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1970 Mary Gwinn Bowe Recalls Her Life Before Chicago in The Families

In the "Before Chicago" part of her remembrances in The Families, Mary Gwinn Bowe recalls the period in her life before her marriage in 1928 to my father, William John Bowe, Sr. After her own mother Mary Agnes Roche died giving birth to her in 1901, she was brought up by her father's mother, Elizabeth Agnes Burns Gwinn. Mary always called her "Mama." Being a widowed by then with modest resources, she made ends meet by managing a rooming house on the Atlantic shore in Deal, New Jersey. Mary goes on to talk about her schooling, the excitement of being on the New Jersey State women's basketball championship team at Asbury Park High School and her fortuitous entrance at the 11th hour to Trinity College in Washington, D.C.

Richard Lawrence Gwinn, Jr. (1867-1932)

Richard Gwinn, Jr. (1867-1932) is featured in this slide show. After his first wife, Mary Roche, died giving birth to Mary Gwinn (Bowe) in 1901, he was remarried in 1907 to Elizabeth Tack. Soon Mary was joined by three new sisters, Betty, Martha and Nancy.

Tack Family Tree

Elizabeth Josephine Tack was the daughter of Theodore Edward Tack and Mary Agnes Cosgrave.  She was a sibling of painter Augustus Vincent Tack and other children of Theodore and Mary Tack.  In 1907 she married Richard Lawrence Gwinn, Jr.  [...]

1997 Hamster Heaven Home

Editor's Note. At his grandparents home in Springfield, Illinois, Pat Bowe puts together a multi-story McMansion for his newly arrived hamster. After thinking about different names (Margueritta and Moesha were rejected), Pat's second hamster Marvita joins the earlier hamster [...]

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