Their Family Tree

Leonard Bowles bp. Apr. 28, 1742 St Matthew, Friday Street, London

m. Elizabeth Ellis (John Doe E.) Mar. 5, 1768 Christ Church Cathedral, Nassau, Bahamas

1.  Thomas Bowles b. Sept. 29, 1769 New Providence, Bahamas (ship captain)

m. Patience Johnson (bp. Feb. 16, 1772 Christ Church, Nassau; Capt. George J., Ann Eldon) May 3, 1790 Christ Church Cathedral, Nassau

1.1  Elizabeth (Eliza) Anne Bowles b. Feb. 18, 1791 Nassau, New Providence

m.(1) Francis Lermitte Bisson Nov. 30, 1809

1.1.1  Edgar Keith Bisson b. Nov. 21, 1811 Nassau

1.1.2  Euclair Bisson

1.1.3  Francis Traub Bisson b. Oct. 24, 1813 Nassau

Francis d. Sept. 25, Harbour Island, Eleuthera bur. Oct. 10, 1813 ref

m.(2) Charles Bethell Sept. 23, 1815 New Providence

1.1.4  Charles Samuel George Bethell b. Aug. 1, 1816 Eleuthera

m.(3) Joseph Sears Johnson Nov. 25, 1818 Governors Harbor, Eleuthera  ref

1.1.5  Elvina Mary Eliza Johnson b. Aug. 2, 1819 Eleuthera

1.1.6  Olivia Lavinia Ann Johnson b. Jan. 20, 1821 Eleuthera

1.1.7  Joseph William Johnson b. Aug. 19, 1822 Eleuthera

1.1.8  William Joseph Johnson b. Apr. 23, 1824 Eleuthera

1.1.9  George Edgar Johnson b. Nov. 5, 1825 Eleuthera

1.1.10  George Alexander Johnson b. Aug. 17, 1828 Eleuthera

1.1.11  Thaddeus William Ferdinand Johnson b. Feb. 22, 1834 Bahamas

Eliza Anne d. June 15, 1877 Nassau, New Providence

1.2  Thomas Bowles b. Mar. 19, 1794 Nassau

1.3  Evalina Matilda Bowles b. Feb. 2, 1797 Nassau d. Feb. 5, 1808 Nassau

Thomas d. Dec. 17, 1813 Nassau, Bahamas

2.  Tobias Bowles b. Nov. 24, 1771 Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas (in Charleston, South Carolina by 1790; apprenticed under Thomas Winstanley, attorney) 

3.  Martha Matilda Bowles b. June 19, 1774 New Providence, Bahamas

4.  Nicholas Bowles b. ca. 1778 (in Charleston by 1790 but returned to The Bahamas; had a plantation on Eleuthera with 10 slaves in 1834 ref)

m. Patience Bethell (Noah B of Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera, The Bahamas) bef. 1806

4.1  Eliza Matilda Bowles b. ca. 1809 Governors harbour, Eleuthera

m. George Dorsett Jan. 5, 1830 St Mathews parish, New Providence

Eliza d. Dec. 6, 1832 Rum Key, Bahamas

4.2  Thomas Edwin Bowles b. Nov. 5, 1811 New Providence, Bahamas

4.3  Mary Ann Wood Bowles b. ca. 1814 Governors Harbour, Eleuthera

m. George Thompson Apr. 9, 1831 St Mathews parish, Nassau

4.4  Frederick Henry Augustus Bowles b. ca. 1815 Governors Harbour, Eleuthera

m. Isabella Errell Smith Sept. 8, 1847 St Patrick's Church, Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera

4.4.1  Thomas Bowles b. May 15, bp.May 17, 1847 Governor's Harbour

4.4.2  Euterpia Sarah Ann Bowles b. Dec. 7, 1848 bp. Aug. 26, 1849 Governor's Harbour m. Mr Hyatt of Brooklyn, NY

4.4.3  Frederick Henry Augustus Bowles b. Nov. 17, 1850 Governors Harbour,  Eleuthera

m. Sarah Jane (Ann) Griffin (b. Jan. 17, 1868 Eleuthera; Thomas William G., Mary Ann Sturrup) Sept. 12, 1890 Methodist Church, Governors Harbor, Eleuthera

(according to a family history recorded in Saskatchewan in the 1970's, he owned a large pineapple and tomato farm, a canning factory, a large home and many plots of land on Eleuthera; he emigrated to Saskatchewan, Canada in 1910 and homesteaded at Murraydale, SK; see The Bowles of Saskatchewan on Tom LaPorte's site)

4.4.3.1  Frederick Bowles b. Dec. 10, 1891 Governors Harbour

d. Aug. 30, 1892 Governors Harbour

4.4.3.2  Francis Melbourne Alvord (Frank) Bowles b. June 16, 1893 Governors Harbour

d. May 16, 1970 bur. Maple Creek, SK (MCCI)

4.4.3.3  Frederick H W Bowles b. June 16, 1898 Governors Harbour

d. July 10, 1972 Maple Creek (Maple Creek Cemetery Index)

4.4.3.4  May L E Bowles b. Apr. 9, 1898 Governors Harbour

d. 1921 Gleichen, Wheatland, Alberta, Canada

4.4.3.5  Drexel Augustus Waldorf Bowles b. Dec. 1901 Governors Harbour

d. Nov. 15, 1970 Maple Creek (MCCI)

