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2721	Source: "Reuben Bowman, His Family" by Fred Bowman 1948 FREDERICK BOWMAN, the sixth child of Reuben and Louisa Bowman, was born at No. 19 Francis St. (now No. 30 Francis St. North) in Berlin, on October 24th 1889, just a week after the family had moved into the new house. When nine years of age, he had the misfortune of losing the sight of his right eye. He attended Agnes St. School, where he was instructed by such well remembered teachers as Miss Jessie Kaempf, Mr. H. Leslie Staebler and Mr. Richard Reid. After matriculating at the Collegiate Institute, he attended the University of Toronto, from which institution he graduated in civil engineering in 1911. He then joined the staff of the Dominion Bridge Co., of Montreal, with which company he is still connected in the capacity of a bridge erection engineer. In May 1917 he enlisted in the Canadian Railway Troops. He served with this Unit in Northern France, being promoted to commissioned rank shortly before the Armistice. In 1936 he was sent by his employers on loan to a construction company in Australia where he supervised the erection of the Storey Bridge at Brisbane. In 1938, while in Australia, he was married to Alice Carmen Mitchell, a native of Montreal. Returning to Canada in 1940, he was loaned to United Shipyards, supervising the wartime emergency construction of cargo and invasion vessels. They have no children and reside at 5550 Queen Mary Road in Montreal.	Bowman, Frederick (I14256)
2722	Source: "Reuben Bowman, His Family" by Fred Bowman 1948 GORDON BOWMAN, the seventh child of Reuben and Louisa Bowman, was born at No. 30 Francis St. N. in Berlin on September 8th 1891. He attended Agnes St. School and upon passing his entrance examination, he attended the Collegiate Institute. He joined the staff of The Canadian Bank of Commerce in Berlin and was later transferred to Saskatoon, Sask., where he lived for a time in the bank building. Leaving the bank in 1909, he proceeded further west and worked on the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway on their main line through the Yellowhead Pass in the Rockies. In 1910 he returned east and entered the employment of the Dominion Rubber System, learning the trade of pattern maker and rubber shoe designer. He was transferred to their factory at Granby, Que., where he became Plant Superintendant. When the plant at Granby was closed, he was moved to their factory in Kitchener and later was transferred to their plant in Montreal. While living at Granby, he was married to Mildred Wilkin, a native of that town. He died at St. Jerome, Que., on February 3rd 1943 of diabetes, of which ailment he had been suffering for more than twenty years, and is buried in the East End Cemetery in Kitchener.	Bowman, Gordon (I14257)
2723	Source: "Reuben Bowman, His Family" by Fred Bowman 1948 HILDA BOWMAN, the eighth child of Reuben and Louisa Bowman, was born at No. 30 Francis St., Berlin, on October 28th 1894. On selecting a name for this child, which must necessarily begin with the letter H, various names were suggested among which was the name of Hazel. When, however, the hired girl, in pronouncing the name, dropped the H sound and pronounced it “esel”, this being the German word for donkey, the name Hazel immediately became very unpopular and Hilda was selected. She attended Agnes St. School, the Collegiate Institute and the Ontario Normal School at Stratford, where she passed the requirements for teaching in the Public Schools of Ontario. She followed the teaching profession, first in country schools and later in the schools of Kitchener. She was married to Percival Weber Shelley, a son of Jacob C. Shelley, after his return from overseas where he served with the 134th Highlanders and the 15th Battalion, 1st Div. He died on January 4th 1924 of acute endocarditis, a direct outcome of his military service. They had two children, both girls, the mother returning to teaching in order to provide a home and a proper upbringing for her small family. She is now living at No. 21B Krug St. in Kitchener.	Bowman, Hilda (I14258)
