Hello Bower list, I belong to OH-FOOTSTEPS list and received this posting this morning. Not my family, but maybe this will help someone make a connection. Interesting that the baptism sponsor for Albert BOWERS is Albert BAUERFELD. Fran Subj: Baptisms, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Toledo, Ohio, 1903/Bowers and Blanchard From: the.bakers@flashnet.it (Bakers) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com I found these baptisms in the records of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Toledo, Ohio, Baptismal Register, 1901-1912. Irene Mary or Maria Blanchard, parents Alfred Blanchard, and Margaret Heary or Heavy. 3417 Gladstone Avenue, Toledo, Ohio. Sponsors were Jacob and Maria/Mary Schuller. Irene was born on February 17, 1903 and was baptized on March 8, 1903. The other one is: Albert Bowers, born February 11, 1903, baptized on March 8, 1903, parents Valentine (Walter) Bowers and Anna Bauke. Sponsors were Albert Bauerfeld and Maria Fritz. If anyone would like scans please let me know. Kathy Baker, Rome, Italy

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BOWERS] Mary Bowers-1841-1907-Tennessee Resent-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:53:44 -0600 Resent-From: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:59:34 -0600 From: "Rainy" <rainy49@earthlink.net> Reply-To: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com To: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com I am seeking information about Mary (Mollie) Bowers born about 1841 in Tennessee. She married George Clinton Miller August 09, 1860 in Obion County, Tennessee. She lived in Henry County after her marriage and according to the 1880 census she must have had two relatives living with them. Sarah Bowers born 1857 and Emma Bowers born 1859. Children of George Miller and Mary Bowers are: 1. William Pinkney born 1862, McKenzie, Tennessee. 2. Elizabeth born 1864, Tennessee. 3. Foni born 1866. Tennessee 4. Ellen born 1871, Tennessee. 5. George T. born 1872, Tennessee. 6. Albert B. born 1875, Tennessee. 7. Ader , born 1877, Tennessee Mary passed on in 1907 and is buried in the Old Miller Cemetery in Como, Tennessee. Any information about this Bowers family would be greatly appreciated. Rainy 49 ==== BOWERS Mailing List ==== Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those settings through their servers and will only return them to you. ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BOWERS] Nettie Bowers born 1870 in Tipton, Tennessee Resent-Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 11:42:25 -0600 Resent-From: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 10:42:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Meryl Trapp <hippie92@go.com> Reply-To: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com To: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com Hi, I am looking for some information on Nettie Bowers. She was born in 1870 in Tipton, Tenn. She married James Sterling Pinner on January 15, 1885. She died in 1907. They had six children, but I do not have their names in front of me. I am related to one of the younger ones, Clay Anderson Pinner (born August 29, 1895 in Tipton, Tenn). Nettie's parents were Henry Clay Bowers and Fanny Newton. Both were from Tipton, Tennessee. I would really appreciate any information or corrections about this. I need to know quite a bit more about Nettie's parents and her family. Thank you, Miss Trapp hippie92@go.com ___________________________________________________ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com ==== BOWERS Mailing List ==== Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those settings through their servers and will only return them to you. ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Hi Gina, I found a relation on my Smith side a couple of months ago. She had spent years cursing our 2 x great grandfather because he was John Smith from somewhere in Yorkshire, and, like me, had gotten to a point where we could get no further. Well, she's eating her curses now. :) I had already made contact with another relation on John's wife's side (which has increased to 3 in the last month who have lots of information to share) but between us we located a descendant of one of John's siblings, who lives in Salt Lake City, no less, and who had gone back another 2 generations. Between us all we are now back another!! I never held much hope of getting to far with this line, and looked at every new clue as a bonus. And perserverence has paid of incredibly. We are all over the moon, and we get to meet the Salt Lake City mob in November. They're coming out for a visit!!!! Never give up??? You bet!! Cheers, Andrea. -----Original Message----- From: Ginamarina [mailto:ginamarina@usa.net] Sent: Sunday, 10 June 2001 1:11 To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BOWER] Never give up! I have been here on this Bower list for years, I believe since early 1999, and unfortunately have found not one thing on my mysterious Martin Bower from Pennsylvania. I still have a theory that he is a son from a family who became orphaned, but so far I have no clues....... However, I had been on some German websites and usenet groups posting about my mom's family... with no real luck, only finding out that maybe the mysterious "Vera, Germany" in my great aunt's handwriting MAY have been "Gera". But I have no way to verify it because I have no idea where Great Aunt Esther got her information..... and as I was mowing the grass on tuesday I was thinking about my Grandpa Thieme, who passed away on 31-Dec-1998. Missing him and thinking about the reunions there use to be.... and then thinking about genealogy...... coming in and looking at my group sheets.... wondering why on earth I have no information about his aunts and uncles..... I spent most of Tuesday evening on AIM with my Mom, picking her memory, and scouring the SSDI for relatives only to find out that most of grandpa's cousins lived right here in Wisconsin, and the others lived in Kansas. Mom remembered some great aunts and uncles, and some people she had met, and some stories about Grandpa packing up in his 20's with his cousin John from KS during the depression and travelling the midwest picking crops for people.... I got her into the social security index, and I went for the Kansas Genweb site.... and stumbled across a high school alumni page from the county where Grandpa's uncle had passed away. Sure enough, I found two Thiemes.... I went out on a limb and sent off two emails that night. The next day I was ecstatic. I had emailed two sisters, both daughters of Grandpa's cousin John, so they are my mom's second cousins. One had spoken to their dad - who is ALIVE and 87 - and he remembered my grandpa vividly and began to talk about the family..... This has opened an entirely new door. First for my Mom, who misses her father terribly, and now gets to hear more about their adventures as young men, and possibly even go to Kansas and meet these relatives; and second, I now have more people interested in my search and an entirely new branch of the family has been opened up to scour for the "old bible" or that box of photos in someone's closet. What's sad is that I never thought of this 5 or 10 years ago... or while my Grandpa was alive ... why did the notion come to me this week? no idea. But I guess I wanted to share my small victory, and say keep thinking creatively, you never know what you may have overlooked the first time through. I tend to forget how living relatives may have the keys to answering the questions about my distant ancestors, and shame on me!! Good luck to all, Gina Bower ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those settings through their servers and will only return them to you. --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.255 / Virus Database: 128 - Release Date: 17/05/01

