Samuel B. Bauman

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• Historic Business: 1820'S, 90 Old Mill Road, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bowman Mill
• Land: Waterloo Township - Beasley's Old Survey Lot 06, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Name: Miller Sam Bowman
• Name: Samuel B. Bowman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-42
• Public Service: 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Waterloo Township
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; miller
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Produce Merchant
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Samuel B. Baumann, "the fifth son of Joseph Baumann, was born February 6th, 1802, and died at Blair, November 15th, 1883. He was married to Elizabeth Baumann."

Samuel B. Bowman, "known as "Miller Sam" was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, February 6th, 1802. He was a son of Rev. Joseph and Mary (Baer) Baumann, who moved to Canada with their large family in 1816 and settled at Blair, Waterloo County, where he was raised, and after the decease of his parents purchased the old homestead where he also died November 17th, 1883. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Baumann of Pennsylvania. She was born September 12th, 1811, and died April 30th, 1865. He was a practical miller as well as a farmer, and in his time did a large business among the farming community. His residence and part of the farm are still in possession of the descendants of old Rev. Joseph Baumann, but the mills are now owned by Mr. Hilborn. Their family consists of 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

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In Waterloo Township, near Blair, on Thursday night, 15th inst., at 12 o'clock, Samuel B. Bowman, aged 81 years, 9 months and 8 days.

Galt Reporter Nov 23 1883 pg 8

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BOWMAN - At Blair, Waterloo county, Ontario, Samuel Bowman, at the advanced age of 81 years and 9 months. The remains were interred in the Blair Cemetery on the 18th of November. Funeral services by Jacob Detweiler in English from Rev. 4:13, and Noah Stauffer in German from Phil. 1:21.

Herald of Truth, December 1, 1883, page 365

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Your Heritage Waterloo Region

Samuel — Elizabeth Bauman. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Bauman) was born 12 Sep 1811, , USA; died 28 Apr 1865; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-250
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Thinker
• Residence: 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Joseph B. Bowman, "the eldest in the family, resided in Blenheim Township, Oxford County, where he was engaged in farming until the time of his death which took place in 1871. He was married to Nancy Huber and had one child, a daughter named Laura, who died young."


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.].

Joseph married Nancy Huber 25 Dec 1866, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nancy (daughter of John S. Huber and Catharine Schlichter) was born 15 Jan 1846, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 2 Feb 1928; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Agnes Bowman
• Name: Anne Bowman
• Name: Nancy B. Bowman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-251
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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Nancy Bowman, "the eldest daughter in the family, was born July 25th, 1839. She is married to Allan Bowman. They reside on her father's and grandfather's old homestead at Blair. Their family consists of four 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 married Allan Bowman 2 Sep 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Allan (son of Samuel B. Bauman and Elizabeth Bauman, son of Samuel W. Bowman and Anna Biehn) was born 11 Mar 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Apr 1928; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Historic Building: Sheaves Tower
• Eby ID Number: 00002-376
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1869, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec; merchant
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Miller & Farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; miller and farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Collector Excise & Customs, Customs House
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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Allan Bowman, "the third son of Samuel W. Baumann, was born in the town of Waterloo, March 11th, 1841. He resides at Blair, on the old "Joseph Baumann" farm. He leads a retired life. Some years ago the Dominion Government appointed him as Excise Officer at Galt, which position he still holds. He is married to Nancy Bowman. Their family consists of four 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.].

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Allan owned the Blair Carlisle Flour Mill from 1881 to 1884 and is credited by some to have built the Sheaves Tower to provide additional power to the mill. He also served as a Dominion Excise Office in Galt.


Cambridge Mosiac, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [snippet from original text in book]

Historic Building:
Sheaves Tower was designed to provide more power to the Blair Carlisle Flour Mill later known as Hilborn Mill. Some have attributed it to Allan Bowman.

Your Local Heritage Waterloo Region

Allan married Nancy B. Bowman 2 Sep 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nancy (daughter of Samuel B. Bauman and Elizabeth Bauman) was born 25 Jul 1839, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Apr 1925, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-252

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-253
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Thinker

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Noah B. Bowman, "was born at Blair in 1842 and died in 1866. He was not married."

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.].

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• Name: Eliza Bowman
• Name: Elizabeth B. "Eliza" Bowman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-254
• Residence: 1861, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Thinker
• Residence: 1872, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslyan Methodist

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Eliza Bowman, "was born in 1844. She is married to Simon P. Bowman. They reside at Escondido, California, where he is engaged in farming, and is also possessor of a large olive and orange ranch. They have 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.].

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"Eliza Bowman to Simon P. Bowman, Aug. 4, 1868, by the Rev. T. A. Ferguson, Wesleyan Minister of Berlin, at the residence of the bride's father, Samuel B. Bowman, of the Village of Blair, Ontario. Groom of St. Jacobs, Ontario."

Waterloo Chronicle

Elizabeth married Simon Peter Bowman 4 Aug 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Simon (son of Samuel W. Bowman and Anna Biehn) was born 20 Jul 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Mar 1925, , San Diego Co., California. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria B. Gerrie
• Name: Mary B. Bowman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-255
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Thinker
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Maria Bowman, "the third daughter of Samuel B. Bowman, was born at Blair, July 3rd, 1849, and died at Hamilton, Ontario, in 1878. She was married to Mr. John Gerrie, teacher. She left no family."


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.].

Maria married John Wesley Gerrie 29 Dec 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John (son of William Gerrie and Jane Tough) was born 1847, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lydia B. Hobbs
• Eby ID Number: 00002-256
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Thinker
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Lydia Bowman, "the youngest daughter of Samuel B. Bowman, was born on the old Bowman homestead at Blair, October 3rd, 1851. She died at Tilsonburg, Ontario, in 1889. She was married to the Rev. Richard Hobbs, and had a family of six 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.].

Lydia — Rev. Richard Hobbs. Richard (son of James Hobbs and Mary Saunders) was born 1845, , England; died 7 Mar 1916, York Township, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Niagara Falls, Welland Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-250.2

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Old Blair Cemetery Stone reads: " Laura/ dau. of/ Joseph B. & Nancy Bowman/ died Sept. 1, 18(85)/ aged 1 year 6 days"

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-376.1
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-376.2

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-376.3
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-376.4
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-378.1
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslyan Methodist
• Residence: 1932, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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• Name: Howard Bowman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-378.2
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslyan Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-378.3

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-256.2

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-256.3

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• Name: Douglas Hobbs
• Eby ID Number: 00002-256.5

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-256.4

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-256.6

Allan married Maude L. Bellamy 27 Sep 1922, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Maude was born 1884, , England; died 1956; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-256.7