Clement Bowlby family fonds

Clement Bowlby family fonds. - 1831-1988.

143 cm of textual records and other materials

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The Clement and Bowlby families of Kitchener, Ontario were connected both professionally and by marriage from the late 1900's on. These two families were influential in early legal, medical, financial and social circles of the area. The Bowlbys were a United Empire Loyalist Family in Norfolk, Brant and Waterloo Counties, having arrived in Annapolis County, N.S. from New Jersey in 1783 at the close of the Revolutionary War. Brothers Ward H. and David Sovereign Bowlby settled in Berlin [now Kitchener], the former in 1858 and the latter in 1853. Edwin Perry Clement, son of the Rev. Edwin and Mary C. Pope Clement of Simcoe, Norfolk County, was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1876 and was taken into partnership with Ward H. Bowlby, K.C., then county Crown Attorney for Waterloo County. In 1878 E.P. Clement married Jane E. Bowlby, eldest daughter of Dr. D.S. Bowlby.

Another family connection was the Jackson family: Dr. D.S. Bowlby's wife was Martha Esther Murphy. Her sister, Isabella Murphy had married Henry F.J. Jackson, railway magnate and grandfather of A.Y. Jackson of the Group of Seven school of Canadian painters.

The fonds consists primarily of genealogical, biographical and visual materials documenting the Bowlby and Clement families and contains correspondence, genealogical notes, clippings, diary fragments, manuscripts, music, photographs, and other material. This material was collected and preserved during the lifetime of Florence G. Clement, daughter of E.P. Clement, and was further arranged and added to by her niece Peg Forbes, daughter of William Pope Clement. The largest part of the fonds relates to the life and activities of local lawyer William Pope Clement and Florence Grace Clement, two of E.P. and Janie Clement's children. Of particular local interest is Janie Clement's reminiscences of the Berlin of her day, from the 1870's to the turn of the century. The fonds also contains material relating to the connection with A.Y. Jackson, Florence's cousin.

Title based on contents of the fonds.

Donated in 1990 by Ms. Peg Forbes and Ms. Janet Stewart.

Arranged in series as follows: Series 1. Bowlby Family; Series 2. Clement Family; Series 3. Bowlby, Adam 1792-1883; Series 4. Bowlby, Alfred 1820-1915 and Margaret Bowlby née Chrysler 1831-1917; Series 5. Bowlby, David Sovereign 1826-1903 and Martha Esther Bowlby née Murphy 1837-1925; Bowlby, Ward Hamilton 1834-1917 and Lisse Bowlby née Hespeler 1839-1920; Series 7. Bowlby, George Herbert 1865-1917 and Blanche Alexandrine (Adine) Bowlby née Seagram 1871-1919; Series 8. Fennell, Grace née Bowlby 1871-1936; Series 9. Bowlby, David Shannon 1873-1938 and Bowlby, Lillian née Barnes 1877-1972; Series 10. Clement, Rev. Edwin 1819-1885 and Mary Couch Clement née Pope 1825-1910; Series 11. Clement, Edwin Perry 1853-1924 and Janie Elizabeth Clement née Bowlby 1859-1919; Series 12. Clement, Charles Bowlby 1879-1970 and Gertrude Clement née Unger 1880-1967; Series 13. Kelly, Blanche Mildred née Clement 1881-1945 and Frederick Bowman Kelly 1887-1984; Series 14. Clement, Edwin Oliver 1885-1953 and Helen Keefer Clement née Thompson; Series 15. Clement, William Pope 1887-1982 and Muriel Alberta Clement née Kerr 1895-1975; Series 16. Clement, Florence Grace 1889-1988; Series 17. Clement, David Ward 1897-1917; Series 18. Stewart, Elizabeth (Betty) née Clement 1916-1977 and Peter Stewart 1915-1980; Series 19. Forbes, Margaret (Peggy) Chelled née Adams Clement 1921-2010 and Donald Rossell Forbes 1920-2005; Series 20. Jacksonia; Series 21. Photographs; Series 22. Textiles; Series 23. Artifacts.

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Call number: GA82

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