Wonderful news Gina. I know just how you feel. I have just had contact with a third cousin in England (not my BOWERS family but who married into them). He is my third cousin - our gt. grandfather's were brothers. His cousin (though brought up as sister and brother) lives in New Zealand and it has been marvelous comparing notes of our ancestors lives as well as our own. All through the letters small "sayings" come through that our side say as well - quite uncanny. Luckily my mum is still alive and she was "tickled pink" with the news. Yes, NEVER GIVE UP. Macha on beautiful Waiheke Island, New Zealand (born and raised in North Yorkshire, England) My BOWERS: Mark BOWERS m. Sarah FREWER (MANN) at Brandon, Suffolk, England 1854, father Anthony BOWERS and his father William BOWERS. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ginamarina" <ginamarina@usa.net> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 3:10 AM Subject: [BOWER] Never give up! > I have been here on this Bower list for years, I believe since early 1999, > and unfortunately have found not one thing on my mysterious Martin Bower > from Pennsylvania. I still have a theory that he is a son from a family who > became orphaned, but so far I have no clues....... > > However, I had been on some German websites and usenet groups posting about > my mom's family... with no real luck, only finding out that maybe the > mysterious "Vera, Germany" in my great aunt's handwriting MAY have been > "Gera". But I have no way to verify it because I have no idea where Great > Aunt Esther got her information..... and as I was mowing the grass on > tuesday I was thinking about my Grandpa Thieme, who passed away on > 31-Dec-1998. Missing him and thinking about the reunions there use to be.... > and then thinking about genealogy...... coming in and looking at my group > sheets.... wondering why on earth I have no information about his aunts and > uncles..... > > I spent most of Tuesday evening on AIM with my Mom, picking her memory, and > scouring the SSDI for relatives only to find out that most of grandpa's > cousins lived right here in Wisconsin, and the others lived in Kansas. Mom > remembered some great aunts and uncles, and some people she had met, and > some stories about Grandpa packing up in his 20's with his cousin John from > KS during the depression and travelling the midwest picking crops for > people.... I got her into the social security index, and I went for the > Kansas Genweb site.... and stumbled across a high school alumni page from > the county where Grandpa's uncle had passed away. Sure enough, I found two > Thiemes.... I went out on a limb and sent off two emails that night. The > next day I was ecstatic. I had emailed two sisters, both daughters of > Grandpa's cousin John, so they are my mom's second cousins. One had spoken > to their dad - who is ALIVE and 87 - and he remembered my grandpa vividly > and began to talk about the family..... This has opened an entirely new > door. First for my Mom, who misses her father terribly, and now gets to hear > more about their adventures as young men, and possibly even go to Kansas and > meet these relatives; and second, I now have more people interested in my > search and an entirely new branch of the family has been opened up to scour > for the "old bible" or that box of photos in someone's closet. > > What's sad is that I never thought of this 5 or 10 years ago... or while my > Grandpa was alive ... why did the notion come to me this week? no idea. But > I guess I wanted to share my small victory, and say keep thinking > creatively, you never know what you may have overlooked the first time > through. I tend to forget how living relatives may have the keys to > answering the questions about my distant ancestors, and shame on me!! > > Good luck to all, > > Gina Bower > > > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. >

