See also
The Bowles Family of
Quebec City and The Bowles
Family of county Laois, Ireland in New Orleans
If my line is not your Bowles
please see The Bowles in Louisiana
and The Bowles in New Orleans
The names shown as links (the names
which are underlined and in blue) are the members of the Bowles
family who emigrated from Ireland, first settled in Quebec City,
Canada and then moved on to New Orleans. The two in red are
their Taylor half-sisters who accompanied Robert and Joseph Bowles
from Quebec City in 1835.
For where this branch fits into the previous
generations see
The Bowles of Ballickmoyler, Ireland Family Tree where John is at 1.4.1
John Bowles b. ~ 1782
Ballickmoyler, co. Laois, Ireland (parents were likely Joseph
Bowles and Ann Tunstead)
m. Elizabeth Dickson of St Peter parish, Dublin July 25, 1808 St
Peters Dublin
1. Thomas
Bowles b. July 4, 1809 Ballickmoyler, Queens county, Ireland
bp. Aug. 2, 1809
Castletown-Killabban, Queens county, Ireland
Thomas d. Jan. 16, bur. Jan. 17,
1825 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
2.
Joseph S. Bowles b. Feb. 12, 1811 Ireland (he's not in
Castletown register, so was likely born in Carlow)
m.(1) Sarah Winson 1834 St. James
Methodist, Montreal, Quebec
Sarah d. Aug. 6, 1846 New
Orleans bur.Aug. 9, 1846 Poydras Street M. E. Church, New Orleans
obit
m.(2) Sarah Lock (formerly
Harding) (b. ~ 1824 England) marr. lic. issued Mar. 11, 1848 New
Orleans
2.0 Frances L. (Lock) Bowles b. ~
April 1846 New Orleans
(assumed to be Sarah Lock's child
by her previous marriage)
Frances d. Oct. 10, 1850 San
Francisco (dropsy) (age 4 years, 6 mos.) bur. Yerba Buena cemetery
(they moved to California in 1849
just before Frances' death)
2.1
Albert H. Bowles b. ~ 1852 California
(accidentally burned to death in a kitchen fire at age 4)
d. July 31, 1856 Union,
Calif.
ref.
2.2
Josephine Bowles b. ~ 1854 California (living with mother in
1870 Census)
2.3
Harris Harding (Henry) Bowles b. June 21, 1856 Forest
City, California (June 20, 1857 per his obit)
d. Oct. 1, 1879 San Francisco
2.4
Philip Ernest Bowles b. Oct. 23, 1858 Arcata, Humboldt county,
Calif.
m. Mary Amanda McNear (b. Nov. 21, 1860 Petaluma, Calif; George,
Amanda) Nov. 15, 1883 Oakland, Alameda, Calif.
(she donated the
Bowles Hall dormitory to the Berkeley Campus of the University
of California in her husband's honor after his death)
2.4.1 Philip Ernest Bowles Jr. b. Sept. 30, 1884 Oakland
m. Jessie N Jackson 1913 Kern, Calif.
2.4.1.1 Mary Amanda Bowles b. 1919
Ernest d. 1925 Berkeley, Alameda, Calif.
2.4.2 George McNear Bowles b. Oct. 5, 1887 Oakland
m. Beatrice Sarah Nickel (b. Dec. 5, 1892 Menlo Park, Calif; James
Leroy, Nellie Miller) Apr. 17, 1917 San Francisco, Calif.
2.4.2.1 Henry Miller Bowles b. Feb. 14, 1918 San Francisco,
Calif.
Henry Miller d. Nov. 7, 1981 San Rafael, Marin county, Calif.
2.4.2.2 Amy Lawrence b. Dec. 1, 1920 San Francisco, Calif. d.
1967 Minnesota
2.4.2.3 George McNear Bowles Jr. b. Aug. 5, 1929 Can
Francisco, Calif.
George d. June 6, 2005 San Francisco
George d. Aug. 18, 1937 San Francisco, Calif.
2.4.3 Amy Margaret Bowles b. Feb. 17, 1890 Oakland
m. Hiram Warren Johnson Jr. (b. Aug. 10, 1886 Sacramento; Hiram
Warren Sr, Minnie McNeal) May 29, 1912 Alameda
2.4.3.1 Hiram Johnson III b. Jan. 16, 1914 Calif.
2.4.3.2 Philip Bowles Johnson b. Oct. 23, 1915
Amy d. Sept. 7, 1918 Alameda county, Calif.
