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The Bowles of Artemesia township, Grey county

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Map of Artemesia township in 1880
 
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Artemesia
 

There seem to have been a couple of different unrelated Bowles families which settled in Artemesia township.

Samuel Bowles was born in Peel county, Ontario where he married and had 5 children.  The family moved to Artemesia in 1879.
 
From “Split Rail Country – A History of Artemesia Township”
Pg. 286
“In 1879 Samuel James Bowels Sr. and his wife Ann (Morrow) and a family of 2 boys and four girls drove 4 head of cattle, seven pigs and a team of horses from Albion Township.  They arrived at the top of Bowles Hill in the Fall of 1879.  Mrs. Bowels came from the county of Mayo in Ireland in the year of the potato famine, arriving in Muddy York (Toronto) at the age of 11.  She was hired as a domestic working for her clothes and food.  She married Samuel Bowels Sr. when she was 16.  At first they lived on a farm near Palgrave in Albion Township and their children were born there: Samuel James Jr., George, Barbara, Maggie, Kate and Martha.”
 
Samuel James Bowles b. Jan. 28,1832 Albion twp, Peel co.
m. Anne Morrow (b. July 12, 1837; co. Mayo, Ireland) ~1853 (b. 1832 on headstone inscription)
farmed Con. 14 Lot 23 Artemesia
See some Census records for this family
 
1.      Barbara Bowles b. ~ 1860 Albion, Peel co.
m.     John Freeman (b. ~ 1857 Artemesia; Simon, Mary) May 27, 1880 Markdale, Ont.
ref. # 003532/80
2.      George Bowles b. Jan. 29, 1863 Peel co.
m. Margaret Speers (b. Apr. 10, 1865; Ont.) Census
2.1  William S. Gordon Bowles b. Sept. 19, 1895 Artemesia, Ont.   ref # 009177/95
m. Elizabeth Emma Walton (b. 1894)
2.1.1  Anna Bowles (lived Markdale)
2.1.2  Lorna Bowles m. Cecil Wilson (lived Owen Sound)
William d. 1964 Markdale, Grey co.
Elizabeth d. 1984 Markdale, Grey co.
2.2  James Lawson Bowles b. Nov. 1, 1897 Ont.
2.3  George Edgar Bowles b. Aug. 27, 1899 Ont.
2.4  Elwood Bowles b. Feb. 1902 (per 1911 census)
2.5  Mary Bowles b. Apr. 1904 (per 1911 census)
 
 
  George and Margaret Bowles (front center)
  with their children (left to right)
  Lawson, Mary, Edgar, Elwood and William
  about 1920.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.      Margaret Ann Bowles b. Sept. 15, 1866 Albion, Peel co.
m. William John Holley (b. Nov. 12, 1862 Vandeleur, Ont.), mason; lived from 1900 in Holland twp.
3.1  Margaret Holley b. Oct. 20, 1903 Euphrasia  ref. # 015903/03
William d. June 12, 1942 Holland Centre, Ont.
Margaret Ann d. ~ 1957
4.      Catherine Elizabeth Bowles b. ~ 1867 Peel co.
m. H. Samuel Warling
5.      Samuel James Bowles b. Jan. 29, 1869; Albion twp., Peel co.
m. Agnes Ann (Annie) McDougall (b. Aug. 1879) Feb. 18, 1903 Priceville   ref # 008361/03
5.1  Amos Bowles m. Margaret Montgomery
5.2  Angus Bowles b. Feb. 1908
m. Violet Fitzsimmons
5.2.1  Brian Douglas Bowles m. Leona Brown
5.2.2  Robert Lee Bowles m. Elizabeth Firth
5.2.3  Sharon Elaine Bowles m. Wayne Ludlow
Lived at Vandeleur Corner
5.2.4  James Samuel Bowles m. Lesley McGee
Lived on Bowles Bluff Road, Artemesia twp.
5.3  Gertrude Bowles m. John Rose
5.4  John Bowles m. Mary Summers
5.4.1  Isabel Bowles m. Art Jeffery
5.4.1.1  Blaine Jeffery
5.4.1.2  Melinda Jeffery
5.5  William Bowles m. Mary Burrell
Samuel James d. Feb. 7, 1931 (age 68) bur. Vandeleur cemetery, Artemesia, Grey co. memorial stone
Agnes d. May 19, 1966 (age 89) bur. Vandeleur cemetery, Artemesia, Grey co.
1911 Census
 
6.    An infant son born Aug. 7, 1870 died Aug. 17, 1870 of infant cholera ref # 009663/70
7.   Martha Jane Bowles b. Nov. 23, 1876 Albion twp., Peel co.
m. John James Bennett (b. ~1877 Holland Center, Ont; William, Mary Ann Frazer)
      Apr. 9, 1902 Artemesia, Ont.   ref #007455/02
7.1  Stewart Bennett
7.2  Charlotte Bennett
7.3  George Bennett
7.4  Margaret Bennett
7.5  William John Bowles Bennett b. Nov. 23, 1918 Markdale
d. Oct. 6, 1942 England bur. Witten, Birmingham, England
Samuel d. Feb. 25, 1906 (age 74) bur. Vandeleur cemetery, Artemesia, Grey co. memorial stone
Ann d. 1927  (in 1911 census living with son Samuel) bur. Vandeleur cemetery, Artemesia, Grey co.

