Michael Bowles of Ontario co.'s Family Tree

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The Bowles of Canada and their Roots in Ireland and England

Michael Bowles b. ~ 1780 Ireland

m.(1) probably in Ireland

1. John Bowles¹²⁷ b. ~ 1806 Ireland (co. Queens, Ireland)

m. Elizabeth (Mary) Green (b. ~ 1812; co. Wexford, Ireland) (possibly married in Quebec City in 1832)

1.1 William¹²⁸ b. ~ 1833 Whitby, Ont. (28 in 1861, 35 in 1871 and b. Feb. 1, 1846 in 1901 census)

(a labourer on child’s baptism record in 1876)

m. Isabella Victoria McBrien (b. Feb. 6, 1837 Whitby twp.; Edward, Ellen Wilson)

Feb. 19, 1861 Columbus, Ont.

1.1.1 Frederick Henry¹³⁴ b. Dec. 20, 1861 Whitby twp.

m. Mary Phillips (b. Feb.15, 1865 Genessee City,NY) Sept.20, 1889

1.1.1.1 Hugh Eugene¹⁴³ b. Apr.14, 1894 St. Johns, MI

m.(1) Inda Wood Merrifield (b. Sept.20, 1896; St. Johns, MI) Apr. 17, 1915

1.1.1.1.1 George (Judd) Eugene b. Feb. 21, 1916 Springfield, Mass.

m.(1) Alma Reva McCune (b. Sept. 23, 1916 Dewitt, MI) May 12, 1934

1.1.1.1.1.1 living daughter

1.1.1.1.1.2 living daughter

1.1.1.1.1.3 living daughter

m.(2) Marjorie May Warmuth (b. Sept. 24, 1922 Akron, OH)

1.1.1.1.1.4 living son

1.1.1.1.1.5 living son

George d. May 4, 1977 Woodbury, N.J.

1.1.1.1.2 Charles (Carl) Frederick b. Feb. 21, 1917 St. Johns, MI

m.(1) Doris Donna Griffin (b. Aug. 24, 1917 Corunna MI)

Aug. 31, 1935 Lansing, MI

1.1.1.1.2.1 Jack b. April 15, 1936 Lansing, MI USA

1.1.1.1.2.2 Janice b. Sept. 13, 1937 Lansing, MI USA

1.1.1.1.2.3 Jerry b. Aug. 3, 1942 Lansing, MI USA

Doris d. May 5, 1981 (possibly Lansing, MI)

Charles d. Jan. 28, 1999

Hugh and Inda divorced in 1929 (Inda d. 1955 MI)

Hugh m.(2) Florence Lucas (b. Nov. 26, 1904, Ann Arbor, MI) June 14, 1930

Hugh d. Sept.11, 1956 Ann Arbor, MI

Florence d. Mar. 12, 1976

Mary d. June 20, 1915 St. Johns, MI obituary

Frederick d. Feb. 14, 1933 Lansing, Mich.

1.1.2 William Joseph¹³⁵ b. Nov. 25, 1863 Whitby twp.

Homesteaded NE 1/4 Sect. 28 twp. 24 range 21W Gilbert Plains, MB (reg. Apr. 5, 1895)

m. Sarah Hallaway June 18, 1901 Dauphin ref # 001974/01

1.1.2.1 William b. 1905

William d. May 17, 1924 Gilbert Plains, MB age 59 ref # 020381/24

1901 and 1906 Census of Manitoba

1.1.3 Edward Albert¹³⁶b. Oct.18, 1865 Whitby twp.

Unmarried at age 35 in 1901 census, living with parents in 1912

possibly settled in Brooklin, Whitby twp.

1901 Census

1.1.4 Hugh Wellington¹³⁷ b. Oct. 29, 1867 Whitby twp.

lived in Michigan in 1912 and in Alberta in 1916

1.1.5 Walter Alexander¹³⁸ b. Dec. 31, 1869 Whitby reg. # 212886/70

lived in Vancouver in 1912 and in Seattle, WA in 1916 and 1941.

m. ?

1.1.5.1 Living

1.1.6 Ida Victoria¹³⁹ b. July 24, 1872 bp. Oct. 13, 1876 Brooklin, Whitby twp.

m. Mr. F. Walker

1.1.6.1 Isabel Marie b. Nov. 29, 1894 Ont.

m. Morley Canning (lived Oshawa, Ont.)

1.1.6.2 Olive Ida Ellenor b. Nov. 16, 1896 d. 1905 Ont.

settled in Brooklin, Whitby twp.

Mr. Walker d. before the 1901 Census

Ida living with parents in 1901 census and still in 1912. Living Oshawa, Ont. in 1941.

1.1.7 Charles Leonard¹⁴⁰ b. Oct. 13, 1875 bp. Oct. 13, 1876 Brooklin, Whitby twp.

worked for the railroad in Winnipeg in 1910's; moved to Quebec City as CNR Superintendant there but died shortly after.

m. Margaret Wilma Stewart (b. 1888) Sept. 11, 1917 Winnipeg, MB ref # 051069/17

1.1.7.1 Gloria Isabel¹⁴⁸ b. Apr. 13, 1921 Winnipeg, MB

bp. May 10, 1925 Chalmer’s Church, Quebec City

1.1.7.2 Gladys Stewart¹⁴⁷ bp. May 10, 1925 Chalmer’s Church, Quebec City

1.1.7.3 Dorothy McBrian¹⁴⁶ b. Quebec City, bp. May 10, 1925 Chalmer’s Church, Quebec City

Source for Chalmer's events: Family History Center reel # 2032791

Quebec City non-Catholic register. A to C

Charles Leonard d. Nov. 28, 1929 Chalmer’s Church, Quebec City

Margaret d. 1962

Both bur. Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin, Ont.