2724	Source: "Reuben Bowman, His Family" by Fred Bowman 1948 IVAN BOWMAN, the youngest of the children of Reuben and Louisa Bowman, was born at No. 30 Francis St. in Berlin on August 9th 1896. After attending Agnes St. School, he went to the Collegiate Institute, after which he apprenticed to a druggist in Lachine, Que., intending to study for the profession of pharmacy. Shortly after the war started, however, while on a visit home he enlisted in the 118th Battalion and proceeded overseas. On going to France, he was transferred to the 1st (Western Ontario) Battalion, 1st Div. with which unit he saw action at a number of major engagements on the western front including Paschendaele, Amiens, the breaking of the Hindenburg Line, Bullecourt, Drocourt-Queant Line, Canal du Nord and the march into Germany. On returning home with his battalion in the spring of 1919, he proceeded to Western Canada where he worked on farms for a time, after which he came back to Kitchener, taking a position with a Credit Exchange and Collecting Bureau. In 1928 he decided to go into business for himself and started the Credit Bureau of Waterloo County, which he is still operating. He is married to Vera Catherine Scheifele, a native of Waterloo, and they have three children all boys. They reside at 173 Lydia Street in Kitchener. ------------------------------	Bowman, Ivan (I14259)
2725	Source: "Reuben Bowman, His Family" by Fred Bowman 1948 JOHANN ADAM GEIGER was born on a farm at Sinsheim, a village in Baden, Germany, about fifteen miles south-east of Heidelburg. The name of his father, who died when Johann Adam was still quite young, is not recorded. His mother’s Christian name was Elizabeth and young Johann was raised by his widowed mother. He was first married to Elizabeth Koerber whose mother was a daughter of Johannah Doll. They had three children, namely: Joseph Jacob, Louisa and Elizabeth, all of whom emigrated to Canada in the 1850’s. Joseph Jacob married Elizabeth Hollinger; Louisa married Philip Gmelin and Elizabeth married Frederick Rittinger. After the death of his first wife, Johann Adam married Magdalena Huxsel by whom he had two children; Charles, who came to Canada and shortly afterwards moved to Calumet, Michigan, where he was employed as mason foreman at the Calumet & Hecla Mines; and Marie who married a man named Englefinger and remained in Germany. The brothers and sisters who left Germany surrendered all rights to their share of the family estate at Sinsheim which passed to the youngest daughter Marie. She had one daughter who was married to a man named Fisher. Contact with this family was lost during the first World War.	Geiger, Johann Adam (I21482)
2726	Source: "Reuben Bowman, His Family" by Fred Bowman 1948 REUBEN BOWMAN was born near Berlin (now Kitchener) Ontario, on August 3rd 1852, the son of Joseph C. Bowman and Mary Ann Shoemaker. He spent his boyhood days on the farm of Jacob D. Shoemaker, his maternal grandfather, about two miles southwest of Berlin. Here, under the guidance of this deeply religious, industrious and simple-living Pennsylvania Dutch Mennonite family, were instilled in him those qualities of honesty, diligence and fair dealing which continued a part of his character throughout his life. As a boy, he attended school at Natchez near Doon. For a time he lived with his Uncle George Shoemaker in Woolwich Township where he also attended school. Mr. Solomon Kaufman, a school trustee in Woolwich Township at the time, stated that Reuben was a very attentive and industrious student. Among his teachers were Mr. McIntyre and Mr. Samuel Moyer who afterwards moved to Berlin. When about eighteen years of age he moved to Berlin and worked for a time at the Kaufman Planing Mill, where he acquired that skill as a craftsman in woodworking, which he so successfully applied in the construction of many buildings in the town. About 1872 he went to Red River in Manitoba where he was employed in building settlers’ cabins. During the 1870’s, after returning to Berlin, he went into partnership with Mr. Peter Itter in the operation of a sawmill in Hespeler but as the venture proved a financial failure, the partnership was dissolved after having been in operation for only a few years. In 1880 he went into partnership with Mr. Benjamin Hallman as building contractors, their first and chief contract being the Grand Central Hotel, now the Kitchener Hotel at 101 King St. East. The partnership was dissolved in 1889, after which he carried on a contracting business of his own. He confined his work largely to the carpenter trade and during the following thirty years he handled the carpenter work of such outstanding structures as The First Church of Christ, Scientist at the corner of Water and Francis