The Onondaga Co., NY, BOWER family must begin, as far as our present knowledge exists, with John BOWER and wife Margaret
1. John BOWER born ca 1805 in Germany according to the 1870 U. S. Census for Geddes, Onondaga County, New York.. John's wife is listed as Margaret born in Germany ca 1803
Second Generation:
2. Charles BOWER (John 1) was born ca 1845 in Germany and was married to Frances Helen
PATTON born 15 Jan 1851 in New York. After John's death Frances married Joseph KIRBY on 23 March 1888 and she died 9 Nov 1922 in Saline County, Missouri.
Frances BOWER (nee PATTON)
Frances Helen BOWER (nee PATTON)
Third Generation:
3. Frederick Eugene BOWER (Charles 2, John 1) was born 30 July 1867 in New York.
Married Blanche Bluenna BENSON on 8 February 1890 in Scottville, Mason County, Michigan.
Fred BOWER had a horse drawn wheat thrashing company that worked in the area of Krupp, Washington (the scablands) now
known as Marlin, Douglas County, Washington. Fred BOWER disappeared 27 July 1939 from Grandview, Yakima County, Washington and was never found.
His wife Blanche died 23 April 1942 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington and is buried there in Tahoma Cemetery.
Frederick Eugene BOWER
Fred & Blanche BOWER (nee BENSON)
Blanche Bluenna BOWER(nee BENSON)
4. John BOWER (Charles 2, John 1) was born 17 February 1881 in Syracuse, New York. Died 18 November 1944 in Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan.
Married Elizabeth Violet CUMMINS 21 Apr 1901 in Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan. Elizabeth was born 25 Apr 1881 in Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan and died 23 Sep 1962.
Another good website for this branch of the BOWER family is at GERTIE'S FAMILY
John BOWER
John & Elizabeth BOWER (nee CUMMINS)
Fourth Generation:
5. Glenn Roscoe BOWERS (Fred 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born 18 November 1891 in Washington. Married Phina KELLY.
Glenn died 26 March 1966 in Homer, Alaska, where he came to work on the fish trap at Ninilchik. Glenn was a Fisherman.
Glenn Roscoe BOWERS
Phina Irene BOWER (nee Kelly)
Phina Irene BOWER (nee Kelly)
6. Gerald Fred BOWER (Fred 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born 16 October 1896 in Eden, Mason County, Michigan. Married
Rachel Belle GROVER 19 June 1920 in Union Gap, Yakima County, Washington. Died 3 November 1954
in Prosser, Benton County, Washington. and is buried in Tahoma Cemetery in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington. Gerald had wanted
to go to Alaska, as a young man, with his brother Glenn, but became so violently seasick that he turned around and went home.
Gerald Fred BOWER
Gerald Fred BOWER & Rachael Belle GOVER
From L-R: Gerald, Virgil, Elsie, Dessie, Rachael (nee GROVER), Eugene, and Juanita BOWER
7. Ethel BOWER (Fred 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born 13 February 1900 in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington. Ethel
married 1. Carl MUNZ on 6 September 1915 in North Yakima, Yakima County, Washington 2. Walter Scott ACORD
before 1920 3. Louis ULVEN ca 1954 in Juneau, Juneau Borough, Alaska. Died 24 July 1966 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington.
Ethel May BOWER
Ethel (nee BOWER) & Walter Acord
Ethel ULVEN (nee BENSON)
8. Maurice BOWER (Fred 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born 9 April 1907. Died 25 August 1908 in Krupp, Douglas County, Washington. He is buried in Stratford Cemetery Stratford, Grant Co., Washington.
Little Maurice was said to have eaten green apples, which the family thought caused his sickness and death.
Maurice BOWER
9. Francis Lester BOWER (Fred 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born 5 Oct 1909 in Mt. Vernon, Skagit County, Washington.
Died 5 July 1972 in Wapato, Yakima County, Washington. Married in 1942 to Mary Elaine PEPPLE born in 1909 in Cathay,
North Dakota and died 27 Feb 1971 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington.
Francis "Frank" Lester BOWER
Frank & Marie BOWER (nee PEPPLE) 28 June 1942
10. Agnes Frances BOWER (John 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born 30 September 1902 in Rock County, Wisconsin and died 29 November 1969
in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Married 1. Dick RIESKE on 10 May 1924 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. 2. Patrick DEBRUYN
on 24 November in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She is buried in Portage Central Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
Agnes (nee BOWER) DEBRUYN
11. Charles Eugene BOWER (John 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born 15 May 1904 in Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan. and
died 25 March 1977 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He was married 30 Aug 1924 in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan to Gertrude Lucille
NICHOLS born 4 Sep 1908 and died 19 Dec 2005.
Charles EugeneBOWER
From L-R: Charles Jay, Charles Eugene, Frances, Gertrude Lucille (nee NICHOLS) and Joyce BOWER
Gertrude Lucille (nee NICHOLS) BOWER
12. Clarence John BOWER (John 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born 31 December 1906 in Moline, Allegan County, Michigan. He
died 17 Jun 1997 Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Married 1. Violet Louise WHIPPLE who died of acute appendicitis on 16 Dec 1939, leaving him with 5 sons. 2. Melba J STERZICK and the marriaged ended in divorce on 8 Mar 1945 in Allegan County, Michigan.
