Nancy Ellen "Ellen" Bowman

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• Name: Nancy Ellen "Ellen" Geib
• Eby ID Number: 00002-274.6
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethern in Christ

Notes:

"In the year of our Lord 1857, the tenth month and the tenth day, a tiny baby was born,weiqhinq three pounds fully dressed. The hands were so small that the nurse slipped her finqer ring over them to the wristfor a bracelet. The nurse was aunt Nancy Kolb, the baby's mothers sister. For months the babe was feed witha spoon. Nursing bottles ware unheard of at thet time. The child was named Nancy Ellen, not in honor of anyone in particular but just to be different. There were Mary Anns and Lydianna, Lizanns, Sarah\emdash Amos and Nancy Anns, but there were no Ellens in the whole relationship.

So the little stranqer was named Ellen. The qrand parents on both sides were Mennonites by faith and the forelqn and almost heathen name of Ellen could hardly be endured. Puttinci Nancy , a good reliable family name before it toned it down. The grand dames said by always saying Nancyellen, it was not so bad, but the father recorded only Ellen in the family book.

The birthplace of Nancy Ellen was in a very small town in Ontario, Canada, known as the toll bridge. So named because of the new bridge across the river. The bridge was being paid for by the toll each one had to pay when crossing. A few houses, a small store and a few other small places of business made up the little village. A large barn like farmhouse bordering on the town was the exact spot where Nancyellen was born. Her father was teaching school in a nearby country school. This farm was not the real home of the Bowman family. A few rooms ware rented only for the school year, The permanent home was in the little berg of Breslau. The family at this time consisted of Albert and Abram. Angeline, the first daughter, died at the age of ten months and was buried in the Mennonite cemetary near the town of Berlin. The father, Jacob C.Bowrnan, second son of Elias and Polly Bowman taught school a number of years. He made brooms during vacation in company with Elias Snider, the owner of the big farmhouse and brother-in-law of Jacob C. Bowman. They sold the brooms in Preston and other small cities.

I don't know where Marian found this, nor when it was written. She said it was sort of a diary or journal. - source Betty Larson"

"Nancy Ellen Bowman B. 10 Oct 1857 D. 1936: Genealogy Of Susan And Barry Reynolds". 2022. Reynolds-Lake.Ca. https://www.reynolds-lake.ca/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I22357&tree=Main.

Nancy — Valentine Geib. Valentine (son of Nicholas Geib and Elizabeth Shafer) was born 31 Jan 1854, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Apr 1926; was buried , Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet]