--part1_1e.2110da03.29688947_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Saw this note in an old newspaper. I don't know what the connection is between the McAuley boy and Bowers, and I don't know where the Bowers cem. might be. It doesn't appear in the Jefferson County KS cemetery listings, so I'm guessing it to be close to Topeka KS somewhere. I think that is Shawnee County. Jan --part1_1e.2110da03.29688947_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <KSJEFFER-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yd04.mx.aol.com (rly-yd04.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.4]) by air-yd02.mail.aol.com (v82.22) with ESMTP id MAILINYD26-0104203347; Fri, 04 Jan 2002 20:33:47 1900 Received: from lists7.rootsweb.com (lists7.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.56]) by rly-yd04.mx.aol.com (v83.18) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYD48-0104203320; Fri, 04 Jan 2002 20:33:20 1900 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists7.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id g051WuO09015; Fri, 4 Jan 2002 18:32:56 -0700 Resent-Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 18:32:56 -0700 X-Original-Sender: jlaird@bellsouth.net Fri Jan 4 18:32:56 2002 Message-ID: <019201c19588$a9be5ac0$286cfea9@computer> From: "James Laird" <jlaird@bellsouth.net> Old-To: "None" <KSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 20:31:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Subject: [KSJEFFER] Funeral services: James Rafter McAULEY.. Resent-Message-ID: <DEeCMB.A.oMC.IflN8@lists7.rootsweb.com> To: KSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: KSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <KSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/5119 X-Loop: KSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: KSJEFFER-L-request@rootsweb.com The Topeka Daily Capital Wednesday January 3, 1912 The funeral services of James Rafter McAULEY, the 2 year old son of James McAULEY, of 1121 Garfield avenue, who was burned to death yesterday morning, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home. Interment will be in the Bowers cemetery. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --part1_1e.2110da03.29688947_boundary--

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BAUER] Partial passenger list--BAUER Resent-Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 11:28:34 -0700 Resent-From: BAUER-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 13:28:26 EST From: Caffecupz@aol.com Reply-To: BAUER-L@rootsweb.com To: BAUER-L@rootsweb.com Ship Hudson Bremen -NYC 10/16/1846 BAUER: G. H. [maybe] 37 F L. Sophia 16 F ?????? 12 F Charlotte 8 F Franceska 1 F [name may be wrong] William 3 M Henry 11 M Barbara : )

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: {not a subscriber} BOWERSOX Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 09:13:09 -0700 From: Budarz@aol.com To: BAUER-L@rootsweb.com BOWERSOX, MAXINE L., 83, of Largo, died Wednesday (Jan. 2, 2002) at Sabal Palms Health Care Center, Largo. She was born in Hancock County, Ohio, and came here several years ago. She formerly ran the Port Clinton High School cafeteria and was active in the Port Clinton United Methodist Church in Ohio. Survivors include two sons, Jack L., Largo, and Jerry E., Oklahoma City; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Coldren-Crates Funeral Home, Findlay, Ohio.

Anyone looking for George F. Baer who was born near Levansville,Somerset County:Pa on September 26,1842 and died in Phila on April 27,1914. Please contact me I have a interesting newspaper article on George. ~Deb Bowers Neidlinger~

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BAUER] Re: [Bklyn] Part 21 of NYS-NYC hospitals (Manhattan and Bronx)-1935-36 Resent-Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 08:34:27 -0700 Resent-From: BAUER-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 10:34:16 EST From: Caffecupz@aol.com Reply-To: BAUER-L@rootsweb.com To: BAUER-L@rootsweb.com 1935-1936 MEDICAL DIRECTORY OF NEW YORK Hospitals of New York State-NYC area Manhattan and Bronx Hospital Physicians List NEW YORK HOSPITAL 525 E. 68th st. Tel. Regent 4-6000. General. 1020 Beds Maintains Registered School of Nursing. Supt., Thomas Howell, M.D. SURGS. Assts.: R.F. Bowers

Hi list, Just thought I'd pass this along. While researching another surname in PA I came across the spelling "Dauer". I've never noticed that name before & my first thought was: Oh please not another variant of Bauer!! Is this a variant? Has anyone else come across this surname? Judi