Congratulations. Remember Calvin Coolidge's speech on Persistence? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bower, Barbara" <bowerb@eustis.army.mil> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 11:26 PM Subject: RE: [BOWER] Never give up! > Wonderful story, Gina, and I'm so glad that you had success. You said it > all - be imaginative and persistant! It does pay off! > > Barbara Bower > Yorktown > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ginamarina [mailto:ginamarina@usa.net] > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 11:11 AM > To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BOWER] Never give up! > > > I have been here on this Bower list for years, I believe since early 1999, > and unfortunately have found not one thing on my mysterious Martin Bower > from Pennsylvania. I still have a theory that he is a son from a family who > became orphaned, but so far I have no clues....... > > However, I had been on some German websites and usenet groups posting about > my mom's family... with no real luck, only finding out that maybe the > mysterious "Vera, Germany" in my great aunt's handwriting MAY have been > "Gera". But I have no way to verify it because I have no idea where Great > Aunt Esther got her information..... and as I was mowing the grass on > tuesday I was thinking about my Grandpa Thieme, who passed away on > 31-Dec-1998. Missing him and thinking about the reunions there use to be.... > and then thinking about genealogy...... coming in and looking at my group > sheets.... wondering why on earth I have no information about his aunts and > uncles..... > > I spent most of Tuesday evening on AIM with my Mom, picking her memory, and > scouring the SSDI for relatives only to find out that most of grandpa's > cousins lived right here in Wisconsin, and the others lived in Kansas. Mom > remembered some great aunts and uncles, and some people she had met, and > some stories about Grandpa packing up in his 20's with his cousin John from > KS during the depression and travelling the midwest picking crops for > people.... I got her into the social security index, and I went for the > Kansas Genweb site.... and stumbled across a high school alumni page from > the county where Grandpa's uncle had passed away. Sure enough, I found two > Thiemes.... I went out on a limb and sent off two emails that night. The > next day I was ecstatic. I had emailed two sisters, both daughters of > Grandpa's cousin John, so they are my mom's second cousins. One had spoken > to their dad - who is ALIVE and 87 - and he remembered my grandpa vividly > and began to talk about the family..... This has opened an entirely new > door. First for my Mom, who misses her father terribly, and now gets to hear > more about their adventures as young men, and possibly even go to Kansas and > meet these relatives; and second, I now have more people interested in my > search and an entirely new branch of the family has been opened up to scour > for the "old bible" or that box of photos in someone's closet. > > What's sad is that I never thought of this 5 or 10 years ago... or while my > Grandpa was alive ... why did the notion come to me this week? no idea. But > I guess I wanted to share my small victory, and say keep thinking > creatively, you never know what you may have overlooked the first time > through. I tend to forget how living relatives may have the keys to > answering the questions about my distant ancestors, and shame on me!! > > Good luck to all, > > Gina Bower > > > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Bower Cottage, sister site to the Bower Family Homestead, homesites of > the Bower research group -- http://bowercommunity.com/cottage > >

Thank you Gina for sharing your story with us, this has given me a whole new incentive. R. Doug Bowers At 10:10 AM 6/9/2001 -0500, you wrote: >I have been here on this Bower list for years, I believe since early 1999, >and unfortunately have found not one thing on my mysterious Martin Bower >from Pennsylvania. I still have a theory that he is a son from a family who >became orphaned, but so far I have no clues....... > >However, I had been on some German websites and usenet groups posting about >my mom's family... with no real luck, only finding out that maybe the >mysterious "Vera, Germany" in my great aunt's handwriting MAY have been >"Gera". But I have no way to verify it because I have no idea where Great >Aunt Esther got her information..... and as I was mowing the grass on >tuesday I was thinking about my Grandpa Thieme, who passed away on >31-Dec-1998. Missing him and thinking about the reunions there use to be.... >and then thinking about genealogy...... coming in and looking at my group >sheets.... wondering why on earth I have no information about his aunts and >uncles..... > >I spent most of Tuesday evening on AIM with my Mom, picking her memory, and >scouring the SSDI for relatives only to find out that most of grandpa's >cousins lived right here in Wisconsin, and the others lived in Kansas. Mom >remembered some great aunts and uncles, and some people she had met, and >some stories about Grandpa packing up in his 20's with his cousin John from >KS during the depression and travelling the midwest picking crops for >people.... I got her into the social security index, and I went for the >Kansas Genweb site.... and stumbled across a high school alumni page from >the county where Grandpa's uncle had passed away. Sure enough, I found two >Thiemes.... I went out on a limb and sent off two emails that night. The >next day I was ecstatic. I had emailed two sisters, both daughters of >Grandpa's cousin John, so they are my mom's second cousins. One had spoken >to their dad - who is ALIVE and 87 - and he remembered my grandpa vividly >and began to talk about the family..... This has opened an entirely new >door. First for my Mom, who misses her father terribly, and now gets to hear >more about their adventures as young men, and possibly even go to Kansas and >meet these relatives; and second, I now have more people interested in my >search and an entirely new branch of the family has been opened up to scour >for the "old bible" or that box of photos in someone's closet. > >What's sad is that I never thought of this 5 or 10 years ago... or while my >Grandpa was alive ... why did the notion come to me this week? no idea. But >I guess I wanted to share my small victory, and say keep thinking >creatively, you never know what you may have overlooked the first time >through. I tend to forget how living relatives may have the keys to >answering the questions about my distant ancestors, and shame on me!! > >Good luck to all, > >Gina Bower > > > > >==== BOWER Mailing List ==== >Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other >enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those >settings through their servers and will only return them to you. > >