4.4.3.6  Elsworth Leopold C Bowles b. Dec. 1904 Governors Harbour

d. Apr. 8, 1945 Montana, USA

4.4.3.7  Ormond S M Bowles b. Dec. 1906 Governors Harbour

d. June 6, 1990 Maple Creek (MCCI)

Sarah d. Aug. 25, 1946 Saskatchewan bur. Maple Creek (MCCI)

Frederick d. Jan. 14, 1932 bur. Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada (MCCI)

(see The Bowles of Saskatchewan for further generations of this branch)

4.4.4  Thomas Theodore Bowles b. Feb. 25, 1857 Governors Harbour, Eleuthera

m. Ella Remander Pyfrom (b. Oct. 12, 1867 Eleuthera; George Loran P., Elizabeth Johnson) Sept. 11, 1890 Governors Harbour

4.4.4.1  Thomas Theodore Bowles b. Oct. 17, 1891 Governors Harbour

m. Amelia Fahrbach (b. Aug. 26, 1890 Carlstadt, N.J, USA; Frederic, Elizabeth Heddrich) Dec. 13, 1919 Nassau

4.4.4.1.1  Elizabeth Virginia Bowles b. Sept. 16, 1920 Nassau

m. Lisbon Higgs

4.4.4.1.2  Mary Estelle Bowles b. Oct. 23, 1921 Nassau

m.(1) Thomas Malone

m.(2) Mathew Vissor

m.(3) Ewell Hayworth

4.4.4.1.3  Christine Amy Bowles b. Oct. 16, 1923 Nassau

m. Charles Robert Sweeting

4.4.4.1.4  Irene Lucille Bowles b. Aug. 9, 1924 Nassau

m.(1) Randolph Wishmeyer

m.(2) Steve Heller

4.4.4.1.5  male Bowles b. Dec. 12, 1926 Nassau

4.4.4.1.6  Amaryllis Ruth Bowles b. Oct. 30, 1927 Nassau

m. Samuel Arthur Malone (b. May 17, 1926 Hope Town, Abaco; George Talmadge M., Myrtie Jane Albury) Aug. 3, 1948 Trinity Church, Nassau

Samuel d. June 21, 2004 Orlando, Florida

4.4.4.1.6  Isabelle Elinor Bowles b. Aug. 28, 1930 Nassau

m. Bradley Roberts

Thomas d. Aug. 10, 1969 Nassau

Amelia d. Apr. 7, 1975 Nassau

4.4.4.2  Ella Leland (Remander) Bowles b. ca. 1895 Governors Harbour

m. Winer J Albury

4.4.4.2.1  George Albury b. Mar. 12, 1922 New Providence

4.4.4.3  Rudolph Leonard L Bowles b. ca. 1895 Governors Harbour

Thomas d. July 6, 1901 Governors Harbour Will

Ella d. Feb. 13, 1939 St Matthews parish, New Providence

4.4.5  Estilla Elizabeth Bowles b. ca. 1860 Governors Harbour, Eleuthera

m. Mr. Stanbery (or Stanley) of Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Frederick d. Nov. 30, 1892 Governors Harbour, Eleuthera  Will

Isabella d. Feb. 24, 1918 Governor's Harbour

Nicholas also had a child by his slave Sarah

4.5  George Bowles b. 1820 Eleuthera, Bahamas

George d. Nov. 11, 1872 North & Middle District San Salvador, Bahamas ref

(Sarah and her sons Dick and George were sold to Elias Solomon in 1823)

Nicholas d. Mar. 9, 1834 Eleuthera, Bahamas

Sarah d. Oct. 13, 1858 Middle & North District, San Salvador ref

Patience d. July 18, 1866 Governors Harbour, Eleuthera

5.  Mary Newton Bowles b. ca. 1780 Nassau, The Bahamas

m. John Wood, Esq. (b. ca. 1770 Chichester, Sussex) Jan. 13, 1798 Christ Church Cathedral, Nassau

(John Wood was an officer in the 32nd Foot Regiment which was based in the West Indies , where he married Mary, and Ireland from the 1790's until 1802; mother Elizabeth left plot in Nassau to daughter Mrs. Wood of Ireland; served in the Peninsular War against Napoleon's troops in 1808/09 and 1811-13 ref)

(five children as mentioned in the pension given to Major Wood's widow in 1813)

5.1  Mary Stuart Wood b. ca. 1807 Ospringe, Kent (as Mary Susan Wood, age 53, in 1861 census)

Mary d. Apr. 16, bur. Apr. 20, 1886 St Peter Port, Guernsey ref

5.2  Caroline Augusta Eason Wood b. ca. 1809 St Peter Port, Guernsey (age 50 in 1861 census)

Caroline d. Oct. 14, bur. Oct. 16, 1885 St Peter Port, Guernsey ref

John d. July 31, 1813 Pyrenees, France (of wounds received 3 days earlier during the British Army's pursuit of Napoleon's French troops fleeing through the Pyrenees mountains in the winter of 1813/14 after their withdrawal from Spain during the Peninsular War of 1807-14) ref

(At some point Mary retired to the Channel Islands where she was living with two of her daughters in the 1861 Census of St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands)

Mary Newton bur. Oct. 14, 1861 St Martin's Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands ref