This was sent on a Pa list I am on. Just passing it on, saw the Bauer Name Gloria http://hardincogenealogycenter.homestead.com/index.html >Hi everyone, I recently found in my possession a page (and cover page) of Pennsylvania German Church Records of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, Etc. from The Pennsylvania German Society Proceedings and Addresses. In Three Volumes With an Introduction by Don Yoder. Information comes from Volume 1. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1983. Page 88 Surnames Listed in this post: TANGER, SCHINDEL, BECKER, DIPPEL, EAST, MERCKEL, LUZ, JOHST, HIBROUCK, WAGNER, STAHL, KURZ, GEISS, HILL, BECHLER, EKNER (?), BRURCKHARDT, SCHENCK, BAUER, BIZBERGER, and KLEIN s. =son of d. = daughter of b.=born Page 88 (appears to be birth and baptism records, typed): Anna Maria TANGER, d. Andreas and Catharina; b. Jan. 13; bap. Feb. 24. Johann SCHINDEL, s. Michael and Anna Barbara; b. Feb. 9; bap. Feb. 24. Anna Maria BECKER, d. Joh. Nicolaus and Magdalena; b. Feb. 9; bap. Feb. 24. Catharina Anna DIPPEL, d. Joh. Nicolaus and Eva; b. Jan. 7; bap. Feb. 24. Abraham EAST, s. Daniel and Anna; b. Feb. 21; bap. Feb. 27 Johann Michael MERCKEL, s. Jacob and Eva; b. Nov. 29, 1770; bap. Feb. 28. Elisabeth LUZ, d. Peter and Maria; b. Feb. 20, 1770; bap. Feb. 28. Anna LUZ, d. Peter and Maria; b. Feb. 6, 1767; bap. Feb. 28. Anna Magdalena JOHST, d. Johann and Justina; b. Jan. 23; bap. Feb. 28. James HIBROUCK, s. James and Margaretha; b. Feb. 7, 1767; bap. Feb. 28. Margaretha HIBROUCK, d. James and Margaretha; b. May 14, 1769; bap. Feb. 28. Johann WAGNER, s. Jacob and Anna Margaretha; b. May 4, 1765, bap. Feb. 28. Elizabeth WAGNER, d. Jacob and Anna Margaretha; b. April 2, 1767; bap. Feb. 28. Michael WAGNER, s. Jacob and Anna Margaretha; b. April 5, 1769; bap. Feb. 28. Anna Catharina STAHL, d. Jacob and Anna Margaretha; b. Feb. 24; bap. March 2. Sophia KURZ, d. Christian and Dorothea; b. Jan. 6; bap. March 3. Johann Andreas GEISS, s. Andreas and Catharina; b. Feb. 13; bap. March 10. Gottlieb HILL, s. Melchior and Justina; b. March 6; bap. March 12. Barbara BECHLER, d. Jacob abd Magdalena; b. Jan. 15; bap. March 17. Wilhelm EKNER (?), s. Wilhelm and Regina; b. Aug. 10, 1770; bap. March 17. Elisabeth BRURCKHARDT, d. Peter and Sophia; b. March 10; bap. March 19. Michael SCHENCK, s. Michael and Elisabeth; b. Feb. 15; bap. March 29. Johann Peter BAUER, s. Nicolaus and Catharina Anna; b. March 24; bap. April 1. Abraham BIZBERGER, s. Abraham and Elisabeth; b. Feb. 14; bap. April 1. Johann Peter KLEIN, s. Peter Michael and Margaretha; b. Jan. 11; bap. April 1. The information above was printed as it was on the page I have in my possession. The only change made was capitalizing the surname. I do not have any additional information regarding these families, nor do I have any known links. I am posting the information in the hopes that it helps someone. Lynn

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Frank Bowers Scioto Co Oh Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 15:45:33 -0700 From: "Harvey Starling" <hstarli1@tampabay.rr.com> To: <BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com> Hi family!! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!! I am searching for info on my great uncle FRANK BOWERS born:abt 1883 do not know where... married: SUSAN MAY COBURN. they lived in Scioto Co Oh. I have nothing on him. I would love to find some info. Thank you, Priscilla "FINDING A PAST TO FOLLOW OUR FUTURE"