Wonderful story, Gina, and I'm so glad that you had success. You said it all - be imaginative and persistant! It does pay off! Barbara Bower Yorktown -----Original Message----- From: Ginamarina [mailto:ginamarina@usa.net] Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 11:11 AM To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BOWER] Never give up! I have been here on this Bower list for years, I believe since early 1999, and unfortunately have found not one thing on my mysterious Martin Bower from Pennsylvania. I still have a theory that he is a son from a family who became orphaned, but so far I have no clues....... However, I had been on some German websites and usenet groups posting about my mom's family... with no real luck, only finding out that maybe the mysterious "Vera, Germany" in my great aunt's handwriting MAY have been "Gera". But I have no way to verify it because I have no idea where Great Aunt Esther got her information..... and as I was mowing the grass on tuesday I was thinking about my Grandpa Thieme, who passed away on 31-Dec-1998. Missing him and thinking about the reunions there use to be.... and then thinking about genealogy...... coming in and looking at my group sheets.... wondering why on earth I have no information about his aunts and uncles..... I spent most of Tuesday evening on AIM with my Mom, picking her memory, and scouring the SSDI for relatives only to find out that most of grandpa's cousins lived right here in Wisconsin, and the others lived in Kansas. Mom remembered some great aunts and uncles, and some people she had met, and some stories about Grandpa packing up in his 20's with his cousin John from KS during the depression and travelling the midwest picking crops for people.... I got her into the social security index, and I went for the Kansas Genweb site.... and stumbled across a high school alumni page from the county where Grandpa's uncle had passed away. Sure enough, I found two Thiemes.... I went out on a limb and sent off two emails that night. The next day I was ecstatic. I had emailed two sisters, both daughters of Grandpa's cousin John, so they are my mom's second cousins. One had spoken to their dad - who is ALIVE and 87 - and he remembered my grandpa vividly and began to talk about the family..... This has opened an entirely new door. First for my Mom, who misses her father terribly, and now gets to hear more about their adventures as young men, and possibly even go to Kansas and meet these relatives; and second, I now have more people interested in my search and an entirely new branch of the family has been opened up to scour for the "old bible" or that box of photos in someone's closet. What's sad is that I never thought of this 5 or 10 years ago... or while my Grandpa was alive ... why did the notion come to me this week? no idea. But I guess I wanted to share my small victory, and say keep thinking creatively, you never know what you may have overlooked the first time through. I tend to forget how living relatives may have the keys to answering the questions about my distant ancestors, and shame on me!! Good luck to all, Gina Bower ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those settings through their servers and will only return them to you.

I have been here on this Bower list for years, I believe since early 1999, and unfortunately have found not one thing on my mysterious Martin Bower from Pennsylvania. I still have a theory that he is a son from a family who became orphaned, but so far I have no clues....... However, I had been on some German websites and usenet groups posting about my mom's family... with no real luck, only finding out that maybe the mysterious "Vera, Germany" in my great aunt's handwriting MAY have been "Gera". But I have no way to verify it because I have no idea where Great Aunt Esther got her information..... and as I was mowing the grass on tuesday I was thinking about my Grandpa Thieme, who passed away on 31-Dec-1998. Missing him and thinking about the reunions there use to be.... and then thinking about genealogy...... coming in and looking at my group sheets.... wondering why on earth I have no information about his aunts and uncles..... I spent most of Tuesday evening on AIM with my Mom, picking her memory, and scouring the SSDI for relatives only to find out that most of grandpa's cousins lived right here in Wisconsin, and the others lived in Kansas. Mom remembered some great aunts and uncles, and some people she had met, and some stories about Grandpa packing up in his 20's with his cousin John from KS during the depression and travelling the midwest picking crops for people.... I got her into the social security index, and I went for the Kansas Genweb site.... and stumbled across a high school alumni page from the county where Grandpa's uncle had passed away. Sure enough, I found two Thiemes.... I went out on a limb and sent off two emails that night. The next day I was ecstatic. I had emailed two sisters, both daughters of Grandpa's cousin John, so they are my mom's second cousins. One had spoken to their dad - who is ALIVE and 87 - and he remembered my grandpa vividly and began to talk about the family..... This has opened an entirely new door. First for my Mom, who misses her father terribly, and now gets to hear more about their adventures as young men, and possibly even go to Kansas and meet these relatives; and second, I now have more people interested in my search and an entirely new branch of the family has been opened up to scour for the "old bible" or that box of photos in someone's closet. What's sad is that I never thought of this 5 or 10 years ago... or while my Grandpa was alive ... why did the notion come to me this week? no idea. But I guess I wanted to share my small victory, and say keep thinking creatively, you never know what you may have overlooked the first time through. I tend to forget how living relatives may have the keys to answering the questions about my distant ancestors, and shame on me!! Good luck to all, Gina Bower

Leaving for two weeks -- Surnames researching, Westbrooks, Hammel, Hawkins, Cook, Bauers, Snodgrass, Garrison, Tate, Mason, Robbins, Hite, Tyler

