We just returned from an incredible summer vacation. We ended up putting 5014 km on the van. It is a lot of driving with four kids and a dog. We decided to see more of the East coast which included family history adventures, seeing old friends and visiting parts of Canada that we hadn't explored before.
I loved our time at all places, but I would have to say that our time in Halifax brought me many emotions. I was able to walk the street that my great great great grandfather William Bowie lived and died.
I was able to walk the street where James Bowie, my great great grandfather lived and worked. At one point hw owned a restaurant on 13 Brunswick St. The funniest part about this walk is that there is a ale house that would have been two buildings down from where James had his establishment that was built at the same time period, so here I am with my four small children trapesing around a beer hall at 5 o'clock on a Friday night. Here are some of the pics.
I loved my time at the archives, the people who work there are truly amazing, they helped me tremendously. I was able to look through the Catholic records and find births from several families. These records are only available at this location so I was very grateful to have gone through them.
Originally we had that James and Johanna Bowie had 5 children: Arthur Henry, John George, James Patrick, Mary and Agnes. According to the handwritten birth records of the Catholic church there are more- this is their complete family:
Margaret Maude born Jan 1, 1874
Catherine born 9 April 1875
Arthur Henry 1876 baptized 24 Oct
Mary Magdelene 8 September 1878
James William 11 July 1880
John George 1881
Mary Ellen 1 May 1882
James Patrick 18 April 1887 died 15 Oct 1888
Agnes Jan 1892
I will be adding more.. so excited to share.
I loved our time at all places, but I would have to say that our time in Halifax brought me many emotions. I was able to walk the street that my great great great grandfather William Bowie lived and died.
I was able to walk the street where James Bowie, my great great grandfather lived and worked. At one point hw owned a restaurant on 13 Brunswick St. The funniest part about this walk is that there is a ale house that would have been two buildings down from where James had his establishment that was built at the same time period, so here I am with my four small children trapesing around a beer hall at 5 o'clock on a Friday night. Here are some of the pics.
I loved my time at the archives, the people who work there are truly amazing, they helped me tremendously. I was able to look through the Catholic records and find births from several families. These records are only available at this location so I was very grateful to have gone through them.
Originally we had that James and Johanna Bowie had 5 children: Arthur Henry, John George, James Patrick, Mary and Agnes. According to the handwritten birth records of the Catholic church there are more- this is their complete family:
Margaret Maude born Jan 1, 1874
Catherine born 9 April 1875
Arthur Henry 1876 baptized 24 Oct
Mary Magdelene 8 September 1878
James William 11 July 1880
John George 1881
Mary Ellen 1 May 1882
James Patrick 18 April 1887 died 15 Oct 1888
Agnes Jan 1892
I will be adding more.. so excited to share.
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