1.1.8 Francis Warren (Frank)¹⁴¹ b. Oct. 13, 1875 bp. Oct. 13, 1876 Brooklin,Whitby twp.

worked for railroad in Winnipeg, then was CNR Station Agent in Harris, Saskatchewan from about 1908-14 and at Rosetown, SK from 1914-37. Retired and moved to Victoria, B.C.

m. Lena A. B. White (b. Oct. 16, 1878 London twp., Ont.) June 22, 1910 Winnipeg, MB announcement photos

1.1.8.1 Marion Isabella b. Mar. 1, 1912 Harris, SK

m. Rev. Sidney James Sharkey June 8, 1937 New Westminster, B.C. announcement

Marion Isabella d. Aug. 23, 1942 Ottawa, Ont. bur. Beechwood Cem, Ottawa program

obit

1.1.8.2 Eileen Eedy b. June 9, 1915 Rosetown, SK

m. Kenneth Fraser MacKenzie July 18, 1942 Vancouver, B.C. (divorced 1967) announcement

emigrated to Los Angeles, CA in August 1949

1.1.8.2.1 living

m. living

1.1.8.2.1.1 living

1.1.8.2.1.2 living

1.1.8.2.1.2.1 living

1.1.8.2.2 living

m. living (divorced 1989)

Kenneth d. July 2, 1991 Los Angeles, bur. Forest Lawn cem., Glendale, CA, USA

Frank d. Oct. 11, 1941 Victoria, B.C. obituary

Lena d. July 13, 1973 Vancouver, B.C. bur. Victoria, B.C. obituary

1.1.9 Donald Christopher¹⁴² b. July 22, 1878 Whitby twp.

m. Anna (divorced, no children)

living in Sacramento, CA in 1912; believe he was Chief of Police in Sacramento and there is a street named after him

d. 1937-1941

William d. Oct. 19, 1912 Brooklin, Whitby twp. obituary

Isabella d. Dec. 10, 1916 Brooklin, Whitby twp. ref # 025303/16 obituary

both bur. Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin, Ontario memorial stone

1871 Census

1881 Census

1881 Census Whitby West (E-30) p. 6 reel C-13244

William Bowles m M 46 Ont. Irish CofE labourer

Isabella f M 42 Ont. Irish CofE

Fredric H. m 19 Ont. Irish CofE

Edward m 15 Ont. Irish CofE in school

Hugh m 13 Ont. Irish CofE in school

Walter m 11 Ont. Irish CofE in school

Ida f 8 Ont. Irish CofE in school

Charles m 5 Ont. Irish CofE in school

Frank m 5 Ont. Irish CofE in school

Donald m 2 Ont. Irish CofE at home

1.2 Lucinda⁵²⁵ (Lucy) b. ~ 1835

m. Richard Martin (b. co. Wexford, Ireland) ~ 1853 (not in 1851 census with her parents)

(moved to Huron twp., Bruce co.)

1.2.1 Ester Martin b. Feb. 15, 1854 Whitby

1.3 Mary¹³⁰ b. ~ 1837 Ontario

m. Samuel P. Hollinger (b. ~ 1831 Ontario) ~ 1855

they farmed at Lot 32 Con. 1 Pickering, Ontario co.

1.3.1 John Bower Hollinger b. ~ 1858 Pickering

m. Elizabeth Rae (b. ~ 1859 Scotland; James, Mary) Nov. 3, 1881 Markham reg. # 013109/81

1.3.2 Levina Hollinger b. ~ 1860 Ontario

1.3.3 George Hollinger b. ~ 1862 Ontario

1.3.4 Elizabeth Hollinger b. ~ 1865 Ontario

1.3.5 Harriet Hollinger b. ~ 1869 Ontario

1.3.6 Rosetta Hollinger b. ~ 1873 Ontario

1.3.7 Samuel William Hollinger b. Dec. 4, 1877 Pickering ref. # 020859/77

Mary d. March 7, 1916 Port Burwell, Ont.

1.4 Ellen¹³¹ b. ~ 1838 (22 in 1861 census, )

m. ?

1.4.1 Elizabeth b. ~ 1868 Ontario

1.5 Sarah¹³² b. ~ 1840 (20 in 1861 census, ) (of Reach in 1874)

m. John Grayer (b. ~ 1842, Wilts., England; Alexander, Sophia) of Reach Mar. 3, 1874 Oshawa

ref # 006822/74

1.6 John¹²⁹ b. ~ 1841 (19 in 1861 census)

1.7 Ann Eliza¹⁴⁵ b. Aug. 12, 1846 Toronto bp. Feb. 11, 1847 Toronto

(Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register)

(she is not listed in the 1851 census with this family, died by then?)

John d. March 8, 1871 Whitby, Ontario co., Ontario obituary (Registered as Mar. 12, 1871 ref. # 012878/71)

Elizabeth d. Sept. 8, 1873 Port Perry, Ont. obituary

1851 Census

1861 Census

1871 Census

Michael m.(2) in Ireland before 1820

(only my theory as his first child was Protestant and the following 3, with a 14 year gap, were Catholic)

2. Robert b. Sept. 30, 1820 Queen's co., Ireland

3. Michael b. ~ 1825 Queen's co., Ireland

4. Joseph b. June 15, 1827 Queen's co., Ireland

For the above three son's Family Trees, see The Bowles of Reach twp.

Michael d. May 19, 1872 Raglan, Whitby twp., Ontario co. obituary

His wife d. before 1851

1851 Census

for Michael in 1861 and 1871 census See son Joseph

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