) ( ( ) Good Morning Family! ( \ .-.,--^--. ( Come on in. . . \* ) \\|`----'| - The coffee pot's on. . . .=|=. \| |// ...and we even have decaf, |~'~| | |/ tea, and hot chocolate! | | \ / _|___|_ ------ (_______) CONTINUATION NEW YEAR'S TRADITIONS The beginning of the new year has been welcomed on different dates throughout history. The celebration of the new year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago. In the years around 2000 BC, the Babylonian New Year began with the first New Moon (actually the first visible cresent) after the Vernal Equinox (first day of spring). Their new year celebration was in March rather than in January, coinciding with the spring planting of crops. The Babylonian new year celebration lasted for eleven days. Each day had its own particular mode of celebration, but it is safe to say that modern New Year's Eve festivities pale in comparison. The Romans continued to observe the new year in late March, but their calendar was continually tampered with by various emperors so that the calendar soon became out of synchronization with the sun. In order to set the calendar right, the Roman senate, in 153 BC, declared January 1 to be the beginning of the new year. But tampering continued until Julius Caesar, in 46 BC, established what has come to be known as the Julian Calendar. It again established January 1 as the new year. But in order to synchronize the calendar with the sun, Caesar had to let the previous year drag on for 445 days. Although in the first centuries AD the Romans continued celebrating the new year, the early Catholic Church condemned the festivities as paganism. But as Christianity became more widespread, the early church began having its own religious observances concurrently with many of the pagan celebrations, and New Year's Day was no different. New Years is still observed as the Feast of Christ's Circumcision by some denominations. During the Middle Ages, the Church remained opposed to celebrating New Years. January 1 has been celebrated as a holiday by Western nations for only about the past 400 years. The tradition of using a baby to signify the new year was begun in Greece around 600 BC. It was their tradition at that time to celebrate their god of wine, Dionysus, by parading a baby in a basket, representing the annual rebirth of that god as the spirit of fertility. Early Egyptians also used a baby as a symbol of rebirth. Although the early Christians denounced the practice as pagan, the popularity of the baby as a symbol of rebirth forced the Church to reevaluate its position. The Church finally allowed its members to celebrate the new year with a baby, which was to symbolize the birth of the baby Jesus. The use of an image of a baby with a New Years banner as a symbolic representation of the new year was brought to early America by the Germans. They had used the effigy since the fourteenth century. The song, "Auld Lang Syne," is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year. Partially written by Robert Burns in the 1700's, it was first published in 1796 after Burns' death. Early variations of the song were sung prior to 1700 and inspired Burns to produce the modern rendition. An old Scotch tune, "Auld Lang Syne" literally means "old long ago," or simply, "the good old days." In most cultures, people promise to better themselves in the following year, going so far as to write down their New Year's resolutions. The New Year, no matter when people have celebrated it, has always been a time for looking back to the past, and more importantly, forward to the coming year. It's time to reflect on the changes we want, or often need, if we're to have the motivation move forward. The making of New Year's resolutions dates back [again] to the early Babylonians. Popular modern resolutions might include the promise to lose weight or quit smoking. The early Babylonians' most popular resolution was to return borrowed farm equipment. Resolutions are a reflection of the Babylonians' belief that what a person does on the first day of the New Year will have an effect throughout the entire year. Think about that at the New Year's party! Ways of celebrating differ as well, according to customs and religions of the world. People in Moslem societies, for example, celebrate the new year by wearing new clothes. Southeast Asians release birds and turtles to assure themselves good luck in the twelve months ahead. Jewish people consider the day holy, and hold a religious ceremony at a meal with special foods. Hindus of India leave shrines next to their beds, so they can see beautiful objects at the start of the new year. Japanese prepare rice cakes at a social event the week before the new year. In the United States, the federal holiday is January first, but Americans begin celebrating on December 31. Sometimes people have masquerade balls, where guests dress up in costumes and cover their faces with masks. According to an old tradition, guests unmask at midnight. Many people watch television specifically to see Times Square in the heart of New York City. At one minute before midnight, a lighted ball drops slowly from the top to the bottom of a pole on one of the buildings. People count down at the same time as the ball drops. When it reaches the bottom, the new year sign is lighted. People hug and kiss, and wish each other "Happy New Year!" On January first, Americans visit friends, relatives and neighbors. There is plenty to eat and drink when you just drop in to wish your loved ones and friends the best for the year ahead. Many families and friends watch television together enjoying the Tournament of Roses parade which precedes the Rose Bowl football game in Pasadena California. Football is the name of the game on New Year's Day in the U.S. Across America TV sets are turned on to the Orange Bowl game in Florida, the Cotton Bowl in Texas, and the Sugar Bowl in Louisiana. Traditionally, it was thought that one could affect the luck they would have throughout the coming year by what they did or ate on the first day of the year. For that reason, it has become common for folks to celebrate the first few minutes of a brand new year in the company of family and friends. Parties often last into the middle of the night after the ringing in of a new year. It was once believed that the first visitor on New Year's Day would bring either good luck or bad luck the rest of the year. It was particularly lucky if that visitor happened to be a tall dark-haired man. Traditional New Year foods are also thought to bring luck. Many cultures believe that anything in the shape of a ring is good luck, because it symbolizes "coming full circle," completing a year's cycle. For that reason, the Dutch believe that eating donuts on New Year's Day will bring good fortune. Many parts of the U.S. celebrate the new year by consuming black-eyed peas. These legumes are typically accompanied by either hog jowls or ham. Black-eyed peas and other legumes have been considered good luck in many cultures. The hog, and thus its meat, is considered lucky because it symbolizes prosperity. Cabbage is another "good luck" vegetable that is consumed on New Year's Day by many. Cabbage leaves are also considered a sign of prosperity, being representative of paper currency. In some regions, rice is a lucky food that is eaten on New Year's Day. Whatever the custom, most of people feel the same sentiment. With a new year, we can expect a new life. We wish each other good luck and promise ourselves to do better in the following year. It's family ... and that's what we're all about. I so enjoyed spending this time with you today. Thank you for sharing it with me. I wish each of you a week filled with health, productivity, fun, and above all, filled with love and inner peace. Happy New Year! :) ) ( ) _.-~~-. (@\'--'/. Colleen ('``.__.'`) `..____.'

