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

Ezra Lewis Bowman

Male 1851 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Ezra Lewis Bowman 
    Born 26 Apr 1851  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Wesley Methodist 
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Sewing Machine Maker 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Evangelical 
    Occupation 1875  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    machinist 
    Occupation 1877  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    agent 
    Occupation 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Traneler 
    Residence 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00002-435 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I8140  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Henry William Bowman,   b. 25 Feb 1815, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1883, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Amanda Melvina Lewis,   b. 22 Aug 1821, , New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1878, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 12 Jun 1838  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8, 9
    Family ID F2051  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Baker,   b. 1849, Waterdown, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 23 Oct 1871  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Son Bowman,   d. Bef 1893
     2. Ellen Amanda Bowman,   b. 21 Sep 1873, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1893  (Age < 19 years)
     3. Ada Labelle Maud Bowman,   b. 13 Jul 1875, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Etta Leona Bowman,   b. 14 Apr 1877, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F2417  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ezra L. Bowman, "was born April 26th, 1851. He is a commercial traveller for some Toronto wholesale house. He is married to Elizabeth Baker and resides in the city of Toronto. Their family consisted of four children, of whom the eldest, a daughter, and the youngest, a son, are dead. No names received. The two living are Ada and Etta."


      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..., 147.

    2. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 3 Pg 19.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Ezra Lewis Bowman Born: Waterloo Age: 20 Father: Henry M Bowman Mother: Amanda M Bowman Born: abt 1851 Spouse: Elizabeth Baker Age: 22 born: Waterdown Ont Father: William Baker Mother: Helen A Baker married 23 Oct 1871 married: Waterloo, Hespeler

    4. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 73.

    5. [S1885] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1861, Waterloo 1861 Dist. 3 Page 22.

    6. [S2658] aaaaWaterloo Village 1871, Sect. 2 Page 22.

    7. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Ada Maud Bowman Born: 13 Jul 1875 County: Waterloo Father: Ezra Lewis Bowman Mother: Elizabeth Baker

    8. [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..., 146.

    9. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 14 Jun 1838:26.
      last Tuesday Rev F.W. Bindemann m. Heinrich Baumann to Miss Amanda Luis, both of Waterloo Tp.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Apr 1851 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Wesley Methodist - 1861 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Sewing Machine Maker - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Oct 1871 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - machinist - 1875 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - agent - 1877 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Traneler - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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