Mr.
John
Gower
Born about in Bridgeport, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Sullivan) Gower
— married
2 Jan 1876 in Westport, Digby County, Nova Scotia
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 65
in Westport, Digby District, Nova Scotia, Canada [uncertain]
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Biography
John Gower was born circa 1847, the son of Thomas and Rachel (Messenger) Gower[1], of Bridgetown, Annapolis county, Nova Scotia[2]
- Note Thomas Gower died May 4, 1888[3]. His children and Rachel's included John, James[4], and Thomas[5]
On January 2, 1876, he married Mary Purdy Sullivan,[6] the daughter of Joseph Sullivan and Elizabeth Trefry of Digby, Nova Scotia[7] [2], and they had children in Westport, Digby County[8], including:
- Franklin Gower, born September 30, 1880[9]
- Burton Thomas Gower, born June 19, 1880[10]
- Benjamin Gower, born circa 1885
- Bessie Gower, born circa 1886, who married George William Clements in 1913[11]
- Harvey Gower, born circa 1890, who died in 1930[12]
- Norman Gower, born circa 1894, who died in 1922[13]
- M??sia E Gower, born circa 1899 (no further information found)
John Gower died December 23, 1912[14], and is buried in Woodside Cemetery in Westport, Digby, Nova Scotia.
Sources
- ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Rachel Messenger and Thomas Gower marriage bond 1836 in Annapolis County can be found in Registration Year: 1836 - Book: 1800 - Page: 6790
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Mary Sullivan and John W. Gower married 1876 in Digby County can be found in Registration Year: 1876 - Book: 1812 - Page: 89 - Number: 6
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 July 2019), memorial page for Thomas Gower (7 Dec 1795–4 May 1888), Find A Grave: Memorial #149922680, citing Hilltop Cemetery, Westport, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by LMK (contributor 47573469).
- ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing James Gower, died 1929 in Westport, Digby County can be found in Registration Year: 1929 - Book: 121 - Page: 505
- ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Thomas Gowen, died 1914 in Digby, Digby County can be found in Registration Year: 1914 - Book: 33 - Page: 14 - Number: 34
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images : accessed 28 July 2019, memorial page for Mary Purdy Sullivan Gower (29 Sep 1855–16 Oct 1946), Find A Grave: Memorial #136830638, citing Woodside Cemetery, Westport, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by PupDawg (contributor 46990892).
- ↑ Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; page 609
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHKP-MZG : 27 April 2017), John Gower in household of Franklin Gower, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 13, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
- ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Frank Gower, died 1929 in Westport, Digby County can be found in Registration Year: 1929 - Book: 121 - Page: 535
- ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Burton Thomas Gower, died 1952 in Westport, Digby County can be found in Registration Year: 1952 - Page: 3510
- ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Bessie Gower and George William Clements married 1913 in Digby County can be found in Registration Year: 1913 - Book: 3 - Page: 872
- ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Harry Gower, died 1930 in Marshalltown, Digby County can be found in Registration Year: 1930 - Book: 121 - Page: 863
- ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Norman Gower, died 1922 in Halifax County, Halifax County can be found in Registration Year: 1922 - Book: 83 - Page: 643
- ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing John Gower, died 1912 in Westport, Digby County can be found in Registration Year: 1912 - Book: 6 - Page: 211 - Number: 1261
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