) ( ( ) Good Morning Family! ( \ .-.,--^--. ( Come on in. . . \* ) \\|`----'| - The coffee pot's on. . . .=|=. \| |// ...and we even have decaf, |~'~| | |/ tea, and hot chocolate! | | \ / _|___|_ ------ (_______) Today's topics include: 1. Welcome to new cousins 2. Boxing Day 3. Kwanzaa 4. New Year's Traditions (in part 2) TO OUR NEWEST COUSINS ~~ On behalf of the entire family, I'd like to extend a most hearty welcome to those cousins who came into the family fold this past week. We are very glad to have you with us and hope you'll stay and remain a part of our online family. As soon as you're comfortable with us and the list, please send in your Bower[s]/Bauer, Baur or Bowra lines so we can all see how we're related to you. We do not have a fancy format for sending in records or queries to the list. Post as many as you wish! If the data has anything to do with Bower[s]/Bauer, Baur or Bowra ancestors or any of the 81+ variant spellings we research that might help someone, please feel free to post it. Every scrap of information is appreciated. If you haven't visited the homesite of this list yet, you are encouraged to do so. Our home is Bower Community, located at <http://bowercommunity.com>. There, we currently have two sites: The Bower Family Homestead [a.k.a., the Homestead] is our primary homesite and the gathering place for much of our information. It waits to join us all in welcoming you into the family at <http://bowercommunity.com/homestead>. Smaller is our sister site, the Bower Cottage, which houses most of our projects including an online GEDCOM fed by cousins from our research groups. Find the Cottage is at <http://bowercommunity.com/cottage>. BOXING DAY December 26th, Boxing Day. Boxing Day??? Have you even heard of it before now? Does the name of this British holiday make you think of people doing something with boxes ~ ridding their homes of an excess of wrappings and mountains of now useless cardboard boxes the day after St. Nick arrived to turn a perfectly charming and orderly home into a maelstrom of discarded tissue paper? Possibly the masses are returning unwanted gifts to the stores they came from, hence its common association with hauling about boxes on the day after Christmas? Or maybe they're engaging in the pugilistic sport? Nope, sorry. You're wrong on all counts. Not many people in the world realize that there's even such a thing as Boxing Day, let alone the reason for a legal holiday so named. But, you should also know that even though Boxing Day is celebrated in Australia, Britain, New Zealand, and Canada, not all that many in those countries have much of a notion as to why they get December 26th off. It just isn't a well understood holiday. Only in the last century has it become a holiday. I might also mention here that some celebrate it on the first weekday following Christmas. So, if Christmas falls on Friday or Saturday Boxing Day would be on Monday. Let's shed a little bit of light on this day... Boxing Day's roots can be traced to Britain, where it's also known as St. Stephen's Day. (Saint Stephen was a little known saint who achieved eternal fame by being the first Christian to be martyred for his faith, and he met his death by stoning.) Servants were required to work on Christmas. They were responsible for making the holiday run smoothly for wealthy landowners. They were allowed to take leave on December 26th and visit their families. The employers gave each servant a box containing gifts and bonuses. Gifts among equals were exchanged on or before Christmas Day, but those less fortunate received them the day after. In addition, around the 800's churches opened their alms boxes (boxes where people place monetary donations) and distributed the contents to poor. How the name 'Boxing Day' came about is still disputed. The holiday may date from the Middle Ages (A.D. 400's-1500's), but the exact origin is unknown. Following are the several theories: Some say the tradition stems from Roman times when money to pay for athletic games was collected in boxes. Amongst the ruins of Pompeii, boxes made out of earthenware with slits in the top full of coins have been found. Later the Romans brought the idea of collecting boxes to Britain, and monks and clergy soon used similar boxes to collect money for the poor at Christmas. On the day after Christmas, the priests used to open the boxes and distribute the contents to the poor of the village. The contents of this alms box originated with the ordinary folks in the parish who were thus under no direct obligation to provide anything at all and were certainly not tied to the recipients by a employer/employee relationship. In this case, the "box" in "Boxing Day" comes from that one gigantic lock box the donations were left in. Centuries ago, ordinary members of the merchant class gave boxes of food and fruit to tradespeople and servants the day after Christmas in an ancient form of Yuletide tip. These gifts were an expression of gratitude to those who worked for them, in much the same way that one now tips the paperboy an extra $20 at Christmastime or slips the building's superintendent a bottle of fine whisky. Those long-ago gifts were done up in boxes, hence the day coming to be known as "Boxing Day." Christmas celebrations in the old days entailed bringing everyone together from all