Newly rejoined list, and thanksgiving is over, but Easter is here! I would very much like to ask my mysterious John BOWEN and Jane TURNER to dinner. They might have been born 1820-1830s, she in NS, he in NS (or perhaps NY). They kindly gave birth to my GG GM, Jane ("Jennie) Bowen, perh. 1853 to 1863 in New Glasgow, Pictou Co, NS, and her sister Annie. I would like to ask them to please stay, visit, and tell me about their lives in Nova Scotia -- how did they happen to be there, come there? What were their parents and grandparents names (since this was before NS kept records) and what were their customs, jobs, lifestyles like? Who were their siblings? What brought these families to NS originally? Did they come directly from England or Scotland or ??? Were they of Loyalists? What church did they attend? Why did they choose to leave NS (sometime in the 1870s) and come to Boston? And how and when? Were they somewhere else in between? Did they have children other than Jennie and Annie? And if so, what happened to them? [As it appears that at least the daughters were here by 1878, 1880 (Census, MC).] And, how did this family come to meet Henry Raymond TUCKER, who married Jennie in Stoneham, MA (a good 20 miles N of where they were later found) in a Congregational Church (his known background), recorded as she 23, he 35 (but I think she was 14 and know he was 39!), and 2 months pregnant. He was a respected, educated man, working as a tax collector/assessor in the Boston Customs House, so what was he doing running around w/a mere child? John and Jan were more likely his age! But, that wouldn't be proper table conversation now would it? Where did daughter Jennie get her love of fancy clothes and HATS! There were hats, BIG hats in pictures. Were John and Jane and their siblings healthy? If so, then why did all nine of Jennie and Henry's children have major life-threating health issues? (Heart disease, pernicious anemia, depression/suicide, dementia (before 30), loss of lung (at 30), blindness, early childhood deaths (at least 2 children), daughter who gave up son after 1st marriage to have 3 more marriages?. Were the Bowens Scotish in heritage? Was this even their name? Could they read and write? Was their name instead perhaps Bone or Bain? Jennie (the daughter) had very good farming skills, and raised chickens and goats, of course when the children found out that their pet goat was served on the table for dinner, no one would eat it .... Does this mean that Jane Turner was brought up on a farm? Oh, John and Jane ... I'd so like to meet you! I've wondered about you for years! Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane S" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [BOWEN] BOWEN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 27 > Thanksgiving may be over but I would ask my great-grandmother, Hattie Nina > Quailes Bowen, and her spouse, David Benson Bowen... and both of their > parents to stay over for a couple of weeks so all my questions can be > answered... oh, and I forgot... I would like for Samuel Findley Bowen, and > his spouse, Mary 'Polley' Hembree to be my guest so, perhaps I can find > out > about his father - and his father's parents... so many questions, perhaps > I > would ask them to stay through the New Year! > > I am fortunate to know a great deal about my Bowen family - descendants of > Benjamin Bowen, Rev. War Soldier and his parents, etal., however there are > some answers that have led to more questions... so we would have a long > talk! > > Oh, in case anyone else is kin to David Pinkney Bowen, I have found the > 'proof' of his service in the Civil War... > > Diane S Sanfilippo > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message