William Bowles, a tailor, arrived from England before 1833 and married Sarah Anne in Quebec where they had 4 children. 

See a possible Census record for them in Quebec City.

Between 1842 and 1849 they moved to Artemesia.  The earliest records list this family as Bowles but later as Bowler and by the 1900's exclusively as Bowler.

William Bowles b. ~ 1811 England
m. Sarah Anne (b. Oct. 18, 1818 Quebec; maiden name: Smith?) ~ 1833
See some Census references for this family.
 
1. Anne Bowles b. ~ 1834 Quebec
2.  William Smith Bowles b. Mar. 11, 1840  Quebec  Census
m. Wilmet Williams (b. July 2, 1841  England; John, Catherine) Feb. 15, 1858 Artemesia
2.1  Julia Bowles b. 1858 Ontario
m. David Graham July 1, 1878 Markdale, Grey co. ref. #003186/78
2.2  John Bowles  b. 1860 Ontario
2.3  William Bowles b. 1866
2.4  Ida Bowles b. Sept. 24, 1872
2.5  Robert Joseph Roland b. Mar. 11, 1873 (1874 in 1901 census) Artemesia
 
William and Wilmet had a grandchild Charles W. Bowler living with them in 1901 census (the child of either John or William??)
 
3.  Esther Bowles b. ~ 1839 Quebec
4.  John Bowles b. Sept. 6, 1849 (1901 census) 1842 (most other records) Quebec
m. Margaret Shields (b. July 30, 1851 (1901 Census) or 1846, Ireland; Charles, Mary) Census
Dec. 28, 1864 Artemesia (Wesleyan Methodist Registry)
4.1  Charlotte Bowles b. 1868, Artemesia
4.2  Mary Bowles b. July 25, 1870 Artemesia (Wesleyan Methodist Registry)
4.3  Clara Bowles b. Sept. 17, 1872 (Sept. 20, 1877 in 1901 census) Artemesia
(Wesleyan Methodist Registry)
4.4  William Bowles b. July 15, 1881 Ontario
4.5  Mabel Bowles b. Feb. 16, 1888 Ontario
 
5.  Joshua Bowles b. July 25, 1851  Ontario
m. Maria (b. Aug. 7, 1854 Ont.) ~ 1877 Census
5.1  William Bowles b. Mar. 2, 1878 Ont.
5.2  John A. Bowles b. June 15, 1883 Ont.
5.3  Roy A. Bowles b. June 7, 1887 Ont.
5.4  Media Bowles b. Aug. 20, 1889 Ont.
5.5  Arnold H. Bowles b. Dec. 15, 1891 Ont.
 
6.  Mary Bowles b. July 14, 1854 Artemesia (Methodist registry)
 
7.  Charles Wesley Bowles b. Aug. 29, 1856 Ontario
m. Esther (b. July 13, 1862 Ont.)  ~ 1881 Census
7.1  Annie M. Bowles b. Feb. 24, 1882 Artemesia
7.2  Gordon Bowles b. Oct. 11, 1886 Artemesia
7.3  Harold Bowles b. Apr. 2, 1888 Artemesia
7.4  Ruby Bowles b. Mar. 13, 1892 Artemesia
7.5  Mary Bowles b. Nov. 8, 1895 Artemesia
7.6  Amelia Bowles b. Dec. 9, 1897 Artemesia
7.7  Myrtle Bowles b. July 13, 1900 Artemesia
 
8.  Sophia Bowles b. ~ 1858 Ontario
 
?.  Margaret b. ~ 1854 Ontario (but appears last in 1861 census records, a relation?)
 
William d. after 1871 census but before 1901 census
Anne d. after 1901 census
 
 
Another William Bowles, also a tailor (somehow related to the above William?), arrived at Artemesia from England with his wife and one child about 1842.
 
This family is also recorded sometimes as Bowles and sometimes as Bowler.
 
William Bowles b. ~ 1809 England
m. Hannah (b. ~1807) ~ 1840 England
See a Census record for this family
 
1.      Eliza Bowles b. ~ 1841 England
2.      Robert Bowles b. ~1843 Ontario
3.      William Bowles b. ~1846 Ontario
4.      Joseph Bowles b. Aug. 20, 1850 Proton, Ontario (reg. as Bowler) Census
m. Margaret (b. Mar 31, 1860; Ont.) ~ 1877
4.1  William K. Bowles b. Sept. 24, 1878 Ont.
4.2  Joseph A. Bowles b. May 2, 1880 Ont.
4.3  Francis G. Bowles b. Dec. 14, 1881 Ont.
4.4  James S. Bowles b. Oct. 2, 1884 Ont.
4.5  Ivan N. Bowles b. Mar. 16, 1886 Ont.
4.6  Flora A. Bowles b. Mar. 16, 1886 Ont. (twins)
4.7  Burley Bowles b. Aug. 26, 1890 Ont.
4.8  Emma Bowles b. Aug. 15, 1892 Ont.
5.      Francis Bowles b. ~1849 Ontario

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