To Robert Bowers: I think we have a connection. My information is as follows. Please reply if it matches your family information. 1. Johann Henrich Bauren b date unknown Germany, m Mariae Elisabethae? date and place unknown, d date and place unknown 2. John Adam Bower b 13 Nov 1724 Hottenbach, Germany, m Maria Catharina Michelss 13 Oct 1751 Germany, d Dec 1801, Shelburne, NS 3. Charles Bower b 1757 Coblentz, Germany, m Margaret Hamilton, daughter of Capt. James Hamilton and Anna McGeorge, 15 Sept 1789, d Dec 1842 Lower Ohio, NS (Charles was one of 7 children) 4. James Philip Bower b abt 9 Mar 1794 Lower Ohio, NS m Catherine Sophia Dexter, daughter of Capt. Elisha Dexter and Rachel Demings, date and place unknown, d 15 April 1834 Shelburne, NS (James was one of 10 children) 5. Charles Adam Bower b 25 Apr 1833 Jordan Bay, NS m Rhoda Ann MacKenzie 30 Dec 1862, d 16 Aug 1921 Jordan Ferry, NS (Charles was one of 6 children) 6. Austin Jerome Bower b 30 Sept 1867 in Jordon Ferry, NS m Joanna Diana Crowell 9 Oct 1890 place unknown, d 12 Dec 1951 Jordan Ferry, NS (Austin was one of 8 children) 7. Edwin Guerdon Bower b 10 Sept 1891 in unknown, m Nancy Boucher date and place unknown d 16 Aug 1921 in Jordon Ferry, NS (Edwin also had a sister Nancy Evelyn Bower who married David Ennis.)(Note: The name Guerdon shows up in several lines of this family in different generations, but know of others who have changed spelling to Gordon.) 8. Nancy Bower b unknown in unknown. If this is your family please reply, so we can exchange information. Jean >From: Colleen Pustola <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com >To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [BOWER] [Fwd: BOWER] >Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 10:07:01 -0600 > > > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: New BOWER Deeds Post >Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 20:07:39 -0600 >From: genconnect@genconnect.rootsweb.com >To: ladyaudris@earthlink.net > >BOWER Deeds >A new message, "austin jerome bower family," was posted by robert bowers >on Sat, 02 Jun 2001 It is a response to "Bower family," posted by >Rowena >on Tue, 26 Dec 2000 > >Surname: bower > > > >--- >NAME: robert bowers >EMAIL: ontariocowboy@home.com >DATE: Jun 02 2001 >QRYTEXT: I'm looking for my great grandpa's family austin j bower from >the 1800's was in nova scotia during WW1. Had a son, my grandpa edwin >gordon bower born in east jordan,shelburne,nova scotia . Please email me >at ontariocowboy@home.com with any infor thank you all. > > >This is an automatically-generated notice. > ><http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/b/o/BOWER/deeds> > > >==== BOWER Mailing List ==== >Bower Cottage, sister site to the Bower Family Homestead, homesites of > the Bower research group -- http://bowercommunity.com/cottage > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [B-W] Bauer 1825 Hesse Darmstadt Resent-Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 17:24:08 -0700 Resent-From: BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 20:24:01 EDT From: Porgie6@aol.com To: BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-L@rootsweb.com Looking for the hometown of my great grandfather Johann Bauer born October 17, 1825 Catholic in Hesse Darmstadt. He ended up in St Louis Mo. sometime before 1856. Any help will be appreciated Thank-you Marge ==== BADEN-WURTTEMBERG Mailing List ==== Visit the Baden-Wuerttemberg World GenWeb Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~deubadnw/

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BOWERS] Bridge Blaine Bowers Resent-Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 13:33:06 -0600 Resent-From: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:33:02 EDT From: Esther3430@aol.com Reply-To: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com To: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com I am looking for information about Bridge Blaine Bowers b. abt 1879 d. 26 Oct 1914 m. 1908 to Grace Hamman of Hammansburg in N. Baltimore, Ohio. He spent most of his life around that area. He was in real estate and owned several farms around there. He was a member of the Finley lodge of elks and a member of the K of P. lodge of North Baltimore, Ohio. Mr. Bowers had at least one sister alive when he died, Mrs. A. Emmerson wife of Al Emmerson formally of North Baltimore. Thank you Esther Peters ==== BOWERS Mailing List ==== The Bower Family Homestead, homesite of the Bowers mailing list -- http://bowercommunity.com/homestead ============================== Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history learning and how-to articles on the Internet. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library

