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BOWEN FAMILY RECORDS - BOWEN RANCH - MONTAGUE, CA |
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COMPILED BY BETTY JANE (MN. COATNEY) EXTER AND EDNA (MN. BOWEN) DANIELS, AUGUST 17, 1995 TO JANUARY 17 2013. |
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| BETTY JANE COATNEY EXTER - THIS INFORMATION CAME FROM MY FIRST COUSIN EDNA BOWEN DANIELS FROM COPIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN TO HER BY MY MOTHER AND FATHER AND A LETTER FROM THE SCHULTZ FAMILY | ||||||
| MY MOTHER, KATHLEEN GLADYS BOWEN COATNEY'S FATHER WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON BOWEN. HE WAS BORN AUGUST 28TH, 1849 IN ILLINOIS. HE DIED OCTOBER 15, 1927. HIS MOTHERS NAME WAS RUTHINDA MCKESSON BOWEN, BORN IN SCOTLAND AND MOVED TO THE U.S. AND SETTLED IN ILLINOIS. HIS FATHER DIED AND SHE MARRIED A MAN BY THE NAME OF (JOHN ?) SULLIVAN. I BELIEVE THERE WERE TWO BROTHERS, ONE HOMESTEADED IN WEED, CA AND THE OTHER AT EDGEWOOD. MY GRANDFATHER, G.W. BOWEN, HOMESTEADED JUST OFF THE OBERLIN ROAD BETWEEN YREKA AND MONTAGUE WHERE HE RAISED CATTLE AND SHEEP, AND HAD TWO BLACKSMITH SHOPS; ONE IN YREKA AND THE OTHER IN MONTAGUE. I HAVE A PICTURE THAT ANDY DEXTER GAVE ME OF A TRAIN STOPPED IN MONTAGUE WITH SOLDIERS EITHER EMBARKING OR COMING HOME FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR. TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACKS IS THE BOWEN BLACKSMITH SHOP WITH HIS NAME ON THE ROOF. G. W. BOWEN'S FATHER WAS IRISH. | ||||||
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| MY MOTHER, K G BOWEN COATNEYS GRANDMOTHER ON HER MOTHERS SIDE BY THE NAME OF KATHERINA DORATHEA JOHN FOWLER WAS BORN IN PERANT, BAVARIA-GERMANY ON DECEMBER 25, 1835. SHE LEFT BAVARIA WITH A FRIEND WHEN SHE WAS SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD AND CAME TO AMERICA AND SETTLED IN SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA. IN 1857 SHE MARRIED JACOB FOWLER AND TO THEM WERE BORN TWO CHILDREN; A DAUGHTER, KATHERINE AND A SON JACK, WHO DIED WHEN HE WAS A YEAR OLD. TWO YEARS LATER JACOB FOWLER DIED. | ||||||
| IN 1860 OR 61 SHE MARRIED AUGUST SHULTZ WHO CAME ON TO CALIF. TWO YEARS BEFORE HIS WIFE AND STEPDAUGHTER, ALL OF THEM SAILING AROUND THE HORN TO SAN FRANCISCO. THE LETTER FROM THE SCHULTS' STATES BY WAY OF THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA. THEY MOVED TO EDGEWOOD, CA AND SETTLED ON A RANCH. THEIR NEIGHBORS WERE THE CALDWELLS, THE EDDYS AND THE JACKSONS. IN 1866 AT EDGEWOOD THEIR FIRST SON HENRY CHARLES SCHULTS WAS BORN. HE WAS A TINSMITH AND ENGRAVER IN YREKA. THOMAS, THEIR 2ND SON WAS BORN A FEW YEARS LATER. HE WAS KILLED IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR IN 1898. |
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| GRANDMOTHER FOWLER, SCHULTZ HUSBAND AUGUST PASSED AWAY IN 1875 AND IS BURIED IN EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN YREKA. HE WAS A LUTHERAN AND A DEMOCRAT. HE HAD BEEN BORN IN 1833 IN ALTRAMIT, GERMANY. SHE SOLD THE EDGEWOOD RANCH FOR $200.00 AND WITH HER THREE CHILDREN MOVED TO YREKA WHERE THEY LIVED IN THE HOUSE ON JACKSON STREET. ON 9-28-1875 SHE MARRIED JOHN RAMMERS WHO HAD A FURNITURE STORE LOCATED ON MINER ST. NEXT TO THE NUMBER TWO FIRE HOUSE. | ||||||
| TEN YEARS LATER JOHN RAMMERS PASSED AWAY. SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH AND THE LADIES AID. GRANDMA RAMMERS HAD TWO WISHES, ONE WAS TO LIVE UNTIL HER TWO GRANDSONS, THE SONS OF KATE AND HENRY RETURNED FROM WORLD WAR I AND TO BE PRESENT | ||||||
| AT THE ARMISTICE DAY PARADE. HER WISHES WERE FULFILLED SHE PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 18, 1919 AND WAS LAID TO REST BESIDE GRANDFATHER SCHULTZ. A SMALL NOTE WRITTEN ON THE BACK OF A LETTER SAYS GRANDMOTHER RAMMERS MAIDEN NAME WAS KEARNS. SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN 84 IN ANOTHER MONTH. | ||||||
| MY GRANDMOTHER, KATHERINE DORETHA FOWLER, BORN 10-6-1858 IN NEW YORK, N.Y. MARRIED TO GW BOWEN 7-2-1874 AT EDGEWOOD CALIF. ELEVEN CHILDREN: MARY ALLEN, DORATHEA WALTON, CHARLES BOWEN, GEORGE BOWEN, ELVIRA FIDDLER, LAURA CRAWFORD, EDWARD BOWEN, FLORENCE SINNOTT, DONALD BOWEN, KATHLEEN GLADYS COATNEY, AND IDA BURANEK. | ||||||
| NOTE: BETTY LIKED TO USE ALL CAPITALS IN HER LETTERS - SO AS WHY THIS PAGE. ANY CORRECTIONS ARE APPRICIATED. | ||||||
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| VIDEO: GRAVESIDE SERVICE FOR BETTY JANUARY 24, 2013 IN YREKA EVERGREEN CEMETERY | ||||||
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| TRANSCRIPT OF SERVICE PDF FOR SERVICE | ||||||
BETTY'S FRIEND MARJORIE HARRISON TALKS ABOUT BETTY AS A CHILD - PLAY AUDIO |
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