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.
1946 Elizabeth Tack Gwinn As Remembered by Mary Gwinn Bowe in The Families
Elizabeth Tack Gwinn (1872-1946) Mary Gwinn Bowe remembers life with her stepmother and new sisters when visiting 1809 Dixon Hill Road in the Mt. Washington section of Baltimore.------From The Families My father and stepmother were married October 29, 1907, [...]
1935-Nancy, Jacques & Chesley in Chindrieux & an Alpine Excursion
In 1935 in Chindrieux Nancy & Jacques attend a wedding, watch Chesley play, swim in Lake Bourget, and travel through the Alps boating and hiking.
1934-Chesley is Born and Family Visits
Nancy Gwinn & Jacques Riboud go to a wedding in Paris, welcome the birth of daughter Chesley at 7, Rue Madame, watch Bon Papa work on the Lake Bourget dock, swim, greet Nancy's mother Elizabeth Tack Gwinn and [...]
Anthony Canavan & Ann Hughes Trees
Editor's Note: Our progenitor Anthony Canavan, Sr. was born in Ireland in 1822 to his namesake father Anthony Canavan and his mother Catherine (Kitty) Kirby. Because the son Anthony Canavan, Sr. and his wife Ann Hughes emigrated to the [...]
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 [...]
