Hi again family, I hope you're all having a SUPER, SUNNY Sunday! :) Since people are getting out and about, visiting all those great genealogy places, let's have a roll call starting today. However, in order for me to keep it all straight with the cross-postings though, we need to do this in an ordered fashion. Here's how I've set it up: All four research teams will be holding a roll call this week HOWEVER it will be staggered. The BOWER-L, being the largest, will go first ... starting today. BAUER-L, BAUR-L, BOWERS-L ... DO NOT POST YET. You will all be receiving those messages pertaining to your surnames as they come through the BOWER-L. As before, In a few days, once the traffic has died down here, the BAUR and BOWERS teams will hold theirs. Several days later, the BAUER-L will finish us up. I will notify you when to begin (depending on the influx of BOWER-L roll call messages, it could be on Thursday). Cousins on the BOWER-L: Once their rolls call begin, expect to receive EVERY message coming from each of the BAUER-L, BAUR-L and BOWERS-L as they are posted. Conversely, all BAUR, BOWERS and BAUER messages in the BOWER-L roll call will be crossposted over to our smaller counterparts. For the next two weeks everyone please be sure to keep your mailboxes emptied so we don't have a slew of bounced messages and you won't miss out on even one post. Cousins who are homebound ... be sure NOT to skip this roll call. One of the cousins who travel might see your message and select it to incorporate with his/her research trip, providing you with the results! (yes, it DOES happen here in the family) Roll call? What IS she talking about now??? For those of you who are brand new to online genealogy, or just genealogy in general, this next part is for you: TO OUR NEWBIES and NOVICES ~~ (Print this out if you need to) ~~ ROLL CALL FAQs *** A roll call means EVERYONE in the family should post those lines they are looking for. It's kind of like reporting in to the list saying, "here I am ... looking for (whoever)." This is also the time our lurkers come out and "report in." *** You should expect traffic on the BOWER-L to be very heavy this week and part of next. Although you can post a query anytime during the year, roll calls here are special because nearly everyone posts ... including our lurkers. It's an important time and you don't want to miss out, but your mailboxes are going to get full fast. Please be sure to check them daily and keep them emptied so I don't get a bunch of bounced back messages. *** Although the traffic is going to get heavier and may be a strain on your time to keep up, PLEASE STAY WITH US. This will only last about two weeks, if that. You don't want to unsubscribe just as an inline cousin is posting a line you've been watching for. *** Be sure to use ONLY that email address to post with that you signed up to the list with. Any other address will not be recognized by Rootsweb and their servers will kick your message out of the system. *** Send your roll call messages DIRECTLY TO THE LIST at <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com>. Please DO NOT send them to me as I am only one person with one line when, what you want, is for ALL the cousins to see who you're looking for. *** There is no special format. You just need to remember to include names, dates and places as best you can. If you're nervous about this, you might want to sit back a day or two and read some of the other cousins' posts and see how they did it, then just do what they did. Everyone has their own style and preference for setting up a roll call message. *** If you're a newbie, the best thing you can do for yourself is to announce it first thing in your message! It alerts the rest of us to be especially watchful of your material. PLEASE MAKE YOUR SUBJECT LINE READ SOMETHING LIKE THIS: ROLL CALL: Bower, Isaac (1856-1901, CT > NY) ROLL CALL: Baur, Johann (Germany, PA, IL) PLEASE DO _NOT_ MAKE YOUR SUBJECT LINE READ LIKE THIS: John Bowers (or) Bauer family (or) Roll call Help us to help you by giving clear subject lines, okay? Thanks. :) I hope this answers any questions you might have, but if not, go right ahead and ask! Your post is every bit as important as mine or any other cousin's. :) Colleen

Searching for Moses Bowers, b. 1859 in Ontario, Canada, d. 1926, Kingsley Michigan. Son of John and Mary Bowers, they were both born in Germany and emigrated to Ontario, Canada, Waterloo area, prior to 1859. 1861 Ontario Census lists 2 year old Moses as living with Peter Miller family of Waterloo Township, North, Ontario. In 1891, Moses married Elizabeth Kunsenhauser (b. 1869 d. 1946). Moses and Elizabeth had 1 son, Russell, b. 1894 d. 1972. Moses and family emigrated to Kingston, Michigan in 1901. Bruce Bowers bowers6254@telocity.com