----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa K. Brown <brownlisak@home.com> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [BOWER] Indiana Continuum - Jacob Bower > Robert, > > I had to contact you after your posting to the Bower-L list, because my > maiden name is Bowers, and I am from Shelby County, IN. I am from the > southwest part of the county (Washington township), near Bartholomew > . I don't recognize Jacob Bower, but I am looking for siblings of my > great-grandfather, Charley Bower(s). He was the son of Joel Bower, Jr. from > Ripley County. I know he was born in Ripley County and lived in Newton > County, before moving to Wabash Co, Jennings Co, and then finally > Bartholomew County. You also mentioned Johnson County, IN. The area in > which my Bower(s) family settled is right where the 3 counties meet: Shelby > County, Bartholomew County, and Johnson County. In fact, Charley had > children in all 3 counties, which all lived within about 10 - 15 minutes > from each other. > > You also mentioned the Bower from Clark County, IN. I am currently living > in Clark County, IN. I don't know of any family in this area that are > related to my Bowers in South-Central IN, but I would be willing to help you > out with "leg work" if needed in the Clark County, IN area. Let me know if > I can help you in any way. > > I would be interested to see if there is a connection between my Charley > Bowers and your David or Jacob Bower in the Shelby County area. > > Thanks, > > Lisa Bowers Brown > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robert Strong <strong@nantucket.net> > To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 9:25 AM > Subject: [BOWER] Indiana Continuum - Jacob Bower > > > > Wanda, Indiana is a very important state for Bower(s) research, so keep > > up the good work. I look forward to the additional information you will > > be adding to your site, since thus far I haven't found anything on the > > Bower(s) I'm researching. > > > > At the moment, I am trying to find information on a Jacob Bower. I have > > recently been contacted by one of his descendants who is trying to > > connect him to the Bowers of Grainger Co., TN. I believe this Jacob > > Bower is probably a nephew of my Andrew Bowers and that information > > about him and his family will finally allow me to determine the brothers > > and ultimately the parents of my Andrew. (Jacob is a common name in my > > line of Bowers. My Andrew had a son named Jacob, born 3 Dec 1838 in > > Grainger Co., TN. Andrew's brother, David Bowers, who moved from > > Grainger Co., TN to Shelby Co., IN after the 1830 census, also had a son > > named Jacob, born about 1833 in IN. A Jacob Bower, who I believe may be > > another brother of Andrew, appears on an 1831 tax list for Grainger Co. > > Other probable brothers who appear in the records of Grainger Co. are > > John, Henry and William. John is the only one known to have remained in > > Grainger Co., along with Andrew.) > > > > Per his Civil War records, Jacob Bower was born in Grainger Co., TN > > about 1842 (3 Nov 1842 per his grave marker). This Jacob Bower served > > in Co. E, 13th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. He married Louisa Jane > > Talbert on 11 Nov 1866 in Shelby Co., IN, which is where his presumed > > uncle, David Bowers, lived. He and his Talbert brothers-in-law had a > > sawmill in Shelby Co. His household appears in Union Township in the > > 1870 census for Shelby Co., IN along with other Talbert families (David > > Bowers' family lived in Marion Township, Shelby Co., IN). Sometime > > after 1870, Jacob and Louisa moved to Barry Co., MO. He died 14 Oct > > 1899 in Cassville, Barry Co., MO and is buried there in Oak Hill > > Cemetery, along with his wife who died 16 Nov 1915. > > > > This information came to me just as we were beginning our annual > > migration to our summer home where, unfortunately, I have no access to a > > library. I am very interested in finding Jacob Bower in the 1850 and > > 1860 censuses. My previous research does not show him to be in Shelby > > Co. I know there was a Jacob Bower household in adjacent Johnson Co., > > IN. Perhaps he is the father of the Jacob Bower in question. If so, > > that would connect the Grainger Co., TN Bowers with the Clark Co., IN > > Bower families, which would really open up a world of possible new > > connections, going back to Rowan and Ashe Cos., NC. > > > > Does anyone have any information on the Jacob Bower family of Johnson > > Co., IN or know of any other Jacob Bower in the 1850 or 1860 census for > > IN? (Wanda -- one thing that might help attract more hits to your > > Indiana Bowers page is if census information was posted.) > > > > Robert Strong > > > > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. > > > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. Dear Lisa: I meant to reply to Robert's message, but deleted it before I knew it. I have BOWER/(S) in Indiana also but have not been able to connect them to any line. My g-g-father John W. Bower was born in Berks Co, PA (per military records), ca 1830, but married after the civil war in Providence, Washington Cy, IND on March 22, 1868. I find him living there in 1870 census in a household next to Eliza Ann Bower (who was married to Thomas E, Bower in 1860 Census of that county) Eliza and Thomas had children on 1860: Henry age 21 b. PA, Mary C. age 19, James age 17, Elizabeth A age 13m Homer? age 12 all born in Indiana. Do you have any information on Bowers in other counties? Mary Lou Moore Kansas

