Cousins The Bowles family list saw our Guidry/Dartes marriage & asked me what we have on Evan, who was a witness at the marriage. GUIDRY, Francois - of Nantes (major son of dec. Jean & dec. Marguerite >LEBERT) m. 21 Nov. 1808 Celeste DARTES - widow of dec. Louis THIBAUT - >"du bas du" [on the lower] Vermillion (major daughter of Jean & dec. >Pelagie PROVOST) Wits: Evan BOWLES, Denis & Eugene CARLIN. Fr. Gabriel >ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.5, #126) DARTES, Celeste - veuve de dec. Louis THIBAUT - du bas du [on the lower] Vermillion (major daughter of Jean & dec. Pelagie PROVOST) m. 21 Nov. 1808 Francois GUIDRY - of Nantes (major son of dec. Jean & dec. Marguerite LEBERT) Wits: Evan BOWLES, Denis & Eugene CARLIN. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.5, #126) All I could find was daughters so the name stops. In the 1880s we pick up another Bowles we will look at later. Below, I dumped what we have in Hebert's Southwest Louisiana CD. If you have additional info please share. It appears Evan was the surveyor who helped validate our French & Spanish land grants. Paul Le B l'Ascension Louisiane =============================== Marriage BOWLES, Evan - arpenteur de ce Comte [surveyor of this County] - >from Frederick County, Maryland (major son of Thomas & Eleonor >BAKER) m. 22 Nov. 1808 Dorothee CARLIN (major daughter of Joseph - >of Bas du [of the lower] Bayou Teyche & Francoise LANGE) Wits: >Denis & Eugene CARLIN, Louis DESMARETS, Martin Shilis DESMARETS fils. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.5, #127) CARLIN, Dorothee (major daughter of Joseph - on "Bas du Bayou Teyche" [the lower Bayou Teche] & Francoise LANGE) m. 22 Nov. 1808 Evan BOWLES - "arpenteur de ce Comte" [a surveyor of this county] - of Frederick County, Maryland (major son of Thomas & Eleonor BAKER) Wits: Denis & Eugene CARLIN, Louis DESMARETS, Martin Shilis DESMARETS fils. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.5, #127) BOWLES, Evan Succ. dated 11 July 1832 (Frank. Ct. Hse.: Succ. #228) CARLIN, Dorothe wid. of Evan BOWLES Succ. dated 21 Dec. 1833 (Frank. Ct. Hse.: Succ. #263) BOWLES, Evan m. Dorothe CARLIN In Succ. of Dorothy CARLIN dated 21 Dec. 1833 (Frank. Ct. Hse.: Succ. #263) Children BOWLES, Mathilde (Evan, arpenteur [a land surveyor] of lower Bayou Teych & Dorothee CARLIN) b. 27 Oct. 1809, bt. 18 June 1810 Pats: Thomas BOWLES & Eleonore BAKER; Mats: Joseph CARLIN & Francoise LANGE; Spons: Denis CARLIN & Marguerite BOURGEOIS, wife of the godfather. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.6, #936) BOWLES, Adelard (Even - of lower Bayou Teych & Dorothee CARLIN) b. >23 Dec. 1810, bt. 27 Feb. 1811 Pats: Thomas BOWLES - of London & >Helene BAKER - of Frederic Town; Mats: dec. Joseph CARLIN & >Francoise LANGE; Spons: Adelard VERRET & Celestine CARLIN. Fr. >Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.6, #1080) BOWLES, Eleonore (Evan - of lower Bayou Teych & Dorothee CARLIN) b. 11 Aug. 1813, bt. 14 Dec. 1815 Pats: Thomas BOWLES & Eleonore BAKER; Mats: Joseph CARLIN & Francoise LANGE; Spons: Terence CARLIN & Hortense CARLIN. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.6, #1953) BOWLES, Eliza (Evan - of lower Bayou Teych & Dorothee CARLIN) b. 12 Aug. 1814, bt. 14 Dec. 1815 Pats: Thomas BOWLES & Eleonore BAKER; Mats: Joseph CARLIN & Francoise LANGE; Spons: Lufroy CARLIN & Josephine CARLIN. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.6, #1954) BOWLES, Claire Aminte (Evan - inhabitant of St. Mary Parish & Dorothee CARLIN) b. 29 July 1818, bt. 21 Oct. 1818 Pats: Thomas & Eleonore BOWLES [usually BAKER]; Mats: Joseph CARLIN & Francoise LANGE; Spons: Thomas BOWLES & Claire CARLIN. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.7, #479) Witness or Godparent JOHNSON, Joseph Evan (James - of Pennsylvania in York County & Rachel ANDRES - of Opelousas) b. 31 May 1808, bt. 27 Nov. 1808 lower (from New Iberia) at the home of Olivier OMSBY. Pats: Jean JOHNSON - of Ireland & Margueritte LAYENS [LYONS] - from Pennsylvania in Lancaster; Mats: Salomon ANDRES & Sara CLARCK - of Maryland; Spons: Evan BAWLES [BOWLES] & Anne ANDRES. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.6-A, p.39) WAFFORD, Helene (William Wasington - of lower Bayou Teych & Claire Eugenie LOIGNON) b. 11 Oct. 1808, bt. 24 Nov. 1808 Pats: William WAFER [WAFFORD] & Lucy SPREADLY; Mats: Louis LOIGNON & Marie Josephe SANS CHAGRIN; Spons: Joseph LOIGNON & Dorothee CARLIN, wife of Evan BOWLES. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.6, #539) CARLIN, Hortence - of St. Mary Parish (minor daughter of Alexis & Genevieve DROUAN) m. 11 April 1820 Jean Bernard Silvain SALLES - of this parish and native of Sarmezan, dept. of Haute Garonne (major son of Jean & Claire Francoise BEAUP) Wits: Jean LABARTHE, Honore CARLIN, Evan BOWLES, Celestin CARLIN, Eugene CARLIN, Celestine ARVIN. Fr. Marcel BORELLA (SM Ch.: Folio F) SALLES, Jean Bernard Silvain - of this parish and native of Sarmezan, dept. of Haute Garonne (major son of Jean & Claire Francoise BEAUP) m. 11 April 1820 Hortense CARLIN - of St. Mary Parish (minor daughter of Alexis & Genevieve DROUAN) Wits: Jean LABARTHE, Honore CARLIN, Evan BOWLES, Celestin CARLIN, Eugene CARLIN, Celestine ARVIN. Fr. Marcel BORELLA (SM Ch.: Folio F)