I found the following obit when looking for information on the Bower family in Decatur County, Indiana. I don't have a link to these people yet, but I feel pretty sure they will tie into my tree at some point. Does anyone else recognized these folks and could help me make a connection? Thanks, Lisa Bowers - Brown ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Letha Joan Bower Letha Joan Bower, 72, Westport, died at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2000 at her home. Born Aug. 20, 1928 in West Virginia, she was the daughter of Rollie and Gladys (Thomas) Clark. She married Russell Bower in 1946 in Greensburg and he preceded her in death. She was a homemaker. She is survived by two sons, Patrick Bower of Westport, and Thomas Bower of Greensburg; one daughter Mary Jane (Mrs. Dean) Cholak of Greensburg; three brothers, Robert, James and Paul Clark all of Greensburg; three sisters, Opal Oliphant and Evelyn Linger both of Greensburg and Jacqlyn Wamsley of Greensburg; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by one sister, Mildred Elliott and two brothers, Albert and Loren Clark. Funeral services are at 10 a.m. Saturday, at Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home. Burial is at Burks Chapel Cemetery in Decatur County. Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. ------------------------------------------------------

I found some more obits. These were from the Columbus IN newspaper. Let me know if you have any links to these people, please! Lisa Brown ------------------------------------------------- Violet B. Bower Violet B. Bower, 86, of Midway Street died at noon Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001, at Columbus Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was a former employee of Arvin Industries and Como Products and was a homemaker. A private graveside service will be today at Garland Brook Cemetery with the Rev. Barbara Grace officiating. Memorials may be made to Hospice of South Central Indiana. Arrangements were made by Barkes, Inlow & Weaver Funeral Home. Mrs. Bower was born Jan. 16, 1915, in Rushville, the daughter of Orval Headlee. She was the stepdaughter of Bertha Headlee. She married Arthur Curtis Bower. He died July 30, 1990. Surviving are sons, William A. Bower of Mount Healthy and Robert E. Bower of Columbus; a daughter, Marlene Shafer of Columbus; several grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren. She also had several brothers and sisters. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- James A. Bower James A. Bower, 57, of West Road 550S died at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 20, 1999, in Columbus. He retired as a foreman from Golden Foundry and was Ohio Township trustee for the past 16 years. He was a former member of American Legion, former captain of Southwest Fire Department where he was a volunteer fireman, member of the Fire Board, 4-C Board, past president and vice president of PTA, past president of Human Services Inc. Board and was president of Trustee Association. He was an army veteran of Vietnam War. He participated in the early efforts in establishing the Volunteers in Medicine Clinic for the needy and in the county Welfare Reform Council. He was instrumental in Human Services Inc.'s assuming responsibility for Horizon House homeless shelter and most recently was active on the HSI Board 's Head Start Committee. He assisted many area residents with concerns and questions about such matters as code enforcement, zoning, assessment, landfill, taxes, housing and education. He was a frequent attendee at public meetings of governmental agencies, often contributing insights or asking questions, usually on behalf of others. Funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday at Myers Funeral Service, Reed and Jewell Chapel, on 25th Street with Bobby R. Woodall officiating. Calling will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. to service time Thursday. Burial will be at Sweaney Cemetery in Ohio Township with military graveside rites conducted by the Bartholomew County Veterans Color Guard. Memorials may be made to Southwest Fire Department or Human Services Inc. Mr. Bower was born Aug. 23, 1942, in Decatur County the son of Arthur C. and Violet Headlee Bower. He married Patricia J. Rich in Columbus Jan. 13, 1972. She survives. Also surviving are sons, Brian Scott Bower of Columbus and Matthew Shawn Bower of North Vernon; a brother, Robert E. Bower of Columbus; and grandsons, Jacob Allen and Sean Alexander Bower, both of North Vernon. ------------------------------------------------------------ Last Updated: 5/2/2001 8:13:00 AM Obituaries ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Carolyn Sue Bowers VALLONIA - Carolyn Sue Bowers, 58, of Vallonia died at 10:56 p.m. Monday, March 1, 1999, at Washington County Memorial Hospital at Salem. She was an ordained minister of Full Gospel Assembly and a member of Deliverance House of Prayer. She was a homemaker and lived in Washington County since 1974. Funeral will conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Johnson Funeral Home at Vallonia. Calling will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. until service time Friday. Burial will be at Vallonia Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the donor's choice of charities. Mrs. Bowers was born Nov. 24, 1940, in Hoxie, Ark., the daughter of Albert D. and Lottie Mae Russell Hibbard. She married Jerry L. Bowers Feb. 14, 1964, in Kileen, Texas. He survives. Also surviving are sons, Albert Ray Dyas of Clearspring, James K. Lowery of Salem