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BOWERS] Indiana Bowers (Salem, Washington Co. Area) Resent-Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:02:14 -0600 Resent-From: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 10:54:03 -0400 From: "david r. conley" <conley@blueriver.net> Reply-To: conley@blueriver.net To: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com Looking for information on GEORGE BOWERS b. 1-2-1813/14 PA. d. 11-28-1893 Pekin, Indiana. Wife Larenda Humphries b. 3-6-1823 KY. d. 4-25-1904 Washington Co., In. buried at the Blue River Cemetery. Their children were: William F. Bowers b.1840 Sarah E. Bowers b. 2-20-1841/2 Pierce TWP., Washington Co., IN. Margaret A. Bowers b. 2-20-1843 Pierce TWP., Washington Co., IN. **Charles Bowers b. 11-16-1845 Pierce TWP., Washington Co., IN. Peter Bowers b. 1852 Pierce TWP., Washington Co., IN. George Bowers b. 4-24-1855 Pierce TWP., Washington Co., IN. Eleanor Bowers b. 1859 Washington Co., IN. Dora A. Bowers b. 1862 Washington Co., IN. John Omer Bowers B. 1866 Washington Co., IN. Mary Ellen Bowers b. 10-28-1853 Washington Co., IN. Francis Charolotte Bowers b. 3-20-1850 Salem, Washington Co., IN. area. My husbands line is: George Bowers B. 1813/14 __ Jacob Bowers b.1789 PA. maybe George's Charles Bowers b.1845 father of grandfather Arthur Bowers b.1881 Mable Marie Bowers b.1906 I believe that Jacob's father was John Bowers b. abt. 1762 Berks Co.,PA Thank you for any help. Donna Conley Indiana ==== BOWERS Mailing List ==== Bower Cottage, sister site to the Bower Family Homestead, homesites of the Bowers research group -- http://bowercommunity.com/cottage ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Please note, this is cross-posted from another list. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [B-W] BAUER- Oberurbach, Germany Resent-Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 22:51:47 -0700 Resent-From: BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:57:22 +1000 From: "Faye Douglas" <fdouglas@origin.net.au> To: BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-L@rootsweb.com I need to find out from where and when my ggrandfather (Johannes Bauer, born 8/12/1848, Oberurbach) left Germany. I know he arrived in Australia on26/12/1872 onboard the Ship Vernon (from his Naturalisation papers even though he does not appear on the passenger list for such voyage). This ship sailed from a British Port so he must have left Germany and went somewhere else first unless the Vernon sailed from Germany and had a stopover in a British port onroute. Can anyone help me with how to find out departure date and point from Germany. Faye Australia

Robert, I had to contact you after your posting to the Bower-L list, because my maiden name is Bowers, and I am from Shelby County, IN. I am from the southwest part of the county (Washington township), near Bartholomew County . I don't recognize Jacob Bower, but I am looking for siblings of my great-grandfather, Charley Bower(s). He was the son of Joel Bower, Jr. from Ripley County. I know he was born in Ripley County and lived in Newton County, before moving to Wabash Co, Jennings Co, and then finally Bartholomew County. You also mentioned Johnson County, IN. The area in which my Bower(s) family settled is right where the 3 counties meet: Shelby County, Bartholomew County, and Johnson County. In fact, Charley had children in all 3 counties, which all lived within about 10 - 15 minutes from each other. You also mentioned the Bower from Clark County, IN. I am currently living in Clark County, IN. I don't know of any family in this area that are related to my Bowers in South-Central IN, but I would be willing to help you out with "leg work" if needed in the Clark County, IN area. Let me know if I can help you in any way. I would be interested to see if there is a connection between my Charley Bowers and your David or Jacob Bower in the Shelby County area. Thanks, Lisa Bowers Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Strong <strong@nantucket.net> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 9:25 AM Subject: [BOWER] Indiana Continuum - Jacob Bower > Wanda, Indiana is a very important state for Bower(s) research, so keep > up the good work. I look forward to the additional information you will > be adding to your site, since thus far I haven't found anything on the > Bower(s) I'm researching. > > At the moment, I am trying to find information on a Jacob Bower. I have > recently been contacted by one of his descendants who is trying to > connect him to the Bowers of Grainger Co., TN. I believe this Jacob > Bower is probably a nephew of my Andrew Bowers and that information > about him and his family will finally allow me to determine the brothers > and ultimately the parents of my Andrew. (Jacob is a common name in my > line of Bowers. My Andrew had a son named Jacob, born 3 Dec 1838 in > Grainger Co., TN. Andrew's brother, David Bowers, who moved from > Grainger Co., TN to Shelby Co., IN after the 1830 census, also had a son > named Jacob, born about 1833 in IN. A Jacob Bower, who I believe may be > another brother of Andrew, appears on an 1831 tax list for Grainger Co. > Other probable brothers who appear in the records of Grainger Co. are > John, Henry and William. John is the only one known to have remained in > Grainger Co., along with Andrew.) > > Per his Civil War records, Jacob Bower was born in Grainger Co., TN > about 1842 (3 Nov 1842 per his grave marker). This Jacob Bower served > in Co. E, 13th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. He married Louisa Jane > Talbert on 11 Nov 1866 in Shelby Co., IN, which is where his presumed > uncle, David Bowers, lived. He and his Talbert brothers-in-law had a > sawmill in Shelby Co. His household appears in Union Township in the > 1870 census for Shelby Co., IN along with other Talbert families (David > Bowers' family lived in Marion Township, Shelby Co., IN). Sometime > after 1870, Jacob and Louisa moved to Barry Co., MO. He died 14 Oct > 1899 in Cassville, Barry Co., MO and is buried there in Oak Hill > Cemetery, along with his wife who died 16 Nov 1915. > > This information came to me just as we were beginning our annual > migration to our summer home where, unfortunately, I have no access to a > library. I am very interested in finding Jacob Bower in the 1850 and > 1860 censuses. My previous research does not show him to be in Shelby > Co. I know there was a Jacob Bower household in adjacent Johnson Co., > IN. Perhaps he is the father of the Jacob Bower in question. If so, > that would connect the Grainger Co., TN Bowers with the Clark Co., IN > Bower families, which would really open up a world of possible new > connections, going back to Rowan and Ashe Cos., NC. > > Does anyone have any information on the Jacob Bower family of Johnson > Co., IN or know of any other Jacob Bower in the 1850 or 1860 census for > IN? (Wanda -- one thing that might help attract more hits to your > Indiana Bowers page is if census information was posted.) > > Robert Strong > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. >

