Individual Details
James BONE
(14 May 1847 - 14 May 1929)
1 _FA1 2 PLAC Pressed to have name changed to "Bowen" 1 _FA2 2 DATE 1887 2 PLAC Emigrated to Sanilac County, Michigan, U.S.A. 1887 1 _FA4 2 PLAC Contact was made with Michigan relatives 1 _FA5 2 PLAC Erskine Church is now a cheese factory in Ingersol 1 _FA6 2 PLAC Cons. 1, Lot 6, N.Dorch. Middlesex 1 _FA7 2 PLAC 1871 Census-Reel,C9904, Pg, 23, Lines 15-17 1 _FA8 2 PLAC 1881Census-Rell-C13268,Page53,Lines8-14 1 _MDCL Death Reg. # 74- 2907 Michigan
James was the first of the children of Tom and Ann to leave the nest in Carrville. He moved to southwestern Ontario near a hamlet called Harrietsville (just north of the Ontario Police College in Aylmer). Here he lived with or beside another BONE. This was determined from the 1871 Ontario census which showed the original Bone and James (now BOWEN). In the census of 1881, James and his family show as BOWEN as does the original BONE. This would seem to support my grandfather's (JCSB) contention, when I spoke to him, that his father (Joseph) had returned from a family function around 1914 in Carrville saying that a brother had come home for the event and tried to convince everyone to change their last name to BOWEN as it looked and sounded better. I believe the family function was the funeral of the oldest BONE - William - in 1914. It would also explain why certain branches of the family still spell the surname BONE and others BOWEN. Of course there is, as yet, no certainty as to the spelling of the original surname.
The original farm of James' was 80 acres and is still owned by his great granddaughter Nancy and her husband Ron Bradley, who have added 80 acres to it. The original homestead still survives next to their home.
James was the first of the children of Tom and Ann to leave the nest in Carrville. He moved to southwestern Ontario near a hamlet called Harrietsville (just north of the Ontario Police College in Aylmer). Here he lived with or beside another BONE. This was determined from the 1871 Ontario census which showed the original Bone and James (now BOWEN). In the census of 1881, James and his family show as BOWEN as does the original BONE. This would seem to support my grandfather's (JCSB) contention, when I spoke to him, that his father (Joseph) had returned from a family function around 1914 in Carrville saying that a brother had come home for the event and tried to convince everyone to change their last name to BOWEN as it looked and sounded better. I believe the family function was the funeral of the oldest BONE - William - in 1914. It would also explain why certain branches of the family still spell the surname BONE and others BOWEN. Of course there is, as yet, no certainty as to the spelling of the original surname.
The original farm of James' was 80 acres and is still owned by his great granddaughter Nancy and her husband Ron Bradley, who have added 80 acres to it. The original homestead still survives next to their home.
Events
| Birth | 14 May 1847 | Selbourne, East Worldhome, Hampshire, England | |||
| Christen | 6 Jun 1847 | Selbourne, East Worldhome, Hampshire, England | |||
| Marriage | 26 Sep 1868 | Ingersol, Oxford County, Ontario (Erskine Church) - Mary Ann ROBINSON |  | ||
| Death | 14 May 1929 | Uremic Toximia-Contributary Apoplexy - Brown City, Sanilac County, Michigan, U.S.A. (Speaker Cemetery) |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Ann ROBINSON ( - 1930) |
| Child | Annie Maria BOWEN ( - ) |
| Child | Thomas James BOWEN (1872 - 1952) |
| Child | John Wesley BOWEN (1874 - 1967) |
| Child | George BOWEN (1876 - ) |
| Child | Ellen Lavina BOWEN (1880 - ) |
| Child | Henry BOWEN (1882 - 1941) |
| Child | Robert Preston BOWEN (1884 - 1896) |
| Child | Sarah Jane. BOWEN (1886 - 1887) |
| Child | Etta BOWEN (1888 - 1971) |
| Father | Thomas BONE (1814 - 1887) |
| Mother | Ann WELLS (1814 - 1897) |
| Sibling | William Thomas BONE (1844 - 1914) |
| Sibling | George BONE (1849 - 1924) |
| Sibling | Henry BONE (1854 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Sarah Jane BONE (1856 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Ellen 'Hannah' BONE (1858 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Charles BONE (1859 - 1937) |
| Sibling | John 'Jack' BONE (1861 - 1945) |
| Sibling | Albert BONE (1866 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Joseph BONE (1868 - 1934) |
| Sibling | Benjamin BONE (1871 - ) |