Dixie: This is all of what was sent to me. Includes all of the info on the Ontario Bower's that I have...lots o' names, but no relationships. It'll probably be interesting, though, to all Bowers with Ontario connections. It was interesting to me, because until today, I had been researching Margaret as a BRower! Like I said before about the location, the Bower-Hawkins lived in what is now Athens, Ontario (Leeds County) when their daughter, Phoebe, was born. In the Marriage Reg. of Upper Canada Marriages by Rev'd Wyatt Chamberlain Wesleyan Methodist[for1854??, filed with the clerk of the Peace, January 3rd 1855] Edgar Hawkins 21, to Margaret Bower 22. By Licence. Deaths William Bower, aged 70years, died of Consumption, Wolford 1Oct 1848. 1851 Census Rear of Leeds Township, Leeds Co. Bower Thomas 47 Holland, Surveyor, Church of Eng. Bower Mary 37 Bower Thomas 17 Lab. Bower John 16 Bower William 12 Directory 1857 Bower Joseph runs a general store, in Kempville , Grenville Bower Edward C., Rev'd, Barriefield, Frontenac Co Church of Eng. Bower William, Kingston, Frontenac Co. laborer,off Place d'Armes nr Ontario St. *********************************************************** Anything you can do...or dream you can...Begin It! Boldness has Genius, Power, and Magic in it... -Geothe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dixie Cutler" <cutlerd@direct.ca> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [BOWER] Maragret Bower, Ontario > Hi Bonnie -- let me do some checking. I am descended for one BOWER of Ontario family (there were others), so I might find a link, although I do not remember a Margaret. If you know where in Upper Canada the marriage happened, that is helpful, too. > Also did you find out who the witnesses were? (Sometimes one or both are family). > Best > Dixie Bower Cutler > Vancouver, BC > > Marc and Bonnie wrote: > > > Hi all! > > > > I'm in the midst of that frustrating genealogical experience known as "searching for your female ancestors." I'm hot on the trail of my 3rd great grandmother...and I'm hoping some of you can help! Her name was Margaret, and she was born abt. 1831. I'd like to know about her family...parents, sibs, and would like to make connections with living Bowers of her line, if possible. Here's what I have... > > > > In the Marriage Reg. of Upper Canada > > Marriages by Rev'd Wyatt Chamberlain > > Wesleyan Methodist[for1854??, filed with the clerk of the Peace, January 3rd 1855] > > Edgar Hawkins 21, to Margaret Bower 22. By Licence. > > > > She and Edgar had a daugher, Phoebe, in 1853. She was born in the area of what is now Ahens, Ontario. > > > > Does this ring any bells for anyone? > > > > B > > *********************************************************** > > Anything you can do...or dream you can...Begin It! > > Boldness has Genius, Power, and Magic in it... > > -Geothe > > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > > Bower Cottage, sister site to the Bower Family Homestead, homesites of > > the Bower research group -- http://bowercommunity.com/cottage > > > ==== 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. > > Shop online without a credit card http://www.rocketcash.com RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary

Hello again, I checked my line and none of them could be your Margaret. I can, perhaps eliminate a few people for you from those mentioned below. The William Bower death has always confounded me. The only William Bower I know of in the area who died in 1848 was William J. Bower, husband of Elizabeth Schwedfeger, father of Ann Catherine Bower Huntington, Robert Samuel bower and John Conrad Bower, and stepfather to Joseph Bower (the one who ran the general store in Kemptville. I know a lot about Joseph as he was my GG grandfather). The odd thing is that William Bower's will was dated 3 November 1848 and his age would have been 61, not 70. I checked dates and none of my Bowers had a daughter named Margaret, so they are "out" as possible parents for your Margaret. Also, my lot were in Grenville -- but it being right next to Leeds, I thought there might be a link. By the looks of the family of Thomas Bower, Margaret might (big might) have been older child of this couple and not living at home at time of census. The great problem with old Ontario records is they are often incomplete or just plain missing. It took me several years to find evidence that William and Elizabeth raised my Joseph (Elizabeth's child by an 'uncertain' father!). Here is a site (maybe you know it already) that is very useful for Canadian research: http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html Best of luck - Dixie Marc and Bonnie wrote: > Dixie: > > This is all of what was sent to me. Includes all of the info on the Ontario > Bower's that I have...lots o' names, but no relationships. It'll probably > be interesting, though, to all Bowers with Ontario connections. It was > interesting to me, because until today, I had been researching Margaret as a > BRower! Like I said before about the location, the Bower-Hawkins lived in > what is now Athens, Ontario (Leeds County) when their daughter, Phoebe, was > born. > > In the Marriage Reg. of Upper Canada > Marriages by Rev'd Wyatt Chamberlain > Wesleyan Methodist[for1854??, filed with the clerk of the Peace, January 3rd > 1855] > Edgar Hawkins 21, to Margaret Bower 22. By Licence. > > Deaths > William Bower, aged 70years, died of Consumption, Wolford 1Oct 1848. > > 1851 Census Rear of Leeds Township, Leeds Co. > Bower Thomas 47 Holland, Surveyor, Church of Eng. > Bower Mary 37 > Bower Thomas 17 Lab. > Bower John 16 > Bower William 12 > > Directory 1857 > Bower Joseph runs a general store, in Kempville , Grenville > Bower Edward C., Rev'd, Barriefield, Frontenac Co Church of Eng. > Bower William, Kingston, Frontenac Co. laborer,off Place d'Armes nr > Ontario St. > > *********************************************************** > Anything you can do...or dream you can...Begin It! > Boldness has Genius, Power, and Magic in it... > -Geothe