___________________________________ | _Christopher BOWER ______|___________________________________ | (1744 - 1814) m 1772 _Abraham BOWER _____________________| | (1733 - 1836) | | | _Johan Ulrich SHEARER _____________ | | | (1700 - 1754) | |_Maria Dorothea SHEARER _|_Maria Dorothea BALLIE ____________ | (1749 - 1811) m 1772 (1710 - 1771) _Joseph BOWER _______| | (1811 - 1846) | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | _________________________|___________________________________ | | | | |_Christina Margaretha Jane BILLMAN _| | (1774 - 1858) | | | ___________________________________ | | | | |_________________________|___________________________________ | _John Arnold BOWER ___| | (1840 - 1918) m 1862 | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | _George (Jr) ARNOLD _____|___________________________________ | | | (.... - 1823) m 1780 | | _Jacob ARNOLD ______________________| | | | (1781 - 1862) m 1806 | | | | | _George Michael BREINER ___________ | | | | | (.... - 1782) | | | |_Catherine BREINER ______|_Catharina Magdalena (Ley or) LOY _ | | | (.... - 1836) m 1780 (1742 - 1806) | |_Anna Maria ARNOLD __| | (1815 - 1903) | | | _Johann Andreas DRESSLER __________+ | | | (1714 - ....) m 1737 | | _John Andrew TRESSLER ___|_Anna Barbara BERNHARDT ___________ | | | (1746 - 1828) m 1785 (1716 - ....) | |_Magdalena TRESSLER ________________| | (1786 - 1874) m 1806 | | | _Frederick HAMMAN _________________ | | | (1740 - 1800) | |_Catherina HAMMAN _______|___________________________________ | (1763 - 1850) m 1785 | |--Joseph Newton BOWER | (1864 - 1949) | ___________________________________ | | | _________________________|___________________________________ | | | ____________________________________| | | | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | | |_________________________|___________________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | | | _________________________|___________________________________ | | | | | | |____________________________________| | | | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | | |_________________________|___________________________________ | | |_Anna Belle SHEAFFER _| (1839 - 1912) m 1862 | | ___________________________________ | | | _________________________|___________________________________ | | | ____________________________________| | | | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | | |_________________________|___________________________________ | | |_____________________| | | ___________________________________ | | | _________________________|___________________________________ | | |____________________________________| | | ___________________________________ | | |_________________________|___________________________________
[8702] Joseph moved to Chicago at about age 20 and drove a livery hack, then worked in the offce of the Lake Shore Railroad for about 30 years. He then spent 30 years as manager of the Eastman Coal Co. He graduated from Poughkeepsie (NY) Business College. He was a Lutheran. "Chicago Tribune, 25 May 1949," p 34: "Joseph N. Bower, of 7621 Normal avenue, beloved husband of Lillian, father of John A. Bower and Elyzabeth Mae, brother of Milton Bower, grandfather of five grandchildren. Member of Auburn Park lodge. 789, A.F.&M. and Chevalier Bayard commandry. No 52. Funeral Thursday, 1:30 p.m., at chapel, 79th at Emerald. Interment Chapel Hill, South."
[5841] John's wife is Alina _____; he died by 1224 when Alina settled one third of Orcharton on her daughter and her heirs (Geoffry had married Isabella by then).
[55267] Martha is said to be daughter of Jacob Goodhue (1723-1793) & Joanna Story (1723-1775; m. 22 January 1745 in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA).
[52761] Elizabeth is said to be daughter of William Harding, Jr. (1772-1847) & Elizabeth Flewwelling (1772-1848; m. 8 August 1793 in Westfield, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada).
__ | __|__ | _Richard TUPPER _____| | (.... - 1600) | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _Henry TUPPER _______| | (1552 - 1625) | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _Thomas (Sr.) TUPPER _| | (1578 - 1676) m 1622 | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | | _____________________| | | | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | | |__|__ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--Katherine TUPPER | (1623 - 1676) | __ | | | __|__ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | __|__ | | | | | | |_____________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_Katherine GATOR _____| (1580 - 1627) m 1622 | | __ | | | __|__ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | | __|__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | |__|__
[15987] Katherine's wedding was the first in the old Tupper homestead. For a discussion of her parentage, see the NEHGR reference (159:73) for her putative father, Thomas Tupper; this source (p. 74) lists her children with Benjamin Nye. See http://www.sprague-database.org/genealogy/descendtext.php?personID=I49858&tree=SpragueProject&generations=. Also see http://www.nyefamily.org.