Streets, the home of the Misses Glick at the corner of Queen and Church Streets, Edward Smyth’s home at the corner of Duke and Young Streets, Robert Smyth’s home at 233 Queen St. North, The Agnes St. School and many others. Reuben and Louisa (Geiger) Bowman had a family of nine children, five sons and four daughters. First, by coincidence, and afterwards by intent, the names of the children follow down through the alphabet from Allen to Ivan. The youngest Ivan, has continued the custom in naming his children with names beginning with J. K. and L. It is interesting to note that all of the children of Reuben and Louisa Bowman, who have daughters, have named one of them Louise, after the grand-mother. The grandchildren are now also largely following this practice. A unique family institution is the so-called Bowman chain letter. This letter was started on its rounds I 1917 at the time when two of the brothers were serving in the army in France. It consists of letters from each member of the family, addressed to all, and may include newspaper clippings or photographs, old or new, or any other matter which may be of interest to the family as a whole. It travels to each member of the family in a fixed sequence, each one removing his or her previous contribution and replacing with new material before sending it on its way. The letter is now in its thirtieth year of travel and shows no sign of losing its interest or popularity.	Bowman, Reuben S. (I14249)
2727	Source: "Reuben Bowman, His Family" by Fred Bowman 1948 The Tysons came to America from Germany. Reynier Tyson crossed the ocean and settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania, about the year 1692. Cornelius Tyson came from Crefeld, Germany, and settled in Germantown in 1703. Thus we find that the Tysons were among the earliest of the Mennonite families to cross the ocean. All the Tysons who settled in Pennsylvania and whose descendants emigrated to Upper Canada were descended from either of the above named gentlemen but to trace the true line of descent is impossible at this date. The names of five, all of one family, are recorded, namely: Mary, Esther, Catherine, Isaac and John. They are probably grandchildren of one of the above pioneers. Mary Tyson, was born on April 7th 1752. She was married to Jacob Shoemaker by whom she had five children. She died on July 12th 1803.	Tyson, Mary Nash (I04570)
2728	Source: Eau Claire Daily Telegram 4, 5 Apr 1957 p2 Gilbertson Services Scheduled Saturday Funeral services for Margaret A. Gilbertson, widow of the late Elmer G. Gilbertson, 608 Sum.... will be held Saturday at 1:30pm at St. .... Lutheran Church. The Rev. Roy B. Schmeichel will officiate and interment will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. She died Thursday morning at Luther Hospital. She had been a lifetime resident here and was a postal clerk at the substation on N. Barstow St. Surviving are a son, [...]; three brothers, Norman and Edward Burkart, Eau Claire and Gerhart Burkart of Chippewa Falls, and a sister, Mrs. Shirl Dick, Columbia City, Ind. Friends may call at Stokes and Sons Chapel from noon today until noon Saturday. The casket will not be open at the church.	Burkart, Margaret (I32897)
2729	Source: Eau Claire Leader 19 Jun 1961 p2 Mrs. Johanna Gilbertson Dies Mrs. Johanna Gilbertson, 81, of 515 Forest St., died Sunday. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Gale Gunderson and Mrs. Everett Baker and Gladys, Eau Claire, and four sons, Lester, Rice Lake, Vernon, Eau Claire, Howard, Chippewa Falls and [...], 23 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church and the Ladies Aid, the Luther hospital guild and the Sons of Norway. Funeral services will be held at First Lutheran Wednesday at 1:30pm, the Rev. Philip Natwick officiating. Burial will be in the North Side Lutheran cemetery.	Olson, Johanna Caroline (I10255)
