Thomas Bowyer
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Thomas Bowyer (1831 - 1924)

Thomas Bowyer
Born in Wrotham, Kent, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 7 Oct 1864 in McKillop, Huron, Canada Westmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 92 in Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas, USAmap
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Biography

Thomas Bowyer was born 15 Dec 1831 at Wrotham, Kent, England to Thomas Bowyer and Susannah Bannister. He emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1832, living probably in the Trois-Rivières area between Quèbec and Montreal until 1855, when they moved to Huron County, now Ontario. There he met and married Mary Brown Aitchison in 1864.[1] In the 1871 Census of Canada, he is enumerated on April 8th in McKillop Township, Huron County, Ontario with wife Mary, sons, Thomas, John, Robert and daughter, Susannah. [2] He moved his family from Seaforth, Ontario, Canada, to Kansas sometime after April 1871, but before he declared his intention to become a United States Citizen on July 5, 1871. [3] [4]Thomas was a farmer, homesteading in Dickinson County, KS where he grew fruit trees and vineyards among other crops. He served as an Elder in the Presbyterian church at Manchester, KS. [5]

Thomas Bowyer died 4 Jan 1924 in Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas, and is buried at Prairiedale Cemetery, Talmage, Dickinson, Kansas, USA. [6]

Sources

  1. Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CB-CZ8P : 17 March 2018), Thomas Bowyer and Mary Aitcheson, 07 Oct 1864; citing Huron, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,058
  2. "Canada Census, 1871", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M478-42F : Wed Dec 06 01:12:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Bowyer and Mary Bowyer, 1871.
  3. "United States, Kansas, Naturalization Records, 1856-1991", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68XZ-HPQ8 : Mon Dec 04 20:03:13 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Bowyer, 5 Jul 1871.
  4. "United States, Kansas, Naturalization Records, 1856-1991", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6866-DF9F : Mon Dec 04 20:03:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Bowyer, 5 Jul 1871.
  5. Altmann, Sylvia Bowyer. Our Bowyer Family.1986. p.1-2 through 1-11
  6. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77571490/thomas-bowyer: accessed 16 December 2023), memorial page for Thomas Bowyer (15 Dec 1831–4 Jan 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77571490, citing Prairiedale Cemetery, Talmage, Dickinson County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Sue Henry (contributor 47248546).

See also:

  • Altmann, Sylvia Bowyer. Our Bowyer Family (History and Genealogy of the Thomas Bowyer Family). Self-Published. August 1986.
  • "England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDL-QPC9 : 8 December 2017), Thomas Bowyer, 10 Jan 1832; citing Christening, Wrotham, Kent, England, Kent Archives Office, Maidstone; FHL microfilm 1,866,587




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