over a large estate, thus creating one of the rare instances when everyone could be found in one place at one time. This gathering of his extended family, so to speak, presented the lord of the manor with a ready-made opportunity to easily hand out that year's stipend of necessities. Thus, the day after Christmas, after all the partying was over and it was almost time to go back to far-flung homesteads, serfs were presented with their annual allotment of practical goods. Who got what was determined by the status of the worker and his relative family size, with spun cloth, leather goods, durable food supplies, tools, and whatnot being handed out. Under this explanation, there was nothing voluntary about this transaction; the lord of the manor was obligated to supply these goods. The items were chucked into boxes, one box for each family, to make carrying away the results of this annual restocking easier. Thus, the day came to be known as "Boxing Day." Many years ago, on the day after Christmas, servants in Britain carried boxes to their masters when they arrived for the day's work. It was a tradition that on this day all employers would put coins in the boxes, as a special end-of-the-year gift. In a closely related version of this explanation, apprentices and servants would on that day get to smash open small earthenware boxes left for them by their masters. These boxes would house small sums of money specifically left for them. This dual-versioned theory melds the two previous ones together into a new form; namely, the employer who was obligated to hand out something on Boxing Day, but this time to recipients who were not working the land for him and thus were not dependent on him for all they wore and ate. The "box" thus becomes something beyond ordinary compensation (in a way goods to landed serfs was not), yet it's also not a gift in that there's nothing voluntary about it. By this theory, the boxes are an early form of Christmas bonus, something employees see as their entitlement. Whichever theory you choose to accept, the one thread common to all is the theme of one-way provision to those not inhabiting the same social level. As mentioned previously, equals exchanged gifts on Christmas Day or before, but lessers (be they tradespeople, employees, servants, serfs, or the generic "poor") received their "boxes" on the day after. Note that the social superiors did not receive anything back from those they gave to. A gift in return would have been seen as a presumptuous act of laying claim to equality, the very thing Boxing Day was an entrenched bastion against. Boxing Day was, after all, about preserving class lines. Today, Boxing Day is celebrated much differently. In England, the holiday has evolved into a celebration of the family. Few people have servants but the custom of giving gifts or money to those who provide service continues. Since Christmas Day is spent at home with your family, Boxing Day is the day spent visiting grandparents. It is also popular to shop (the after Christmas discounts begin). Since World War II, there's always some sports event happening. It's considered a day of people getting out and doing things, hence Boxing Day became associated with horse-racing (St. Stephen is the patron saint of horses) and hunting, soccer and rugby. The day is celebrated with creamed teas, high teas and more. KWANZAA December 26th also starts a second holiday. Kwanzaa, an African-American festive, non-religious holiday observed by African communities throughout the world celebrates family, community, and culture. It is a seven day celebration that continues through January 1. Derived from the Swahili phrase "matunda ya kwanza" which means "first fruits," Kwanzaa is rooted in the ancient first harvest celebrations practiced in various cultures in Africa. However, its modern history begins in 1966 when it was developed by African-American scholar and activist Maulana Karenga. Kwanzaa is organized around five fundamental activities common to other African first-fruit celebrations: (1) the gathering of family, friends, and community; (2) reverence for the creator and creation (including thanksgiving and recommitment to respect the environment and heal the world); (3) commemoration of the past (honoring ancestors, learning lessons and emulating achievements of African history); (4) recommitment to the highest cultural ideals of the African community (for example, truth, justice, respect for people and nature, care for the vulnerable, and respect for elders); and (5) celebration of the "Good of Life" (for example, life, struggle, achievement, family, community, and culture). Africans and African-Americans of all religious faiths and backgrounds practice Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa is celebrated through rituals, dialogue, narratives, poetry, dancing, singing, drumming and other music, and feasting. A central practice is the lighting of the seven candles of Kwanzaa. One candle is lit each day for each of the Seven Principles. These principles are unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith. Gifts are exchanged. On 31 December participants celebrate with a banquet of food ~ often cuisine from various African countries. Participants greet one another with "Habari gani" which is Kiswahili for "How are you?" ~~CONTINUED~~

