Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Leah B. "Lee" Bowman

Female 1841 - 1919  (77 years)


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  • Name Leah B. "Lee" Bowman 
    Born 20 Sep 1841  Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Leah B. "Lee" Adams 
    Eby ID Number 00002-297 
    Died 20 Jan 1919  Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I7648  Generations
    Last Modified 9 Sep 2024 

    Father Benjamin Baer Bowman,   b. 15 Feb 1811, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1872, , Kent Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Mary Clemens,   b. 6 Mar 1815, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1901, , Whatcom, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F2034  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Wilberforce Adams,   b. 16 Sep 1837, , Wood Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1924, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Children 
     1. Edson Bowman Adams,   b. 1862, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Elma Adams,   b. Abt 1870, Of, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Albyn Adams,   b. Abt 1872, Of, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2024 
    Family ID F2305  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Leah B. Bowman, "the fourth daughter of Benjamin B. Bowman's family, was born at Blair, Ontario. She resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where her husband, James Adams, is engaged in the mercantile business. Their family consists of three 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 
    1. [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..., 121.

    2. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 9.

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, P., America, N., County, O., & Cemetery, P. (1841). Lee Bowman Adams (1841-1910) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 1 August 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49808328/lee-adams.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Sep 1841 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Jan 1919 - Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
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