  

• 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..., 117. [S179] Cemetery - Michigan, Kent, Gaines Township - Gaines Cemetery. Nancy A. / Dodge / 1852 - 1919 [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 42. [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. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, Obituary of Maria Clemens Vol. XXIII, Number 13, July 1, 1886, page 205.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 May 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Mar 1919 - Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan Buried - - Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan  = Link to Google Earth