2730	Source: Eau Claire Leader 6 Oct 1942 p2 Custodian of Public Schools Dies After Short Illness; Had Served the City for 44 Years George Gilbertson, 74, for the past 44 years employed by the board of education in the public school system and for the past 22 years supervising custodian, died at 1:40am Monday at his home, 515 Forest Street. He had been in good health until about two months ago when he suffered a stroke and was confined to his bed. Mr. Gilbertson was born in Norway October 29, 1867. He came to the United States 54 years ago and for about five years was employed in lumber camps near Eagle River. He then came to Eau Claire and after working a few years at different jobs became janitor of the Eighth ward school in September, 1898. At that time the Eighth ward school was in the building at corner of Williams and N. Barstow streets now serving as an apartment house. All schools in the city at that time were heated with wood-burning furnaces and duties of janitors included sawing and splitting wood as well as keeping up a hot fire during winter months. Mr. Gilbertson kept abreast of all changes in methods and equipment through the years as heating systems changed to coal and then to stokers and buildings were modernized. For the many years he was in charge of janitors in all the public schools he supervised maintenance and repairs, kept account of supplies and saw to it buildings were in order and janitor work functioning properly. He became known through the years to a large share of the population .. many years. He was in charge of janitors in all the public schools he supervised maintenance and repairs, kept account of supplies and saw to it buildings were in order and janitor work functioning properly. He became known through the years to a large share of the population of Eau Claire and had an unusually large circle of friends. Fishing and hunting was his favorite recreation. Mr. Gilbertson was the father of 12 children, two daughters dying in infancy and a son, Harold, and a daughter, Helen, dying later in life. He is survived by his wife, Johanna; five sons, Elmer G., of Eau Claire, Lester of Rice Lake, Vernon of Eau Claire, Howard with U.S. army Signal Corps stationed in Hawaii, and [...] with U.S. Marines at San Diego, Calif., and three daughters, Mrs. L. Wendt, Gladys and Ione, all of Eau Claire. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Members of the board of education and others voice high esteem of Mr. Gilbertson as a citizen who will be generally missed. "In the years I have been here Mr. Gilbertson had never been absent from work for a day until his last illness," Supt. A. T. Stolen said. "His first interest was in his job and in schools of Eau Claire and to them he gave unselfish service. He was an efficient employee and highly regarded by his employers and by all who knew him. During his long service he became a fixed part of our institutions and his loss is deeply regreted." Oscar Loken, president of the board of education, also paid tribute to Mr. Gilbertson as a valuable employee and expressed sincere regret. "Mr. Gilbertson was more than employee, he was a staunch friend of school board members," said Mr. Loken, a veteran member of the board.	Gilbertson, Jorgen "George" (I02028)
2731	Source: Ezra Eby book Daniel Cressman, "the second son of old Nicholaus Cressman, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, October 25th, 1762. In 1787 he was married to Esther, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Hoch) Bechtel. She was born July, 1766. They resided in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he was accidentally killed by a heavy laden waggon passing over his body, March 1st, 1795. To him and his wife were born three children, namely:...The widow, in 1804, was again married to Philip Bliehm (See Philip Bliehm's family) and in May, 1806, they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County where she died."	Cressman, Daniel (I07785)
2732	Source: Ezra Eby book Hannes Schiedel, "the ancestor of all the Schiedels of this county, was born in Wurtenberg, Germany, about the year 1775. In 1815 he with his wife and family emigrated to America and settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where they died, leaving a family (since writing the above it has been ascertained that here were two more sons, viz: Jacob and Frederick who remained in Pennsylvania) of several children. The names of two of the sons were John and Martin who were the only members of the family that settled in Canada.	Schiedel, Hannes (I07768)
2733	Source: Ezra Eby book John Cressman, "the third in family, was born December 23rd, 1821. On November 12th, 1844, he was married to Catharine Schiedel who was born November 21st, 1825. After their marriage they moved on his father's farm near Breslau where he died January 28th, 1845."	Cressman, John (I07164)
