Charles Martin Bowman^{[1, 2]}

1863 - 1932  (69 years)

• Name	Charles Martin Bowman
  Born	7 May 1863	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Elected Office	1914	, Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada
  	MPP
  Name	C. M. Bowman
  Residence	1920	Southampton, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario   [4]
  Residence	1932	71 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00002-577
  Died	24 Oct 1932	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Southampton Cemetery, Southampton, Bruce Co., Ontario   [5]
  Person ID	I8050	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Isaac Erb Bowman, MP,   b. 17 Aug 1832, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Sep 1897, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Lydia Bowman,   b. 29 Jan 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jan 1927, Southampton, , Hampshire, England  (Age 87 years)
  Married	18 Dec 1861	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F2399	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Louisa Thusnelda "Lulu" Hesse,   b. 12 Nov 1866, Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States ,   d. 17 Oct 1910, Southampton, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario  (Age 43 years)
  Married	17 Nov 1886	Howell, Livingston, Michigan, USA
  Children	1. Howard Bowman   2. Florence Edna Bowman,   b. 6 Jan 1888, Southampton, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F2400	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Henrietta Mary Hesse,   b. 1873, Howell, Livingston, Michigan, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	6 May 1920	London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F36945	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Bowman,CharlesMartin-001-MenOfCanada1895.jpg
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• Notes

  Charles A. Bowman, "resides in Southampton, Ontario, where he is engaged in the leather business. He is married to Louisa Hesse and has a family of two children, namely: Florence Edna, and Howard." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _____________ CHARLES M. BOWMAN, Manufacturer, Southampton, Ont., was born in 1863, in Waterloo County, Ont. His parents are Isaac E. Bowman, M.P., and Lydia Bowman, of Waterloo, Ont. He was educated in the public school and the High School, Berlin. In 1879, he became apprenticed to the tanning business in his father's employ, and at nineteen, was admitted as a partner in the Southampton Tannery, in which place he has resided ever since, and where a very large and successful business is conducted. Mr. Bowman, in religion, is a Methodist, recording steward and trustee of his Church, and has been, for years, superintendent of his Sunday School. Every influence he exerts is for good, and he is very highly respected by all. He is chairman of the School Board. In politics, he is an active and influential Liberal, being president of the North Bruce Reform Association. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. In 1886, Mr. Bowman was married to Miss Lulu Hesse, of Howell, Mich. His family consists of two children : one son and one daughter. The Canadian Album: Men of Canada; Or, Success by Example, in Religion, Patriotism, Business, Law, Medicine, Education and Agriculture; Containing Portraits of Some of Canada's Chief Business Men, Statesmen, Farmers, Men of the Learned Professions, and Others. Also, an Authentic Sketch of Their Lives object lessons for the present generation and examples to posterity" ____________________ Charles Martin Bowman Charles Martin Bowman, elder son of Isaac Erb and Lydia (Bowman) Bowman, was born at St. Jacobs, Waterloo County, May 7th, 1863, and died at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital early on the morning of October 24th, 1932, after a brief illness. He received his Public School education in the village of his birth and later, 1877 to 1879, attended the Berlin High School (now Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate). Entering his father's tannery as an apprentice he had learned the trade when at the early age of 17, in 1880, he went into business practically for himself, establishing a tannery in Southampton, as partner of the St. Jacobs firm of Bowman and Zinkan. He retained control at Southampton until 1900. From 1880 until 1890 he was also President of the Southampton Lumber Company Limited which operated in the Bruce Peninsula. For twelve years he was engaged in contracting; from 1904 to 1910 he was President of the Great Lakes Dredging Co. Ltd. of Port Arthur, Ont., which concern was awarded the contract of dredging Fort William harbor, the largest single dredging contract given out in Canada up to 1910. In addition to these activities he was at various times director of the Bell Furniture Co. of Southampton, of the Stevens Hepner Co. Ltd. of Port Elgin and of the Durham Furniture Co. Ltd. of Durham. Mr. Bowman had an extended and distinguished public career. He was President of the Southampton Board of Trade, was in 1894 and 1895 member of the municipal council and 335 subsequently Reeve. In 1898 he was first elected to the Ontario Legislature as member for North Bruce. He was re-elected in 1902, in 1908 and in 1911. Before the next election the ridings were changed somewhat; he was again elected in 1914, for the same general district, but now as member for West Bruce. Always taking a leading part in the Parliamentary debates, Mr. Bowman was made Liberal whip in 1902. For years he acted as financial critic and for a time he was seriously considered for the leadership of his party. In 1919 he definitely retired from active politics. In 1916 Mr. Bowman, following his father's footsteps, became identified with The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada in being elected a director. In 1926 he became chairman of the Board of Directors which office he held until his death. He was also President of the Dominion Mortgage Association, President of the Colonization Finance Corporation Ltd., and one of the vice-presidents of the Waterloo Trust and Savings Co. As President of the Immigration Board of the United Church of Canada Mr. Bowman became widely known. Through his efforts hundreds of immigrant boys were placed on farms in the west. Perhaps his greatest interest, next to the Mutual Life Assurance Company, was, in latter years, the Dominion Agricultural Credit Company, which is devoted to the purpose of profitable agricultural production in Western Canada. Several years ago Mr. Bowman's name was prominently mentioned for appointment to the Dominion Tariff Board. Mr. Bowman was twice married, in 1896 to Lulu Hesse, who died October 1910, and in 1920 to Henrietta Hesse, sisters, daughters of Julius and Lina Hesse, of Howell, Mich. He is survived by his second wife, one son and two daughters. Interment was in the Bowman family vault in Southampton Cemetery. An ardent bowler and curler. Mr. Bowman was President of The Kitchener Waterloo Athletic Association and one of the founders of the Granite Club. He was member, and for seven years, May 1914 to May 1921, president, of the Ontario Club of Toronto. He was a prominent member of the Masonic Order. Twentieth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society 1932 Vol. IV., Kitchener, Ontario, 1933

  
  

• 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..., 144. [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..., 177. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div 4, Page 48. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 19653 (1920), Charles Martin Bowman-Henrietta Mary Hesse. Charles Martin Bowman (resident of Southampton) widower, Birth Place: St Jacobs Ont Age: 56 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864 Father Name: Isaac Bowman (born St. Jacobs) Mother Name: Lydia Bowman Spouse Name: Henrietta Mary Hesse Spouse's Age: 46 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874 Spouse Birth Place: Howell Mich Spouse Father Name: Julius Hesse (b. Mecklenberg, Germany) Spouse Mother Name: Linna Kresse Marriage Date: 6 May 1920 Marriage Place: Middlesex, London [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186803331/charles-martin-bowman. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Lydia Bowman Born: Waterloo Res: Elmira Age: 22 Father: Jacob Mother: Mary Ann Born: 1839 Spouse: Isaac E. Bowman Age: 29 born: Ontario Res: St. Jacobs Born: 1832 Father: John B. Mother: Lydia married 18 Dec 1861 [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 27 Dec 1861. "Bowman - Bowman: On the 18th inst., at the residence of the Bride's Parents, Elmira, Isaac E. Bowman, Esq., of St. Jacobs'. to Lydia, second daughter of Jacob W. Bowman, Esq."

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 May 1863 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 17 Nov 1886 - Howell, Livingston, Michigan, USA Elected Office - MPP - 1914 - , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1920 - Southampton, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario Married - 6 May 1920 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1932 - 71 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Oct 1932 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Southampton Cemetery, Southampton, Bruce Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth