| Title |
Rev. |
| Birth |
9 Nov 1819 |
[2,3] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00002-101 |
| Person ID |
I14951 |
| Last Modified |
05 Jun 2004 |
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| Father |
Benjamin Baumann, b. 15 Feb 1787, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Susannah Bechtel, b. 16 Jun 1797 |
| Group Sheet |
F799 |
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| Family 1 |
Anna Cressman, b. 7 Aug 1828, near Freeport, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| Married |
8 Oct 1844 |
[4,5] |
| Children |
| | 1. Leah Bowman |
| | 2. Moses C. Bowman |
| | 3. Lydia Bowman |
| | 4. Louisa Bowman, b. 28 Nov 1845 |
| | 5. Leah Bowman, b. 16 May 1847 |
| | 6. Menno Bowman, b. 18 Jan 1849 |
| | 7. Annie (Nancy) Bowman, b. 24 Jan 1851 |
| | 8. Samuel C. Bowman, b. 23 Dec 1852 |
| | 9. Moses C. Bowman, b. 1 Jan 1855 |
| | 10. Barbara Bowman, b. 1 Mar 1857 |
| | 11. Susannah Bowman, b. 23 Apr 1859 |
| | 12. Aaron C. Bowman, b. 23 Jul 1861 |
| | 13. Noah C. Bowman, b. 26 Feb 1864 |
| | 14. Lydia Bowman, b. 7 Oct 1866 |
| | 15. Ezra C. Bowman, b. 16 Oct 1873 |
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| Group Sheet |
F2607 |
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| Notes |
Moses Bowman, "the eldest son of Benjamin Baumann, was born November 9th, 1819. He was married to Anna, daughter of Joseph and Barbara (Biehn) Cressman, October 8th 1844. She was born near Freeport, Ontario, on August 7th, 1828. On March 25th, 1845, they moved on their farm (The farm is composed of lot No. 4, north of Bleam's Road, Wilmot) near Manheim where they still reside. On May 1st, 1853, he was ordained deacon of the church of his choice, and on January 2nd, 1859, he was ordained minister of the Mennonite denomination. He was, in his days, one of the best pulpit orators that the church possessed, and even yet in his old days his sermons convince both friends and enemies that he is a man of more than ordinary ability. His family consisted of twelve children, as follows:" |
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| Sources |
1. [S2] Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 358 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 77 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 482 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 482 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 77 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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| Documents |  | Deed
Deed 1516 dated December 10, 1842 between Samuel Erb and Benjamin Bowman for the southern part of Lot 54, upper block, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, CW. |  | Diary
Four diaries kept by Moses S. Bowman in 1871, 1875, 1889 and 1890. |  | Executors' Book - Benjamin Bowman
Executors' Book for the Estate of Late Benjamin Bowman deceased January 5, 1875. |  | Family Register
A printed family register titled "The Family of Preacher Moses and Anna Bowman." |  | Family Register
A printed family register for the Joseph Baumann and Susanna Bechtel Baumann family. |  | Family Register from Bible
A pre-printed Familien Register with handwritten entries in German dated from 1839 to 1903 relating to the Benjamin Baumann family. |  | Probate of Will - Benjamin Bowman
Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Benjamin Bowman deceased. |
| | Photos |  | First Mennonite Church
A framed sepia-toned photograph of First Mennonite Church erected on this site in 1834, Berlin, Waterloo County. |
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Region of Waterloo