Barbara Meyer^{[1, 2, 3]}

1849 - 1937  (87 years)

• Name	Barbara Meyer
  Born	12 May 1849	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95394604
  Name	Barbara Bowman
  Name	Barbara Brubacher
  Residence	1867	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Occupation	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00078-4744
  Died	5 Feb 1937	Merritt, Missaukee, Michigan, USA   [5, 6]
  Buried	Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan   [6]
  Person ID	I13428	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John N. Meyer,   b. 21 Aug 1808, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 8 Aug 1883, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mary Wenger,   b. 28 Apr 1814, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 Mar 1868, Near Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F3675	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Benjamin S. Brubacher,   b. 24 Apr 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jan 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 29 years)
  Married	26 Sep 1867	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 5, 8]
  Children	1. Albert M. Brubaker,   b. 21 Jul 1868, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Sep 1957, , Orange Co., California  (Age 89 years)   2. Josephus Meyers Brubaker,   b. 1 Nov 1869, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1952, Orange, Orange, California, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Wendel Clemens Bowman,   b. 10 Dec 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jun 1902, , Kent Co., Michigan  (Age 66 years)
  Married	28 Mar 1875  [5]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Onella Bowman,   b. 2 Nov 1888, Gaines, Kent, Michigan ,   d. 9 Apr 1967  (Age 78 years)   2. Ada Bowman,   b. 1875, , , Michigan ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Nellie Bowman,   b. 6 Jan 1878, , Kent Co., Michigan ,   d. 17 Apr 1948, , Michigan, USA  (Age 70 years)   4. Elias M. Bauman,   b. 28 May 1880, Gaines, Kent, Michigan ,   d. 1 Mar 1909, , Barry Co., Michigan  (Age 28 years)   5. Benjamin B. Bowman,   b. 3 Apr 1882, Gaines, Kent, Michigan ,   d. 13 Sep 1945, Hastings, Barry, Michigan, USA  (Age 63 years)   6. Chester Arthur Bowman,   b. 23 Oct 1884, Gaines, Kent, Michigan ,   d. Dec 1959  (Age 75 years)   7. Wendel Oliver Bowman,   b. 27 Nov 1886, Gaines, Kent, Michigan ,   d. 9 Jan 1958, , Bay County, Michigan, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F2274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Barbara Meyer, "was born May 12th, 1849. She was married to the late Benjamin S. Brubacher. They resided near St. Jacob, Waterloo County, Ontario, where he died. After his decease she was married to Wendel Baumann. They reside at Caledonia, Michigan. She had two sons with her first husband, namely:...; with the second husband there are seven 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.]. ____________________ Bowman.- Barbara, daughter of John and Mary (Wenger) Meyer, was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., May 12, 1849. She was the eleventh in the family of 13 children. She grew to womanhood on her father's farm near Kitchener (then Berlin), Ont., and on Sept. 26, 1867, was united in marriage to Benj. Brubaker and established a home on his nearby farm. Death entered Jan. 21, 1871, to deprive her and their two little sons of a husband and father. About four years later, March 28, 1875, she was married to Wendel C. Bowman of Kent Co., Mich. Eight children were born to this union, one dying in infancy. On June 17, 1902, death again entered, removing a husband and father. Following this, she and those of her children who were still unmarried moved to a farm which she had purchased in Barry County. Here, after nearly seven years, the family circle was again broken by the death of a son, Elias. Disposing of their farm in 1913, she has since lived with her daughter (Mrs. Elizabeth Hunsberger) at whose home she passed peacefully away on Feb. 5, 1937; aged 87 y. 8 m. 24 d. She was converted early and led a devoted, unselfish Christian life. By a kind Providence, her declining years were quite free of pain. Though continually thankful for this and patiently content to await her appointed time, she frequently expressed her willingness and, in the closing months, a strong desire to pass on to her heavenly home to meet with loved ones gone before. She leaves 1 sister (Mrs. Marian Freeland, Grand Rapids, Mich.), 1 brother (John W. Meyer, Peterborro, Ont.), 3 daughters (Mrs. Ada Long, Caledonia, Mrs. Nellie Cook, Kalamazoo, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hunsberger, Merritt), 2 step-daughters (Mrs. Mary Pender, Caledonia, Mrs. Luella Gale, Hercules, Calif.), 5 sons (Albert M. Brubaker and Josephus M. Brubaker of Orange, Calif., Ben B. Bowman of Hastings, Chester A. Bowman of Chicago, Ill., and Wendel O. Bowman of Merritt). She was preceded in death by her husbands, 10 of her brothers and sisters, 1 infant son, 1 son (Elias), and step-son (Elo G. Bowman). Funeral services were conducted at the Gaines U. B. Church by _____McCurry. Text, Heb. 4: 9. Burial in adjoining cemetery Gospel Herald, March 4, 1937 - Vol. XXIX, No.49 - page 1038,1039,1040

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 88. [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..., 355. [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..., 114. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880. Census Place Gaines, Kent, Michigan Family History Library Film 1254588 NA Film Number T9-0588 Page Number 173B [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Barbara Meyer - March 4, 1937. [S179] Cemetery - Michigan, Kent, Gaines Township - Gaines Cemetery. Wendel C. Bowman / 1835 - 1902 // Hannah His wife / 1843 - 1874 // Barbara His Wife / 1849 - 1937 [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 2 Page 8. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Benjamin Brubacher aged 25 res Waterloo born Waterloo son of John and Catherine (Scherg) married 26 Sep 1867 to Barb. Meyer, aged 18 res Woolwich born Woolwich daughter of John and Mary (Winger) [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 3, Pg. 8. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 2 Page 20.

  
  

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  Born - 12 May 1849 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1867 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 26 Sep 1867 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Feb 1937 - Merritt, Missaukee, Michigan, USA Buried - - Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan  = Link to Google Earth