Hi family, You know... some days it just doesn't pay to be so efficient! <g> Did any of you see today's Coffee? No? Well, that's because it didn't squeeze through Rootsweb's servers. lol I sent the Coffee out at 7:37 this morning and just realized that it hadn't gone through. It will follow this message shortly... Colleen

I received this Christmas morning from Brown County, Ohio list. Edited the email for "Bower/Bowers" content only. If any of these soldiers belong to you, contact Hermon Fagley through OHBROWN-L@rootsweb.com. If he has the info, I'm sure Hermon will be glad to fill you in on more details. Fran Subj: [OHBROWN] More Morris Co,NJ Rev War vets. Date: 12/25/01 7:18:10 AM Eastern Standard Time From: hermfagley@juno.com (HERMON B FAGLEY) To: OHBROWN-L@rootsweb.com Morris County NJ Rev War Soldiers - B Hoskins, Barbara; "Men from Morris County, New Jersey who served in the American Revolution", Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Twp., Morristown, NJ, 1979 BOWER, Elias BOWERS, James BOWERS, Lemuel BOWERS, Levi BOWERS, Samuel BOWERS, Stephen You are the 1024th visitor. Copyright ©1999,2000, 2001 by Brianne Kelly-Bly. This page was last updated on 04/28/01Web Site Sponsored by Rootsweb Homepage

Just opened all the packages... thanks for sending them our way! And a special thanks to Colleen for all the work she did! Sharon -----Original Message----- From: Colleen Pustola [mailto:ladyaudris@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 3:41 AM To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BOWER] SANTA HAS ARRIVED! :-D

Good Morning and Merry Christmas to one and all. The page is beeeeauuuuutttttttiful. Good work Colleen. I did not find a gift but the laughter in the message below was a great way to start the day. Please note the url for getting to the parlor. Thank you Colleen for at least not being anymore awake on Christmas morning than the rest of us. Keep up the good work and we all send our love, wrapped in pure gold paper and the best ribbon money can buy. Wanda http://indbow.crosswinds.net wmrobert@nalu.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Pustola" <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 5:41 AM Subject: [BOWER] SANTA HAS ARRIVED! :-D > A very Merry Christmas morning to all, dear cousins! > > Santa arrived just a few minutes ago! Presents are under the tree > at the Homestead! Wake up......wake up!....... We've all been > good!.....no coal laying around on the floor or in our shoes! :) > > Robes and slippers on, coffee/tea or hot chocolate in tow, Christmas > carols on the stereo, the warmth of a fireplace snapping and crackling > nearby...we all gather around our tree in anticipation of what's yet to > come. Will that record you wanted be there?.... > > If you're new to the family fold and don't quite know what's going > on...... I'd like to invite you to join us in our fourth family > Christmas. The homesite of this list, the Bower Family Homestead, has a > Christmas tree set up in the parlor. Click on the tree in the parlor > and it will take you "in and around" the tree where you'll find > Christmas gifts. The Homestead's address is > <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/4501>. > > A note about the Christmas gifts....some of them are stacked next to, or > on top of each other. Be sure to click on EACH INDIVIDUAL GIFT in a > stack because each different package will have a gift "inside." > > So, enjoy the day everyone!....tomorrow there'll be a huge mess to clean > up [the boxes, wrapping, and gifts]. Today we eat and play!!!.... :) > Actually though, I'll leave the gifts online till the beginning of the > new year. As our real trees come down, so will the Homestead tree. > > Those of you who sent in gifts -- on behalf of the entire family, I > thank you for thinking of, and sharing with, us. WE APPRECIATE YOU! > > I wish each of you a blessed, happy Christmas! > > Colleen > > > ==== 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. >

As usual you did a great job of playing Santa! Everything so carefully placed under the tree. Sadly there were no gifts for me. Maybe next year. But I sure hope someone got a pleasant surprise! Lita ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Pustola" <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 5:41 AM Subject: [BOWER] SANTA HAS ARRIVED! :-D

A very Merry Christmas morning to all, dear cousins! Santa arrived just a few minutes ago! Presents are under the tree at the Homestead! Wake up......wake up!....... We've all been good!.....no coal laying around on the floor or in our shoes! :) Robes and slippers on, coffee/tea or hot chocolate in tow, Christmas carols on the stereo, the warmth of a fireplace snapping and crackling nearby...we all gather around our tree in anticipation of what's yet to come. Will that record you wanted be there?.... If you're new to the family fold and don't quite know what's going on...... I'd like to invite you to join us in our fourth family Christmas. The homesite of this list, the Bower Family Homestead, has a Christmas tree set up in the parlor. Click on the tree in the parlor and it will take you "in and around" the tree where you'll find Christmas gifts. The Homestead's address is <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/4501>. A note about the Christmas gifts....some of them are stacked next to, or on top of each other. Be sure to click on EACH INDIVIDUAL GIFT in a stack because each different package will have a gift "inside." So, enjoy the day everyone!....tomorrow there'll be a huge mess to clean up [the boxes, wrapping, and gifts]. Today we eat and play!!!.... :) Actually though, I'll leave the gifts online till the beginning of the new year. As our real trees come down, so will the Homestead tree. Those of you who sent in gifts -- on behalf of the entire family, I thank you for thinking of, and sharing with, us. WE APPRECIATE YOU! I wish each of you a blessed, happy Christmas! Colleen

