Mary Gwinn Bowe Recalls Her Life in Chicago in The Families (1970)
Editor's Note: In the second installment of her personal recollections written for her 1970 history and genealogy book The Families, Mary Gwinn Bowe covers her time in Chicago between her marriage to William John Bowe, Sr. in 1928 to [...]
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.
William John Bowe, Sr. and Mary Gwinn Bowe Family Tree
Editor’s Note: These Bowe Family Trees are drawn from the family history book of my mother, Mary Gwinn Bowe, The Families, and the genealogy volume Descendants of Anthony Canavan and Ann Hughes. These works were compiled over many years by [...]
Vanselow Family Trees
Wilhelm Vanselow married Bertha Dammer. Bertha Dammer was born in 1862.They had seven children: Mary, Otto, Albert, Paul, Arthur, Franziska and Clara. Mary Vanselow was born in 1880, Otto Paul Friedrich Vanselow was born in [...]
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. [...]
De Rosa Family
Richard Gwinn Bowe was the son of William John Bowe, Sr. and Mary Gwinn Bowe. In 1963 in Chicago he married Ann Fauble of Toledo, Ohio. Richard Bowe and Ann Fauble were subsequently divorced. Ann Fauble later married Judd [...]
Gwinn Family Tree
Our progenitor Richard Lawrence Gwinn, Sr. was born in 1833 in Newton County, Georgia. He was the son of Minor Gwinn and Mary Ann Scott Melton. Richard Lawrence died on December 1, 1898, at the age [...]
Casey & Danielak Family Trees
Editor’s Note: As with most of the other families, a Canavan ancestor looms large for the Casey Families and their offshoots. In the top tree above, we see our progenitor Anthony Canavan, Sr. He was [...]
