Mary Gwinn Bowe and The 1960 Kennedy Presidential Campaign
Editor's Note: In 1960, John F. Kennedy was running for President. After a September campaign event in our apartment living room with Ethel and Joan Kennedy, the wives of his JFK's brothers Robert and Edward Kennedy, my mother joins the soon-to-be-elected President at an event in his Chicago campaign office. Also attending are then Mayor Richard J. Daley, and later Mayor Jane Byrne.
2021-07 The Bowe, Thompson & De Rosa Families
The Bowe, Thompson & De Rosa Families In the center of this slide you see Mabel’s daughter Julia Lecour. Julia married my uncle, Augustine Bowe in 1927. Gus, as he was known, was Julia’s cousin once removed, being [...]
2021-06 Mabel Canavan & Edward Lecour (Julia Lecour Bowe)
Mabel Canavan Lecour & Edward Lecour (Julia Lecour Bowe) In 1900, Mabel Canavan moved from Michigan back to Kankakee County, where her father had grown up. There she married Edward Lecour. Edward’s family was of French extraction and [...]
1993 Rob Bowe Gives Andy and Pat Bowe the Freborg House Tour, 2347 North Cambridge Avenue
1993 Rob Bowe Gives Andy and Pat Bowe the Freborg House Tour, 2347 North Cambridge Avenue Editor's Note: In April, 1993, I was driving into the Lincoln Park neighborhood to show Andy and Pat where I once lived [...]
1991 Bobby Gay and Jack Lynch’s 40th Wedding Anniversary Party, Cary, Illinois
1991 Bobby Gay and Jack Lynch's 40th Wedding Anniversary Party, Cary, Illinois Editor's Note: In June, 1991, Bobby Gay and Jack Lynch celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a family party at a park in Cary, Illinois. The [...]
1994 Charley and June Leftwich Bowe are Married in Cape Porpoise, Maine
1994 Charley and June Leftwich Bowe are Married in Cape Porpoise, Maine Editor's Note: In August, 1994 my cousin Charles Bowe married June Leftwich in Cape Porpoise Maine. The church ceremony was in a wonderful setting and the afternoon [...]