) ( ( ) Good Morning Family! ( \ .-.,--^--. ( Come on in. . . \* ) \\|`----'| - The coffee pot's on. . . .=|=. \| |// ...and we even have decaf, |~'~| | |/ tea, and hot chocolate! | | \ / _|___|_ ------ (_______) Today's topics include: 1. Welcome to new cousins 2. Holiday CHAT: forum is open 3. Christmas potpourri: a few U.S. city traditions 4. Traditional Christmas meals around the world TO OUR NEWEST COUSINS ~~ On behalf of the entire family, I'd like to extend a most hearty welcome to those cousins who came into the family fold this past week. We are very glad to have you with us and hope you'll stay and remain a part of our online family. As soon as you're comfortable with us and the list, please send in your Bower[s]/Bauer, Baur or Bowra lines so we can all see how we're related to you. We do not have a fancy format for sending in records or queries to the list. Post as many as you wish! If the data has anything to do with Bower[s]/Bauer, Baur or Bowra ancestors or any of the 81+ variant spellings we research that might help someone, please feel free to post it. Every scrap of information is appreciated. If you haven't visited the homesite of this list yet, you are encouraged to do so. Our home is Bower Community, located at <http://bowercommunity.com>. There, we currently have two sites: The Bower Family Homestead [a.k.a., the Homestead] is our primary homesite and the gathering place for much of our information. It waits to join us all in welcoming you into the family at <http://bowercommunity.com/homestead>. Smaller is our sister site, the Bower Cottage, which houses most of our projects including an online GEDCOM fed by cousins from our research groups. Find the Cottage is at <http://bowercommunity.com/cottage>. NEW COUSIN?... HOLIDAY CHAT: FORUM IS OPEN The holiday season is what most people call the "family time" of year. Just as we do every year, I've opened the list for any family discussion outside of our normal genealogy. Every year, between Thanksgiving and New Year's, the CHAT: forum opens for everyone to discuss holiday traditions and memories, pass greetings and recipes along, etc. The CHAT: forum is the safe harbor for off-topic discussion. If you have any holiday family traditions or memories you'd like to share, this is the way to do it: As long as CHAT: starts out your subject line, you are considered to be in the CHAT: forum and you can safely discuss non-genealogy subjects. HOWEVER, so everyone understands how this works, there are a few guidelines for the CHAT: forum: 1. You MUST start your subject line with CHAT: 2. Absolutely NO genealogy is to be put in CHAT: forum messages because not everyone in the family wants to read CHAT: messages. Those people know to simply delete messages with CHAT: in the subject line knowing they won't miss any genealogical data. CHAT: format messages are not an everyday occurrence. They normally happen here and there. The only, and longest, time the CHAT: forum is actively open is the holiday season ... now. After January 2nd, the CHAT: forum closes and resumes its normal inactivity with occasional messages only. Please remember everyone, to use the CHAT: forum for all your holiday greetings and traditions messages. And for your own protection, step into the CHAT: forum and start your subject line with CHAT: CHRISTMAS POTPOURRI: A FEW U.S. CITY TRADITIONS *** In Pennsylvania, the Moravians build a landscape, called a putz - under the Christmas tree. *** Also in Pennsylvania, the Germans are given gifts by Belsnickle, who taps them with his switch if they have misbehaved. *** In the South, firearms are shot to greet distant neighbours on Christmas Day. Colonial doorways are often decorated with pineapple, a symbol of hospitality. *** In Alaska, a star on a pole is taken from door to door, followed by Herod's Men, who try to capture the star. *** In New Orleans, a huge ox is paraded around the streets decorated with holly and with ribbons tied to its horns. *** In Arizona, the Mexican ritual called Las Posadas is kept up. This is a ritual procession and play representing the search of Mary and Joseph for a room at the inn. Families play the parts and visit each other's houses enacting and re-enacting the drama and, at the same time, having a look at each family's crib. *** In Hawaii, Christmas starts with the coming of the Christmas Tree Ship, a ship bringing a great load of Christmas fare. Santa Claus also arrives by boat. *** In California, Santa Claus sweeps in on a surf board. TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS MEALS AROUND THE WORLD Ever wonder why your mom always served a dish not usually reserved for holiday meals, something like macaroni and cheese for Thanksgiving and/or Christmas? Perhaps it was a tradition handed down to her that arrived through the generations. Perhaps the immigrant in your family brought the tradition with him/her