Lydia (Clemens) Elsley (1827 - 1904)

Born 26 Aug 1827 in Waterloo Township, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Noah S Bowman — married 18 Feb 1845 in Waterloo Township, Canada West

Descendants

Died 16 Oct 1904 at age 77 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Sister of George H, husband to her first husband's sister Salome Bowman. During her frist marriage, besides the profiled daughter, she also had:
- George W, born 1848, married to Elizabeth Woodward, and then Mary (unknown?) following Elizabeth's death
- Rachel Ida, July 1852 to 1948, married to Rev. John E Lynn
- Byron C, born 1861, married to Emma

Following the death of her first husband, she married William Elsley on 27 September 1887 in Woolwich Township, Ontario, and continued to live in West Montrose. Her and William eventually moved from their house to live with their son Clemens about one mile north of the village.

Buried in the West Montrose Cemetery.

Sources

• Clemens and Charlotte's marriage registration is indexed online in the Family Search website's Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927 collection.

• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJB-Z7T), William Elsley and Lydiann Bowman, 12 Oct 1887; citing registration , West Montrose, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,218. Name: William Elsley, Event Date: 12 Oct 1887, Event Place: West Montrose, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Gender: Male, Age: 60, Birth Year (Estimated): 1827, Father's Name: John Elsley, Mother's Name: Hannah Elsley, Spouse's Name: Lydiann Bowman, Spouse's Gender: Female, Spouse's Age: 60, Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1827, Spouse's Father's Name: Abraham Clemens, Spouse's Mother's Name: Rachael Clemens.

• Find A Grave memorial page for Lydia Ann Clemens Bowman (26 Aug 1827–16 Oct 1904), Find A Grave: Memorial #101658775, citing West Montrose United Church Cemetery, West Montrose, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada. (copy of her obit)

• Eby book, volume 1, page 100

• Folklore, page 147

• Generations. This shows her obituary from the Elmira Signet dated 20 October 1904

• for Eby Book, Folklore, and Generations, see Space:Common_Sources,_Descendants_of_Hannes_Schneider_born_1534