3. Lucy May COX on 8 Jun 1945 in Portland, Ionia County, Michigan, 4. Betty CLAY.
13. Violet Virginia BOWER (John 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born 18 October 1909 in Michigan. Died 10 July 1980. Married on 11 Aug 1925
in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan to Clifford LACROSS born 27 Sep 1908 and died 3 Sep 1994 in Grand Traverse County, Michigan and is buried in Kendall Cemetery, Pinegrove Twsp, Kendall Van Buren County, Michigan
Violet Virginia (nee BOWER) LACROSS
Fifth Generation:
14. Benjamin "Bennie" BOWERS (Glenn 4, Fred 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born 23 December 1926 in Seldovia, AK. Benny left school early & took up a life of fishing. Besides fishing he worked for the Road Commission as a cat skinner (an operator of a Caterpillar tractor) and was known as
an accomplished accordian player. On the stormy night of August 8, 1961 Benny was aboard the �Silver Star� anchored in Sequoia Bay which is in the vicinity of Cape Douglas. Their anchor line broke so they decided to try to run for deeper water. No one ever heard from them again. The wreckage was found on
a reef at the entrance of the bay but their bodies were never found.
Benjamin"Bennie" BOWERS
Benny did a stint in the army stationed in Seward, Anchorage & Kodiak.
15. Glen "Buzz" BOWERS (Glenn 4, Fred 3, Charles 2, John 1) b. 31 Dec 1929 in Seldovia, AK. He was raised in Homer, but had lived in Kodiak since 1959. Buzzy left just a few weeks before his high school graduation because he refused to wear those �funny gowns�.
He served in the army at both Fort Richardson & Ladd in Fairbanks. When he finished his army duty he returned to fishing & also was a Pile Buck (a skilled craftsman knowledgeable and experienced in the installation of all size and dimension piles, on or near the water). In 1982 he married Anna BLINN.
Due to an injury to his back while pile driving he had to have surgery in Anchorage. He went home to Kodiak but was put back in the hospital there, where he died of further complications on 29 September 1999 at Kodiak Providence Hospital in Kodiak, Alaska and was buried in Homer, Alaska.
Baby Glen "Buzzy" BOWERS
Glen "Buzz" Graduation Picture BOWERS
16. Bonnie BOWERS (Glenn 4, Fred 3, Charles 2, John 1) died in infancy in 1929 in Alaska.
17. Victor K. "SU" BOWERS (Glenn 4, Fred 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born on the 6th of October 1938 in Anchorage, Anchorage Co., Alaska and died on the 5th of February 2016 in Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington.
Baby Victor "SU" BOWERS
Victor K. BOWERS
18. Bonnie BOWERS (Glenn 4, Fred 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born 15 Nov 1931 and died 6 Sep 1994 ashes intered 9 Sep 1994.
19. Dessie Margaret BOWER (Gerald 4, Fred 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born 8 Aug 1921 in Union Gap, Yakima County, Washington. She married Charles Arthur TRAUB on 1 Jul 1940 in Ellensburg, Yakima County, Washington.
Died 9 Dec 1999 in Wapato, Yakima County, Washington.
Dessie Bower with lamb.
Dessie and Virgil BOWER
Dessie BOWER
20. Virgil Gerald BOWER (Gerald 4, Fred 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born 1 May 1923 in Union Gap, Yakima County, Washington. He died 20 November 2014 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington.
Gerald and Virgil BOWER
Virgil Gerald BOWER
21. Elsie Irene BOWER (Gerald 4, Fred 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born 1 Oct 1926 in Union Gap, Yakima County, Washington. She married 1. William Alden DYES on 2 Dec 1949 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington.
2. Andrew W. McCULLOUGH on 5 Jan 1984 in Kennewick, Benton County, Washington. Elsie died on 17 Aug 2007 in Kennewick, Benton County, Washington.
Elsie IreneBOWER age 11.
Elsie IreneBOWER Graduation.
Elsie Irene BOWER
22. Eugene Lynn BOWER (Gerald 4, Fred 3, Charles 2, John 1) was born 2 May 1928 in Union Gap, Yakima County, Washington. Never married. Died 28 Sep 1974 in Grandview, Yakima County, Washington.
Eugene Lynn BOWER
Eugene LynnBOWER U.S. Navy
23. Juanita Rose BOWER (Gerald 4, Fred 3, Charles 2, John 1)was born 20 Nov 1930 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington. She married 1. William Tecumseh TURLEY on 1 Jul 1950 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington.
2. Gordon A. PARSONS on 16 Mar 1972 in Grandview, Yakima County, Washington. Juanita died 16 Jan 2012 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington.
Juanita Rose BOWER age 8.
Juanita Rose BOWER
Juanita Rose BOWER
Sources available upon request.
Last updated 31 December 2019.
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