Henry Brubacher Bowman

1900 - 1991  (91 years)

• Name	Henry Brubacher Bowman
  Born	4 Jun 1900	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21673518
  School	This pin belonged to Henry Brubacher Bowman (1900-1991), a member of the first graduating class from the Elmira Continuation (high) School in 1917. The Elmira Continuation School was first formed in 1896, but closed soon after. In 1914, the school was restarted and occupied one room in what would become Riverside Public School. The first class to graduate consisted of 12 students. [2017.008.001] Waterloo Region Musuem
  		Bowman,HenryBrubacher1900-1991-0001-SchoolPin-WRM.jpg This pin belonged to Henry Brubacher Bowman (1900-1991), a member of the first graduating class from the Elmira Continuation (high) School in 1917. The Elmira Continuation School was first formed in 1896, but closed soon after. In 1914, the school was restarted and occupied one room in what would become Riverside Public School. The first class to graduate consisted of 12 students. [2017.008.001]
  Residence	1911	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1964	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Eby ID Number	00002-537.3010
  Died	1 Sep 1991	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I25434	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Abraham M. Bauman,   b. 14 Jan 1874, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Apr 1964, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Catharine Brubacher,   b. 13 Aug 1873, Chicopee (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Oct 1964, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F6583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Edna Hunsperger,   b. 26 Sep 1912, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jul 2002, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F5763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ruby Alverta Barbara Hallman,   b. 8 Mar 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1954  (Age 48 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F6584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Bowman, Henry Brubacher, 91. Born: June 4, 1900, Woolwich Twp., Ont., to Abraham and Catherine (Brubacher) Bowman. Died: Sept. 1, 1991. Survivors-wife: Edna Hunsperger Bowman. Funeral and burial: Sept. 4, Wanner Mennonite Church [buried First Mennonite not Wanner], by Eric Hiebert Rempel. Gospel Herald - Volume 85, Number 18 - May 5, 1992 pages 13, 14. ___________________________ BOWMAN, Henry B. Professional Engineer called home to be with his Lord, Henry, son of the late Abraham and Catherine Brubacher Bowman of Elmira and Cambridge, age 91 years. He had been a resident of Cambridge, for many years and of Fairview Home, since 1982. He was predeceased by his parents, a brother and sister in infancy, his first wife, Ruby Hallman Bowman. He is survived by his second wife the former Edna Hunsperger. Henry was in the first graduating class of Elmira and District Secondary School after which he was apprenticed as a machinist at the Dominion Rubber Machinery Shop, where the late John A. Cressman, was his superior. During these years he also took International Correspondence courses to qualify as a professional engineer. He worked at Link-Belt in Elmira and J.C. Klaehn & Bernal Jones in Kitchener, before coming to the Canadian Office and School Furniture, where the late P. R. Hilborn was his employer and became his personal friend. At Fairview he took Whittling under the late William Walton. Other retirement interests were K-W Field Naturalists and he served as Secretary-Treasurer for the Waterloo Historical Society for a number of years. Church and foreign missions were very important to him and the Old Order, Mennonite, Bethany & Evangel Missionary and Wanner Mennonite all benefited by his support. A Private Graveside Service will be held at First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener. Friends will be received at the Fairview Home, Saturday, September 7th, 1991, from 7 - 9 p.m. A Memorial Service will be conducted at Wanner Mennonite Church, Cambridge Sunday, September 8th, at 3: 00 p.m. Cambridge Reporter 1991

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-10 Page 10. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Bowman / Henry Brubacher Bowman / 1900-1991 / his beloved wife / Ruby Alverta Barbara Hallman / 1906-1954 / until the day break / and the shadows flee away [S176] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1911, Div. 49 Pg. 17. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21673518/henry-brubacher-bowman. Henry Brubacher Bowman BIRTH4 Jun 1900 DEATH1 Sep 1991 (aged 91) BURIALFirst Mennonite Cemetery [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Obituary of Abraham M. Bowman - Apr 29 1964 pg 9.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Jun 1900 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1964 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1 Sep 1991 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth