Alice J. (Bowen) Heath (abt. 1856 - 1934)

Born about 10 Jul 1856 in Potton, Brome, Canada East

Ancestors

Wife of Flowyer Galen Heath — married about 1882 in Potton, Brome, Quebec, Canada

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1934 at about age 77 in Potton, Brome, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Alice was born in about 1856, the daughter of Shubel Bowen and Sarah Sargent. The 1861 census lists her as 5 years old.^[1] She was listed as 15 on the 1871 census.^[2]

She married Floyd "Galon" Heath in Potton in about 1882. She had been working as a servant in the household of Galon's father Charles Heath, while Galon still lived there.^[3] The couple had the following children:

1. Lillian Rose, b. 25 Mar. 1883; m. William T. Martin; d. 31 Jan 1974
2. Mayhew, b. 1887; d. 6 Mar. 1955
3. Alden, b. 1888
4. Robert John, b. 7 Aug. 1889; m. Winnifred Mae Wilson, 21 Sep. 1926; d. 31 Dec. 1962
5. Merrill, b. 1893; m. Arvilla Maude Fullerton; d. 13 June 1965, and
6. Arnold, b. 12 Nov. 1896; m1. Lena May Bufford Coburn, 16 Apr. 1936; m2. Beatrice Maud Aiken, 1 Sep. 1953; d. 30 Nov. 1959.

In 1891, Alice was living with her nephew Samuel and her niece Clara, listed by her maiden name, with her four "Heath" children^[4]

On the 1901 census, she was recorded with her husband and four children.^[5] It records her birth year as 1858, not 1856, but this is inconsistent with earlier censuses.

In the 1911 census, Alice and her husband were both recorded living in Mansonville House.^[6] The couple were again recorded together in the hotel on the 1921 census.^[7]

Alice passed away in 1934^[8] and was interred in the Mansonville Protestant Cemetery (Row #7)^[9][10] Her Obituary was published at the time (attached).^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ 1861 Canada East Census, County of Brome, Township of Potton, Enumeration District No. 1, Pg. 164, Line 35| "Allice Baron", Age 5
2. ↑ 1871 Canada Census, District No. 126 (Brome), SubDistrict d (Potton), Pg.46, Line 20| "Alice Bourn, Age 15"
3. ↑ 1881 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, DIstrict 60 (Brome), Sub-District C, Division 1 (Potton), Family Nbr. 134, Page 26, Line 25| "Alice Bowen", Age 24
4. ↑ 1891 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, District 143 (Brome), Sub-District E Division 1 (Potton), Family Nbr. 15, Page 3, Line 19| "Allice Bourn", Age 34
5. ↑ 1901 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, District 144 (Brome), Sub-District H, Division 3 (Potton), Family Nbr. 51, Page 5, Line 46| "Alice Heath", Age 42
6. ↑ 1911 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, District 149 (Brome), Sub-District 13 (Mansonville Village), Family Nbr. 103, Page 12, Line 2| 1911 Canada Census, "Alice Heath, Age 50"
7. ↑ 1921 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, District 156 (Brome), Sub-District 13 (Mansonville Village), Family Nbr. 107, Page 11, Line 19| 1921 Canada Census, "Alice Reath, Age 62"
8. ↑ Mansonville Anglican Church, Civil Records, F.2, 1934
9. ↑ Mansonville Protestant Cemetery Listing, dated 1991.10.14, Compiled by Kenneth Jones, Mansonville, & John and Gwen Davis Morton, Glen Sutton
10. ↑ FindAGrave| "Alice J Bowen Heath"
11. ↑ Sherbrooke Daily Record, Sherbrooke, Que., 3 March 1934, Page Four