flag female ancestor  Margaret Elizabeth  BARKLEY

  (b. 22 December 1837 Williamsburgh, Dundas, Upper Canada   d. 5 February 1905 Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada )  

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Margaret Elizabeth BARKLEY was born 22 December 1837 in Williamsburgh, Dundas, Upper Canada

Margaret Elizabeth BARKLEY was the child of Henry H BARKLEY   and   Catherine DAWLEY and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Heinrich Josiah BARKLEY and Elizabeth Rose BECKER (maternal)  Henry DAWLEY and Margaret WHITTEKER

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Margaret Elizabeth  married  William BOWMAN 7 August 1860 in Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
William BOWMAN  was born 30 September 1839 in Williamsburgh, Dundas, Ontario, Canada.  William died 6 December 1911 in Ontario, Canada.  William was the child of Thomas Talmage BOWMAN and Mary Betsy GLENTON.

Margaret Elizabeth BARKLEY died 5 February 1905 in Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
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Family and Children of Margaret Elizabeth BARKLEY

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Margaret Elizabeth BARKLEY married flag male ancestor William BOWMAN-- Date: 7 August 1860 Place: Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
William BOWMAN was the child of Thomas Talmage BOWMAN and Mary Betsy GLENTON




Children of William BOWMAN and Margaret Elizabeth BARKLEY:

flag male ancestor Wesley Herman BOWMAN (b.3 March 1865, Williamsburg, Dundas, Canada West  d. 30 March 1915, Froatburn, Ontario, Canada)
m. Edith Mae BECKSTEAD 2 June 1886



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birth1837 Birth
22 December 1837
Williamsburgh, Dundas, Upper Canada
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
marriage1860 Marriage / Partner
Margaret Elizabeth BARKLEY and William BOWMAN 7 August 1860, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada

She was 22 years old.
1865 Birth of Child
Wesley Herman BOWMAN was born 3 March 1865, Williamsburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada

Margaret Elizabeth was 27 years old.
News1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Kings and Queens1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
death1905 Death
5 February 1905
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada

She died at the age of 67.
Added: 10/2/2025 6:25:53 PM - Updated: 11/5/2025 1:23:02 PM

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