[Bgnet] Wonderful news

[Lon]

Randy,

Wow! . . .   As I'm sure you know, Lorne Shunk introduced A.C. Bowerman's 
manuscript of the Bowerman family, to the internet many years ago.  With his 
permission, I have been re-transcribing A.C.'s document over the past two 
years, into a more "modern" piece; and at the same time correcting a lot of 
errors that A.C. had made; and adding additional sheets that were recently 
found by Jeffrey L. Staley (another researcher connected with the Bowerman 
Genealogy web site).  The only thing keeping me from finishing this effort 
is good old time.

I think it a fair statement that A.C. Bowerman's "Bowerman Family of Ont. 
Canada  (1632 - 1916 inclusive)", provided more information about the 
"Canadian" Bowermans than was ever previously known.   His manuscript has 
helped more people find their heritage than all the earlier data put 
together.

Because of the importance of this newly discovered material to the Bowerman 
family, I would like to request that every effort be made to begin 
photocopying these new A.C. Bowerman documents and placing them in a 
"special" section of your web site so that Bowerman researchers may begin to 
reap the benefits of what appears to be completely new information.

I would of course be VERY appreciative if I could be involved in the process 
of tanscribing this latest Bowerman related find and will be more than 
willing to help in any way possible.

Lon


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From: "Randy Saylor" <randy.saylor at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:59 AM
Subject: Wonderful news


> Hi all transcribers and Jane and Harold
> You will recall that Janet wrote an article that ran in the local press 
> about this project and asking if anyone had other material to bring 
> forward.
>
> Well, I got a call the next day from Gord Moran who explained that he is 
> taking care of the affairs of Marion Cronk, age 95, who is in a home and 
> suffering from dementia. Gord had cleared her house for sale and had in 
> his basement a few hundred large plastic totes of material and some were 
> filled with Quaker material. He wanted to donate it to the archives on 
> behalf of Marion.
>
> What heart thumping excitement. I called Jane and she mentioned that she 
> had visited Marion some years ago and Marion had expressed a desire to 
> give the material but couldn't get organized to do so.
>
> Janet, Jane, Harold and I planned to meet at Gord's two weekends ago but 
> due to health and weather it ended up that Gord, Janet and I were there 
> for the transfer.
>
> Janet's and my jaw dropped when we saw all the stuff. Marion lived her 
> whole life in the multi generational family home. There was old Quaker 
> clothing, tons of books, paper records, etc. Specifically Gord had sorted 
> the paper "stuff" into 34 totes and we set about sorting them again into 
> piles of old photographs, cards, Quaker items, letters, booklets, etc, 
> etc. It took two days to do half of it. I left with two totes weighing 
> over 100 pounds. Gord in the meantime has sorted the remainder and not 
> much more was found.
>
> I have put a short Marion Cronk page on my site for all to see a general 
> list of what is there. Also Janet has written a follow up article for 
> publication this week. Maybe there is more in the County!
>
> Jane is staying with me this Thurs and we will set a direction. I have 
> offered to make an inventory and there is material there that begs for 
> transcription. As always I will take my direction from the CYM archives.
>
> Two treasures are the 2 journals from the 1830's of Sam Hughes who was a 
> leader among Quakers and reformers and who was with David Willson in 
> setting up the Children of Peace and Sharon Temple. There is a prof at 
> York Univ who is writing a book on Hughes and is eager to get images of 
> the pages. For the genealogical crowd there is a binder of notes from AC 
> Bowerman and his almost complete manuscript on the Bowerman and related 
> families dated 1904. This is no small treasure. He did publish other works 
> but as far as I can figure out this one is not published. I have found 
> references to it from a few Bowerman researchers so over time Marion must 
> have made it guardedly available. It is packed with lineages and short 
> bios of many people and runs over 100 pages. Two pages were dedicated to 
> the Saylor family and the first page is missing - ugh.
>
> Personally I found reference to Lavina Saylor and Charles Saylor being 
> siblings and giving Lavina's parents. This is, for me, the tumbling of a 
> long time brick wall. Amazing. I have put notes about this on my 3 Saylor 
> pages.
>
> I also found confirmation that Fanny (White) Cunningham and Cornelius 
> White are siblings. Again, another brick wall falls. See the Cunningham 
> and William White web pages for details. I wonder how many others will 
> fall with AC's work.
>
> Dr Albert C Bowerman is no light weight. He did major work and lived at a 
> time when quite reliable people, children of pioneers, could inform him of 
> events and lineages from pre civil record days. This is a major find.
>
> I have assembled a large box filled with old letters, many from 1815 to 
> 1860's. I have no idea what is in them and Jane will educate me on proper 
> procedures. Currently I have been sorting the account books, diaries and 
> other non letter material in piles and making notes of what each item 
> contains. There is a lot to be done. I have spent a bit of time figuring 
> out Marion's family roots in order to be able to make sense of the 
> letters. Surnames like Lucas and Ogden to say nothing about all the 
> Bowerman's and Cronk's needed to be understood. From AC's work I have 
> constructed her lineage and have updated my WorldConnect file to reflect 
> that. Much social history is embedded in this Fonds.
>
> I feel that all of you share in the credit of this event. It is your work 
> that has given strength and vitality to this project and out of that Janet 
> was inclined to write an article and events followed from that. Gord, 
> above all, needs to be praised for not throwing the stuff out. It could 
> easily have happened. Well done to all.
>
> Down the road I see continuing with what we are doing and then introduce 
> materials from the Marion Cronk Fonds when ready. After the current book, 
> we start a wonderful West Lake MM book with lots of business in its pages.
>
> Best to all.
> Randy
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