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 1891 - 1943 (51 years)
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| Name |
Gordon Bowman [1] |
| Birth |
8 Sep 1891 |
30 Francis Street North (initial house address was 19 Francis Street), Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
3 Feb 1943 |
St. Jerome, Quebec |
| Burial |
East End Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario |
| Person ID |
I14257 |
All |
| Last Modified |
13 Oct 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.
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| Family ID |
F3807 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos
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 | 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.
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 | Gordon Bowman and Frederick Bowman about 1998
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 | Gordon Bowman
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 | 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.
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 | Louisa Geiger and five of her children
Left to right are:
Gordon Bowman, Hilda Bowman, Ivan Bowman, Louisa Geiger, Dora Bowman, Edith Bowman
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 | Gordon Bowman and Dora Bowman
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| Notes |
- 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.
Died:
- Memorial from undated newspaper article
Final Tribute Paid
Late G. Bowman
Many friends and business associates paid final tribute to Gordon Bowman, of the footwear construction and development division, Dominion Rubber Company, Limited, at the funeral this afternoon at the chapel of G. Armstrong & Co. Inc, 3426 Park Avenue. Mr. Bowman died suddenly in his 52nd year.
A native of Kitchener, Ont., Mr. Bowman started in the rubber footwear business in 1913 at the company's Merchants Factory, Kitchener, Ont, transferring in 1918 to their Granby Factory at Granby, Que., becoming superintendent in 1919. In 1927 he was put in charge of the company's footwear pattern school in Montreal, transferring to footwear construction in 1929.
He is survived by his wife, the former Mildred Olive Wilkin, two brothers and four sisters.
- Obituary from undated newspaper
BOWMAN - Suddenly, at St. Jerome, P.Q. on February 3rd, 1943. Gordon Bowman, beloved husband of Mildred Olive Wilkin in his 51st year. Funeral service at the Armstrong Chapel, 3426 Park Avenue, on Friday, February 5th at 2 p.m.
GORDON BOWMAN - Gordon Bowman of Montreal, a former resident of Kitchener, dropped dead at St. Jerome, Que., on Wednesday. He was 50 years of age. Born in Kitchener, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Rueben Bowman. He is survived by his wife; three brothers, Clayton, Kindersley Sask; Fred, Montreal, and Ivan, Kitchener, and fours sisters, Mrs. Beatrice Bowman, Kitchener; Mrs. Fred Holman, Stratford; Mrs. George Bremner, Windsor, and Mrs. Hilda Shelley, Kitchener. The funeral will be held in Montreal, Que.
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