and Billy Jack Lowery of Millport; a daughter, Carolyn J. Holley of Millport; a brother, Albert Hibbard Jr. of Las Vegas; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Hi I am new to this and just starting out with this, my husband said that from what he was told is that his family came on the Mayflower (not by chance) and were of royle decendent. His grandfather was Clifford Bowers and grandmother was Bertha Marie Mott. I am working on a tree and will be putting all that I can on and have it avaiable to download. Have a great day, Lori (Kreutzer) Bowers Colleen Pustola wrote: > Hi again family, > > I hope you're all having a SUPER, SUNNY Sunday! :) > > Since people are getting out and about, visiting all those great > genealogy places, let's have a roll call starting today. However, in > order for me to keep it all straight with the cross-postings though, we > need to do this in an ordered fashion. Here's how I've set it up: > > All four research teams will be holding a roll call this week HOWEVER it > will be staggered. > > The BOWER-L, being the largest, will go first ... starting today. > > BAUER-L, BAUR-L, BOWERS-L ... DO NOT POST YET. You will all be > receiving those messages pertaining to your surnames as they come > through the BOWER-L. As before, In a few days, once the traffic has > died down here, the BAUR and BOWERS teams will hold theirs. Several > days later, the BAUER-L will finish us up. I will notify you when to > begin (depending on the influx of BOWER-L roll call messages, it could > be on Thursday). > > Cousins on the BOWER-L: Once their rolls call begin, expect to receive > EVERY message coming from each of the BAUER-L, BAUR-L and BOWERS-L as > they are posted. Conversely, all BAUR, BOWERS and BAUER messages in the > BOWER-L roll call will be crossposted over to our smaller counterparts. > > For the next two weeks everyone please be sure to keep your mailboxes > emptied so we don't have a slew of bounced messages and you won't miss > out on even one post. > > Cousins who are homebound ... be sure NOT to skip this roll call. One > of the cousins who travel might see your message and select it to > incorporate with his/her research trip, providing you with the results! > (yes, it DOES happen here in the family) > > Roll call? What IS she talking about now??? For those of you who are > brand new to online genealogy, or just genealogy in general, this next > part is for you: > > TO OUR NEWBIES and NOVICES ~~ (Print this out if you need to) ~~ ROLL > CALL FAQs > > *** A roll call means EVERYONE in the family should post those lines > they are looking for. It's kind of like reporting in to the list > saying, "here I am ... looking for (whoever)." This is also the time > our lurkers come out and "report in." > > *** You should expect traffic on the BOWER-L to be very heavy this week > and part of next. Although you can post a query anytime during the > year, roll calls here are special because nearly everyone posts ... > including our lurkers. It's an important time and you don't want to > miss out, but your mailboxes are going to get full fast. Please be sure > to check them daily and keep them emptied so I don't get a bunch of > bounced back messages. > > *** Although the traffic is going to get heavier and may be a strain on > your time to keep up, PLEASE STAY WITH US. This will only last about > two weeks, if that. You don't want to unsubscribe just as an inline > cousin is posting a line you've been watching for. > > *** Be sure to use ONLY that email address to post with that you signed > up to the list with. Any other address will not be recognized by > Rootsweb and their servers will kick your message out of the system. > > *** Send your roll call messages DIRECTLY TO THE LIST at > <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com>. Please DO NOT send them to me as I am only one > person with one line when, what you want, is for ALL the cousins to see > who you're looking for. > > *** There is no special format. You just need to remember to include > names, dates and places as best you can. If you're nervous about this, > you might want to sit back a day or two and read some of the other > cousins' posts and see how they did it, then just do what they did. > Everyone has their own style and preference for setting up a roll call > message. > > *** If you're a newbie, the best thing you can do for yourself is to > announce it first thing in your message! It alerts the rest of us to be > especially watchful of your material. > > PLEASE MAKE YOUR SUBJECT LINE READ SOMETHING LIKE THIS: > > ROLL CALL: Bower, Isaac (1856-1901, CT > NY) > ROLL CALL: Baur, Johann (Germany, PA, IL) > > PLEASE DO _NOT_ MAKE YOUR SUBJECT LINE READ LIKE THIS: > > John Bowers (or) > Bauer family (or) > Roll call > > Help us to help you by giving clear subject lines, okay? Thanks. :) > > I hope this answers any questions you might have, but if not, go right > ahead and ask! Your post is every bit as important as mine or any other > cousin's. :) > > Colleen > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Need to reach Colleen, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email > at <ladyaudris@earthlink.net>.