from the "old country." The USA is so multi-cultural that you will find many different ways of celebrating Christmas. Picture this: "Our family (Eastern European origin) favor turkey with trimmings. My grandparents and their relatives preferred keilbasi (Polish sausage), cabbage dishes, and soups. My husband's Italian family insisted on lasagna!" Here are a few countries and their traditional Christmas foods. Perhaps your family's Christmas tradition is among them. Australia: A traditional meal includes a turkey dinner, with ham, and pork. A flaming Christmas plum pudding is added for dessert. In the Australian gold rushes, Christmas puddings often contained a gold nugget. Today a small favor is baked inside. Whoever finds this knows s/he will enjoy good luck. Another treat is mince pies. Some Australians and particularly tourists often have their midday Christmas dinner on a local beach. Other families enjoy their day on a picnic. Belgium: On Christmas Eve (le réveillion de Noël, a special meal is common. It starts with a drink (apéritif) and 'nibbles', followed by a 'starter' course such as sea-food, and then stuffed turkey. The dessert is 'la bûche de Noël, ('Christmas log') - cake made with cream. Christmas breakfast is a special sweet bread called 'cougnou' or 'cougnolle' - the shape is supposed to be like baby Jesus. Czech Republic: Holiday food includes fish soup, salads, vegetables, potatoes, eggs, and carp. This is topped off with a special Christmas cake laden with currents and almonds. Germany: People often set aside special evenings for baking spiced cakes and cookies, and making gifts and decorations. Little dolls of fruit are traditional Christmas toys. Germans make beautiful gingerbread houses and cookies. The German Christmas tree pastry, Christbaumgeback, is a white dough that can be moulded into shapes and baked for tree decorations. Little dolls of fruit are traditional Christmas toys. Ireland: Irish women bake a seed cake for each person in the house. They also make three puddings, one for Christmas, New Year's Day and the Twelfth Night. After the Christmas evening meal, bread and milk are left out and the door unlatched as a symbol of hospitality. Italy: A strict feast is observed for 24 hours before Christmas Eve, and is followed by a celebration meal, in which a light Milanese cake called panettone features. New Zealand: Since Christmas occurs in summer, New Zealanders do not have a tradition of snow and ice. Sometimes the traditional dinner is cooked on the barbecue outside and may include the following: turkey/chicken, a roast of pork, a leg of cold ham, a roast of NZ lamb, roast potato, kumera (sweet potato), peas, green beans, roast pumpkin, carrots, gravy, and pork crackling. This is followed by dessert of Pavlova, -- an airy meringue confection made of whipped egg whites and sugar, cooked in a slow, low-heated oven and then decorated with fruit, such as kiwifruit and strawberries, and then piled high with whipped cream. Russia: Christmas dinner includes a variety of different meats - goose and suckling pig are favourites. Special Christmas food includes cakes, pies and 'meat dumplings'. Whatever your Christmas meal consists of, I hope it's one filled with peace and joy. :) It's family ... and that's what we're all about. I so enjoyed spending this time with you today. Thank you for sharing it with me. I wish each of you a week filled with health, productivity, fun, and above all, filled with love and inner peace. Happy holidays, everyone! :) ) ( ) _.-~~-. (@\'--'/. Colleen ('``.__.'`) `..____.'

Colleen- I just checked. Found a pretty Christmas card with a red cardinal on it. No problem. Clicked and entered the house. All ok and very attractive. Warren Bowers At 12:36 AM 12/22/01 -0700, you wrote: >Hi cousins, > >I just visited the Homestead and found, for the second time, that the >graphics on the front page aren't loading. Is that just me having >problems again, or is everyone else having the same problem? > >Someone clue me in, please? I may have to do some more work on the >page. We don't need our visitors to think we keep a sloppy house!!! ><g> > >Colleen > > >==== BOWER Mailing List ==== >To post messages to the Bower discussion list, send them to > BOWER-L@rootsweb.com

Hi cousins, I just visited the Homestead and found, for the second time, that the graphics on the front page aren't loading. Is that just me having problems again, or is everyone else having the same problem? Someone clue me in, please? I may have to do some more work on the page. We don't need our visitors to think we keep a sloppy house!!! <g> Colleen

I thought this information might be helpful to anyone who has recently ordered records from the NARA. This info was passed on to me through another list I am on, and it explains what is happening to the mail recently sent to the NARA: www.nara.gov/research/mailalert.html