Hiram d. Jan. 10, 1959 San Francisco
2.4.4 Robert Harding Bowles b. Oct. 17, 1895 Oakland
m. Ethel (b. ca. 1898 Kentucky)
Robert Harding d. Apr. 11, 1948 San Francisco, Calif.
Philip d. Jan. 20, 1926 Alameda, Calif.
bio
Mary d. Jan. 25, 1935 San Francisco
Joseph d. July 29, 1859 Union,
California (age 48 yrs. 5 mos. 17 days)
ref.
Sarah m.(2) Henri Gras April 16,
1867 Santa Clara, Calif. (the 1860 Census shows that he was a
Physician in Union township)
Sarah d. Jan. 19, 1881 San Francisco
Henri d. 1886 San Francisco (California Funeral Home records
1835-1931, Family Search)
1840 Census
1860
Census
1870 Census
3.
Jane Bowles b. Dec. 8, 1812 Ballickmoyler, Queens county,
Ireland
bp. Dec. 26, 1812
Castletown-Killabban, Queens county, Ireland
m. John W. McGaughy May 14, 1829
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, Quebec City
ref
(John was a Private in the 79th
Highland Regiment in 1829, stationed at Ft. Henry in Kingston
1830-31, listed as a Sergeant in 1836)
3.1 Elizabeth (Lizzie)
Harriet McGaughy b. Feb. 27, 1830 Kingston, Ont.
m. Lucius Manilus Merritt (b. July
24, 1824 Mass.) Nov. 4, 1852 New Orleans
4 children (Adelaide, Erastus,
Lucius Jr., John)
Elizabeth d. Dec. 17, 1868 New
Orleans
 Lucius
d. Jan. 14, 1893 Pensacola, Fl.
3.2 Adelaide (Addie)
Harriet McGaughy b. Sept. 22, 1833 Quebec Garrison Church
note
m. Erastus H. Harris (b. Nov. 7,
1823 Cheshire, NH) Dec. 4, 1855 New Orleans
(note: Erastus Harris was a partner in the commercial firm of W. S. Wright and Co.)
(Adelaide was a founder of the New Orleans Home for Incurables in 1892)
ref
children:Thomas Moulton Harris (1856-7), Warren Stone Harris (1857-1866), John Adams Harris (1859-1939), Lucius Merritt Harris (1861-1933), Jane Bowles Harris (1863-5), Isabella Harris (ca. 1867-1916), Adelaide (Addie) Harris (1872-aft. 1940), Edith Harris (1876-1964).
per
Wendy Pitre Roostan
(2 sons and 3 daughters living at
her death in 1907, see Obituary)
Erastus d. Jan. 12, 1883 New
Orleans
Addie d. Jan. 6, 1907 New Orleans (both buried in the Harris tomb in Lafayette Cemetery, New
Orleans)
3.3 George Edmund McGaughy b.
Apr. 25, 1836 Quebec
ref.
3.4 John (Jack) Robert
Durham McGaughy b. May 29, 1838 Quebec
ref. ref
m. Elizabeth C. Storm (b. Jan. 7,
1844) ~ 1866
Jack d. Dec. 13, 1893 Pensacola,
Fl.
Ref
Elizabeth d. Jan. 30, 1902
Pensacola, Fl.
3.5 William B. McGaughy b. ~
1842 New York
m. Mollie (b. ~ 1847, MS)
5 children in 1880 Census: Harry,
Jennie, Snowden, William B., George T.)
William d. June 15, 1883
1880 Census
3.6 George McGaughy b. ~ 1844
Mass. d. aft. 1861
John d. betw. 1845 and 1850
(the family appears first in New
Orleans in the 1850 Census in which Jane is listed as a widow)
Jane d. Aug. 13, 1881 Pensacola,
Fl.
Ref.
1850 Census
1860 Census
4.
Elizabeth Bowles b. Oct. 12, 1814 Ballickmoyler, Queens
county, Ireland
bp. Nov. 12, 1814
Castletown-Killabban, Queens county, Ireland
(the only likely reference we have
for Eliza in Canada is the baptism of Jane's daughter Adelaide in
1833 in which Jane signed as a proxy for Eliza as the child's
godmother; see 3.2 above)
 
5.
Robert Henry
Bowles b. Feb. 15, 1817 Ballickmoyler, Queens county, Ireland
bp. Mar. 2, 1817
Castletown-Killabban, Queens county, Ireland
m.(1) Elizabeth Ann Cook (b. ~
1824 Ohio) Oct. 9, 1845 New Orleans
(probably at the Moreau St. Church
(Meth. E. C.))
(see also
Robert H. Bowles' Children)
5.1 Henry Taylor Bowles b.
Oct. 9, 1846 New Orleans
ref. d. Jan. 11, 1858 NO
ref.
5.2 Francis Watkins Bowles b.
Aug. 1848 d. Feb. 5, 1851 Pattersonville, Attakapas (age 2 years and
6 months)
ref.
Elizabeth Ann d. Nov. 28, 1852 (age
27 or 29)
ref.
m.(2) Orleania H. (Nettie)
Bennett (b. ~ 1841 New Orleans; Benjamin, Emiline)
Mar. 19, 1859 New Orleans
5.3 Anna (Annie) Ong
Bowles b. June 1860
m. James M. Flinn (b. April 23,
1843, Brunswick, GA) Sept. 4, 1883 New Orleans
ref.
(Anna was a music teacher and James
was a steamboat Captain and later a Harbor Master)
(no children)
James d. July 11, 1911 Pensacola,
FL
Annie d. Mar. 18, bur. 20, 1935
Pensacola, FL
(both buried at St. John's Historic
Cemetery)
5.4 Henry Belmont Bowles b. ~
Nov. 1860, New Orleans (per 1900 Census) 
m. Louise Marie Guerin (b. Feb. 20,
1869 New Orleans; Morinville Jean, Rose L. E. Jung)
Feb. 7, 1891 New Orleans
ref.
5.4.1 Louise G. Bowles b. and
d. June 5, 1892 New Orleans
5.4.2 Henry (Harry)
Bertrand Bowles b. Oct.2, 1896 New Orleans
m. Irene Bienvenue (b. Oct. 18,
1898 St. Martinville, LA; Eugene, Alice) Dec. 27, 1920 St.
Martinville, LA
ref.
5.4.2.1 Doris Bowles b. ~
1922
5.4.2.2 Mildred Bowles b. ~
1924
Harry d. Aug. 20, 1958 Castle
Shannon, Pennsylvania
5.4.3 Lillian Louise Bowles
b. June 19, 1898 New Orleans
m. Frank Otto Janzen (b. Oct. 23,
1902, Mountain Lake, MN; John, Katherine Epp Schultz) Aug. 26, 1935
Lafayette, LA
5.4.3.1 living (adopted)
5.4.3.2 living (adopted)
Lillian d. July 18, 1994 Fergus
Falls, MN
5.4.4 Sidney Joseph Bowles b.
Aug. 19, 1900 New Orleans
m. Lula Belle May (b. Nov. 27, 1906
Franklin, St. Mary's parish, LA; Charles, Delia Cotter)
5.4.4.1 living
Sidney Joseph d. Dec. 1984
Lafayette, LA
Lula Belle d. July 3, 1997
Carencro, LA
Henry Belmont Bowles d. Sept. 17,
1904 New Orleans
ref. 
Louise d. Nov. 5, 1944 Fergus
Falls, MN (home of her daughter Lillian)
1900 Census
5.5 Stonewall Jackson Bowles
b. July 6, 1863 New Orleans
m. Minnie Manser (b. July 1862;
Thomas, Elizabeth) June 23, 1886 Mobile, Alabama
5.5.1 Anita Elizabeth Bowles
b. July 26, 1892 Mobile, Alabama 
m. William Ekin Birch (b. 1893
Louisville, KY) Aug. 9, 1917 Bronx, NY
children:
Silvia
Matilda Birch
(O'Brien),
Patrick Octavius Manser
Birch,
John Harford Birch,
Robert Lewis Birch,Thomas
Tarkington Birch,
Rose Isolda Birch
(Buckland),
Mary Frances Birch
(died young),
Anita Elizabeth "Betty"
Birch
(never married) and William Ekin
Birch
II
Anita d. Sept. 1965 Dade co.,
Florida
William Ekin d. 1968
5.5.2 Edward Manser Bowles b.
Jan. 19, 1904 Orleans parish
Edward d. Nov. 13, 1978 bur. Feb.
22, 1979 Calverton, NY
ref.
Minnie d. Oct. 29, 1909 Mobile,
Alabama
Stonewall d. Dec. 28, bur. 31, 1934
Pensacola, FL
5.6 Roberta Lee Bowles b.
1866 New Orleans d. Oct. 5, 1866 New Orleans
ref.
5.7 Thomas A. Bowles b. ~
1867 New Orleans
m. Alice J. Michel (b. Aug. 23,
1870; Paul, Emilie) Mar. 31, 1894 New Orleans
ref.
5.7.1 Earl Alonzo Bowles b.
Jan. 13, 1895
ref.
m. Mary Louise (b. ~ 1906 Florida)
(lived 2639 Green St.,
Jacksonville, Fl. in 1935 and 1945 Florida State Census; he was in
Banking)
Earl d. Mar. 23, 1972 Jacksonville,
FL
ref.
5.7.2 Lionel Thomas Bowles b.
Aug. 17, 1896
ref.
Lionel d. Nov. 5, 1986
Jacksonville, FL
ref.
Thomas A. Bowles d. Dec. 8, 1901
(age 34) New Orleans
ref.
Alice d. Aug. 1, 1905
5.8 Robert Harris Bowles b.
~ 1868 New Orleans
m. May Haskins (b. Sept. 1875,
Miss.) 1899
5.8.1 Anna (Annie) Bowles b.
~ April 1900
m. Paul Downer Henry (b. June 27,
1896 Ill.) Oct. 16, 1919 New Orleans
(Paul was a dental surgeon, they
lived Las Vegas, NM)
5.8.1.1 Paul Henry b. ~ 1924
5.8.1.2 Robert Henry b. ~
1926
Paul d. Mar. 2, 1989 New Mexico
5.8.2 Robert H. Bowles Jr. b.
March 1902, d. Dec. 30, 1902 McComb City, Miss. (age 9 mos.)
5.8.3 Orleania H. Bowles b. ~
1905 Miss. (lived New Orleans)
m. George Laurence Stafford (b.
July 21, 1900) July 17, 1924 New Orleans
5.8.3.1 Winnie Stafford b. ~
1925
George d. Jan. 1961 LA
5.8.4 Robert W. Bowles b. ~
1908 New Orleans
Robert Harris Bowles d. July 27,
1922 Orleans parish
obit.
May d. March 1938 LA
1880 Census
1930 Census
Robert Henry Bowles d. June 7, 1871
(age 54) New Orleans
ref.
Orleania H. Bennett Bowles d. Nov.
2, 1881 (age 40) New Orleans
ref.
1840 Census
John Bowles d. May 1818
Ballickmoyler, Queens county, Ireland
bur. May 19, 1818
Castletown-Killabban, Queens county, Ireland
Elizabeth m.(2) Thomas Taylor
(unreadable date), 1821 Castletown-Killabban, Queens county, Ireland
6. Thomas
Taylor b. Jan. 1, 1821, bp. Feb. 18, 1821 Bagenalstown, Dunleckney
parish, co. Carlow
7. Mary
Taylor b. ~ 1823 Ireland d. Oct. 2, 1840 New Orleans
Ref.
8.
Anne (Anna)
Taylor b. ~ 1825 Canada
ref.
(Anna and Mary would be
half-sisters to their Bowles siblings and were
living with half-brother Joseph S. Bowles in the 1840 Census of New
Orleans)
m. Thomas Ong (b. ~ 1827 Penn.)
Dec. 25, 1851 New Orleans
(wit: Robert H. Bowles, marriage
was at his residence)
Ref.
8.1 Anna R. Ong b. ~ 1861
Ohio
m. William C. Stratton Feb. 14,
1882 New Orleans
Thomas d. Jan. 11, 1888 New Orleans
obit.
Reference
Anna d. July 11, 1902 New Orleans
1880 Census
Elizabeth Bowles Taylor d. ?
Thomas Taylor d. ?
As on all these Bowles in Louisiana pages, I would like to express my appreciation to Kay Emery, a descendant of 5.3 Henry Belmont Bowles. Kay has done much of the research on this branch and has kindly allowed me to publish it here. I would also like to express my appreciation to James Birch, a descendant of 5.5 Stonewall Jackson Bowles, for his support, additional family tree info and many historic photos shown on this page and on the Robert H. Bowles' Children page. |