2734	Source: Ezra Eby book Joseph Reist, "the tenth member of John and Susannah (Huber) Reist's family, was born near Lititz, in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, July 12th, 1809. In the beginning of May, 1826, he, in company with his parents and their family, David Martin and family, Jacob Latschaw and family, Emanuel Stauffer and family, and Henry Ernst and family, left Pennsylvania and moved to Canada. They arrived at Berlin, at Rev. Benjamin Eby's place, on May 26th of the same year. His parents located on the farm now owned by Henry Stroh, near Bridgeport, where they resided until March 1827, when they took up lot No. 102, German Company's Tract, near where now Kossuth is. Here they resided until their deaths. On April 17th, 1838, he was married to Magdalena, daughter of Gloth and Elizabeth (Miller) Miller. She was born December 17th, 1823, and died April 25th, 1886. After their marriage he took possession of his father's farm and has resided thereon ever since. They had a family of eleven children, of whom the greater number died in infancy.	Reist, Joseph (I07747)
2735	Source: Ezra Eby book Nicolaus Cressman, "the progenitor of this numerous family, was a native of Switzerland from which place he emigrated to America at a very early date. He settled in Limerick County, Pennsylvania, where he resided until his death. His family consisted of several children, all of whom settled in Limerick, Montgomery, and Chester Counties. His youngest son's name was Nicolaus who was born soon after his parents' arrival in America.(From the late Isaac B. Tyson of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania). All efforts made to ascertain to whom he was married proved fruitless, neither can the exact date of his birth be given. Tradition has it that he was born in 1727, and died a middle aged man. His family consisted of several sons and daughters. The names of three of the sons have been obtained, namely: Nicolaus, John and Daniel. (Nicolaus was the eldest in family and only half-brother to John and Daniel). Of the others no information has been received."	Cressman, Nicolaus (I07786)
2736	Source: Ezra Eby Revived (Research):THE FOLLOWING OBITUARY, FOUND IN THE JAN. 1, 1890 EDITION OF THE HERALD OF TRUTH IS THE KEY PIECE OF INFORMATION WHICH DISPROVES EZRA EBY'S ASSERTION THAT RUDOLPH'S GRANDFATHER WAS HEINRICH, SON OF GREGORIUS. THIS OBITUARY MAKES THE CASE FOR THIS RUDOLPH'S GRANDFATHER BEING RUDOLPH DETTWEILER THE SON OF MELCHIOR DETTWEILER Herald of Truth, Vol. XXVII, Number 1, January 1, 1890 - page 13, 14, 15 Detweiler, aged 82 years, 4 months and 6 days. He was born on the 9th of August 1807 in Montgomery Co., Pa. HIS FATHER AND GRANDFATHER WERE ALSO CALLED RUDOLPH. He was married on the 8th of July 1832 to Susan Bingeman who now survives him, but who is much afflicted and entirely helpless. They had 6 sons and 8 daughters, all of whom except one, are living, and there were 63 grandchildren, 47 living, and 14 great-grandchildren-3 living. May God bless the aged widowed sister and her children in their bereavement. Upper case letters added.	Dettweiler, Rudolph W. (I11699)
2737	Source: http://ebybook.region.waterloo.on.ca/getperson.php?personID=I22402&tree=Eby Rudolph Detweiler," the third in family, was born August 9th, 1807, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was married to Susannah Bingeman who was born February 5th, 1812, died April 5th, 1892, Shortly after their marriage they moved on a farm near Bloomingdale where they resided until his death which took place December 15th, 1889.	Dettweiler, Rudolph W. (I11699)
2738	Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~births/Har_Haz_Surnames.htm 032993-85 (Simcoe Co) HASTINGS, Milton Berkley, m, b. July 6, 1885, father – James HASTINGS, carpenter, mother - Mary Jane ROSS, infm – James Hastings, Midland.	Hastings, Milton Berkley (I05517)
2739	Source: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/carrick2.htm Rueber, Henry: Port Elgin,to Mathara LIESEMER, Carrick (Peter/Wilhemina) Aug 16, 1892	Family: Henry Martin Reiber / Martha Liesemer (F4882)
2740	Source: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/grey00.htm unnumbered-00 (Grey Co): John McDOWELL, 71, widower, Co. Cavan Ireland, Dundalk, s/o Samuel McDOWELL & Mary Ann STEPHENS, married Charlotte Elizabeth MATTHEWS, 23, Evansville Ind. USA, Toronto, d/o John James MATTHEWS & Charlotte E. WESTON, witnesses were Peter McGREGOR & Henry DAVID, both of Dundalk, Feb. 1, 1900 at Dundalk.	Family: John McDowell / Charlotte Elizabeth Matthews (F4264)