Edith Bowman b. 22 Jun 1887 162 Wellington Street North, Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario

1887 -

Name	Edith Bowman [1]
Nickname	"Eddie"
Birth	22 Jun 1887	162 Wellington Street North, Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario
Gender	Female
Person ID	I14255	All
Last Modified	19 Sep 2007

Father	Reuben S. Bowman, b. 3 Aug 1852, near Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario d. 5 Jan 1918 (Age 65 years)
Mother	Louisa H. Geiger, b. 17 Oct 1852, Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario d. 08 Feb 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age 84 years)
Marriage	30 Dec 1879	Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Notes	Married: Three records/references of the marriage of Reuben Bowman and Louisa Geiger have been located. Information provided in the three sources is not consistent. Marriage record ( view image) certifies that Reuben Bowman of Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario and Louisa Geiger of Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario were married by David B. Sherk, Minister of U.B.C. Waterloo at Berlin on the 30th day of December 1879. Witnesses were ?? Ziegler and Carrie Geiger. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/water79.htm 011197-80 (Waterloo Co) Reuben BOWMAN, 27, carpenter, Canada, Berlin, s/o Joseph BOWMAN & Mary Ann SHOEMAKER married Louisa GEIGER, 27, Canada, Berlin, d/o Jacob & Elizabeth, witn: Albert ZIEGLER & Aaron ERB both of Berlin, 30 December 1879 in Berlin. http://www.waterlooogs.ca/Newspapers/BerlinerJournal1880Marriages.PDF Dec. 23, 1879 - Ruben Baumann and Louise Geiger, both of Berlin, were married by Preacher Baumann of Freeport. Print date Jan. 8, 1880.
Family ID	F3807	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family George Bremner, b. 8 Aug 1888, Scotland

Notes

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/water09.htm

020214-09 (Waterloo Co) George BREMNER, 20, glove cutter, Berlin, s/o George BREMNER & Jennie HENDERSON married Edith BOWMAN, 21, Berlin, d/o Reuben BOWMAN & Louise GEIGER, witn: James BREMNER & Beatrice BOWMAN both of Berlin, 3 February 1909 in Berlin.

Children

	1. Evelyn Bremner, b. 27 Jul 1909, Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario d. date unknown
	2. Dorothy Jean Bremner, b. 27 Feb 1912, Waterloo, Ontario d. date unknown

Family ID F6058 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 8 Mar 2008

Event Map

Birth - 22 Jun 1887 - 162 Wellington Street North, Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario

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Photos » Slide Show		30 Francis Street North, Kitchener, Ontario Family of Reuben Bowman and Louisa Geiger at their home, 30 Francis Street North, Kitchener, Ontario about 1903. Reuben built this home for his growing family in 1889 On balcony: Fred and Clayton Bowman. Below: Louisa, Hilda, Reuben, Dora, Edie (Edith), Gordon, Beatrice, and Ivan.
		Family of Reuben Bowman and Louisa Geiger 1892 Left to right back row: Reuben, Gordon, Beatrice, Clayton, Fred, Louisa. Girl in 'middle' row is Edie (Edith) Bowman. Sitting on floor in front is Dora Bowman. Louisa is pregant with Hilda in this picture.
		Five Bowman Children Left to right: Frederick Bowman, Beatrice Bowman, Edith Bowman, Clayton Bowman, Dora Bowman
		Louisa Geiger and five of her children Left to right are: Gordon Bowman, Hilda Bowman, Ivan Bowman, Louisa Geiger, Dora Bowman, Edith Bowman
		Bremner Family Taken at the Sr. Bremner home on Lancaster Street in Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario. Standing is Edith "Edie" Bowman, Louisa Geiger, Mr. & Mrs Bremner. On steps is George "Doe" Bremner holding Evelyn, Aunt Myrnie, Bill, Jim, Hilda.

Documents

Notes

Source: "Reuben Bowman, His Family" by Fred Bowman 1948

EDITH BOWMAN, the fifth child of Reuben and Louisa Bowman, was born in the old house at the corner of Weber and Wellington Sts., in Berlin, on June 22nd 1887. She attended Agnes St. School and after passing her entrance examination, she went to the Berlin and Waterloo High School, taking a commercial course. After leaving school, she accepted employment with the D. Hibner Company Limited and later on with the C.P.R. telegraph Company.

She is married to George Bremner, a native of Berlin, who was overseas with the 135th Battalion and Fifth Divisional Engineers during the First World War. He is an electrician by trade and after living for some years in Berlin and Waterloo, they moved to Windsor, Ont., where he is employed with the General Motor Company in the capacity of chief maintenance electrician. They have a family of five children, two daughters and three sons.