> If anyone on the list (other than me!) has a Scottish BOWER connection, > here is a family from Aberdeen that may help you. > John BOWER and Ann TOUGH (m. 1784) I think his parents were William > BOWER and Margaret CUMMINE of Elgin, Morayshire. John and Ann had: > 1. Rev. John BOWER (b. 1786) of parish of Maryculter, married Sarah > Christina WILSON, one dau: Agnes who m. John DALLAS in 1862. > 2. William J. BOWER (b. 1787) emigrated to Ontario, Canada, married > Elizabeth SCHWERDFEGER, had: John Conrad (b. 1820) who m. Catherine Van > ALLEN, had 8 children; Ann Catherine (b. 1823), who m. Samuel Adams > HUNTINGTON, had 12 children; Robert Samuel (b.1828) who m. Elizabeth > SEMPLE, had 11 children. William and Elizabeth also raised her son > Joseph (b. 1813) who m. Mary Ann HUNTINGTON, had 11 children. > 3. Dr. Robert BOWER (b.1790) m. Agnes Colquhoun ROSS, had: Mary (b. > 1823), Sarah Christina (b. 1825), Ellen Anne (b.1827), Agnes Eliza (b. > 1932). > 4. Elizabeth BOWER (b. 1791) who m. Donald SUTHERLAND. Dixie Cutler Vancouver