Wanda, Indiana is a very important state for Bower(s) research, so keep up the good work. I look forward to the additional information you will be adding to your site, since thus far I haven't found anything on the Bower(s) I'm researching. At the moment, I am trying to find information on a Jacob Bower. I have recently been contacted by one of his descendants who is trying to connect him to the Bowers of Grainger Co., TN. I believe this Jacob Bower is probably a nephew of my Andrew Bowers and that information about him and his family will finally allow me to determine the brothers and ultimately the parents of my Andrew. (Jacob is a common name in my line of Bowers. My Andrew had a son named Jacob, born 3 Dec 1838 in Grainger Co., TN. Andrew's brother, David Bowers, who moved from Grainger Co., TN to Shelby Co., IN after the 1830 census, also had a son named Jacob, born about 1833 in IN. A Jacob Bower, who I believe may be another brother of Andrew, appears on an 1831 tax list for Grainger Co. Other probable brothers who appear in the records of Grainger Co. are John, Henry and William. John is the only one known to have remained in Grainger Co., along with Andrew.) Per his Civil War records, Jacob Bower was born in Grainger Co., TN about 1842 (3 Nov 1842 per his grave marker). This Jacob Bower served in Co. E, 13th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. He married Louisa Jane Talbert on 11 Nov 1866 in Shelby Co., IN, which is where his presumed uncle, David Bowers, lived. He and his Talbert brothers-in-law had a sawmill in Shelby Co. His household appears in Union Township in the 1870 census for Shelby Co., IN along with other Talbert families (David Bowers' family lived in Marion Township, Shelby Co., IN). Sometime after 1870, Jacob and Louisa moved to Barry Co., MO. He died 14 Oct 1899 in Cassville, Barry Co., MO and is buried there in Oak Hill Cemetery, along with his wife who died 16 Nov 1915. This information came to me just as we were beginning our annual migration to our summer home where, unfortunately, I have no access to a library. I am very interested in finding Jacob Bower in the 1850 and 1860 censuses. My previous research does not show him to be in Shelby Co. I know there was a Jacob Bower household in adjacent Johnson Co., IN. Perhaps he is the father of the Jacob Bower in question. If so, that would connect the Grainger Co., TN Bowers with the Clark Co., IN Bower families, which would really open up a world of possible new connections, going back to Rowan and Ashe Cos., NC. Does anyone have any information on the Jacob Bower family of Johnson Co., IN or know of any other Jacob Bower in the 1850 or 1860 census for IN? (Wanda -- one thing that might help attract more hits to your Indiana Bowers page is if census information was posted.) Robert Strong

Hi Cousins, I think I finally got the HTML turned off. Hopefully someone will see this message besides me. I have a question. Is any of the State/Country Projects being looked at? I know we have all put a lot of work into them but my counter only moves when I enter the page. I need to know if anyone is looking. I know we had a lot of problems before but it is working really well now. My Indiana page is at: http://www.crosswinds.net/~indbow/index.html Please stop by, go to Indiana Cousin Finders, about half way down the home page, click and look. At the bottom of each page you can click to the next page. It is not the best set-up but I promise to get it better as I go along, if we continue. I have probably 50 pages more to put in and move was sent today. I average working about 20 hrs a week on it. Thank you for you patience and understanding as I progress with this project. Wanda wmrobert@nalu.net

Hi everyone, Please note that this message is coming from another list and that, to respond, you should NOT hit reply. Colleen -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [D-Col] Court Johnson m. Elinor Brower ?? Resent-Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 16:11:42 -0700 Resent-From: Dutch-Colonies-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 19:11:34 -0400 From: "Laurie Lightfoot" <light30@earthlink.net> To: Dutch-Colonies-L@rootsweb.com Can anyone identify the parents of Court JOHNSON & Elinor BROWER who were issued a NY marriage license on 8 Feb 1779? One or both may have been from Westchester Co, NY Laurie Lightfoot <light30@earthlink.net> Ontario, Canada ==== Dutch-Colonies Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, personal messages, flames, etc. is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal and exclusion from this mailing list. For comments or list administration questions,please contact Holly Timm hollyft@bright.net ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2