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GLOVER Elizabeth[1, 2] 1857 - 1937

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• Nickname	Lizzie
  Birth	22 Sep 1857	Elora, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  	Birth year of 1858 in "The Glover and Bowes Families." [1]
  Gender	Female
  EDUC	Shephard Settlement District School, one mile south of the home at Lime Ledge, northwest of Marcellus, New York  [5]
  RESI	1880	Van Buren, New York   [6]
  	Age: 22
  Buried	1937	St. Mary's Cemetery, Skaneateles, New York   [7]
  	Address: Section 2, Row 13
  Died	31 Jan 1937	Syracuse, New York   [3, 4]
  	Death year of 1932 in "The Glover and Bowes Families." [1] Her grandson Joseph (William's son) told the story about how she died: Their son Fred lived at home with them at the time and would fix the coal furnace downstairs. Elizabeth would always go down to make sure he did it right. She was too short to see easily and had to step on a log to see up into the furnace, but one day the log rolled and she fell and died within 2-3 days. (Phone 1/2004)
  Person ID	I183	Bowes and Bigelow
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2010

  
  

  Father	GLOVER Michael,   b. 1815, Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland ,   d. Mar 1895, Skaneateles, New York
  Mother	O'LOANE Mary,   b. 1819, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland ,   d. 4 Feb 1904, Skaneateles, New York
  Married	1852	Elora, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F67	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	BOWES Michael,   b. 25 Jan 1853, Dewitt, Onondaga, New York ,   d. 19 May 1933, Syracuse, New York
  Married	11 Jan 1877	Marcellus, New York   [3]
  		Michael and "Lizzie"'s Marriage Announcement Status: Located
  		St. Francis Xavier Church Photo and History HISTORY OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH * Joyce Glover confirmed that this was Elizabeth's uncle John Glover, and added that John Glover laid the corner stone for the church. This is printed in the church history. "The following information was submitted by John Curtin ... A number of individuals have already told some of the story about St. Francis Xavier Church, including Kathryn C. Heffernan, Israel Parsons, and W. W. Clayton, and from their works this brief history is, in part, borrowed.The first religious services for the Catholic population in Marcellus were held in 1853 at the home of John McNally (presently on Rockwell Road) and in 1854, a church of about twenty members was organized, and called the Church of St. Francis Xavier. Among the twenty members first organized as a mission, Clayton lists eight men - John McNally, John Glover*, Patrick McLoughlin, John Kerwin, Michael Curtin, John McDonald, Jeremiah Curtin, and James McNally. It might be assumed that the names of the remaining twelve were not available at that time, or that they were women and children. Services were held for many years in the second story of the Old Tavern, which stood for a number of years on the corner of what is now West Main and South Streets in Marcellus. This building was purchased by the Roman Catholic community, and on this site the present church edifice was built in 1867. The first Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Michael Haes (Hayes) who was somewhat of a circuit rider, covering not only Onondaga County, but parts of Madison, Cortland, and Oswego. Baptismal and marriage records in widely separated places bear his name, if not his signature. In December 1852, Bishop John McCloskey of Albany appointed Reverend William McCallion as the first pastor of a new parish of Camillus, which included the territory within the present towns of Camillus, Marcellus, Skaneateles, Otisco, Jordan, Split Rock, Tully, and probably Onondaga Hill. St. Francis Xavier was then organized as a mission congregation of St. Joseph's Church (in Camillus, N.Y.) in 1854, and many of the church records (baptismal and marriage) of SFX for the time period, 1854-1867 are located there. Skaneateles was separated from Camillus in 1867, and became a parish with Marcellus and Otisco as missions. Because of this affiliation, many of the church records for the time period, 1867-1873, are located in St. Mary's of the Lake parish in Skaneateles. Marcellus would remain a mission church until February 4, 1873 when St. Francis Xavier was made an independent parish with the Reverend William J. Hayden as first resident pastor and Otisco (St. Patrick's Church) as a mission. The exact boundaries of this original parish are not known, but it is supposed to have included the towns of Marcellus and Otisco and part of Onondaga. In 1888, St. Patrick's at Otisco was separated from Marcellus, but St. Michael's at Onondaga Hill and St. Peter's at Split Rock continued to be missions of St. Francis Xavier until 1903. And at the present time, the boundaries of the parish of St. Francis Xavier are roughly co-terminal with the boundaries of the town of Marcellus. As a religious community for over 140 years, St. Francis Xavier has grown from a membership of about 20 people to over 650 families at present. In that time period, there have been over 4000 baptisms performed at SFX, along with over 1000 marriages, and over 3000 interments have taken place in the parish cemetery. There have been eleven resident pastors and a number of assistant pastors at St. Francis Xavier Church including the following [all deleted but the one at the time of Michael Bowes's marriage to Elizabeth Glover. The newspaper announcement said they were married by Father McDonald, but it was probably McDonough. The same announcement said Michael's last name was "Bow"]: PASTORS AT ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH Rev. Bernard J. McDonough2nd Resident Pastor1874-1878 Because, throughout the 19th century, the reasons for emigration were more acute in Ireland than in any other European country, the early baptism, marriage and interment records for St. Francis Xavier are mostly those of Irish immigrants and their children. St. Francis Xavier Church was founded by such individuals. Most of them worked on the nearby farms or in the local mills, and their children attended the local one-room schools. And most of them are interred in St. Francis Xavier Parish Cemetery. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyononda/CHURCH/STFRANCI.HTM
  NCHI	9
  Notes	LAWRENCE AND THE ELDER MICHAEL SHARE THE FARM HOME WITH NEWLYWEDS MICHAEL AND ELIZABETH "Michael Sr., Lawrence and his son Michael bought a farm at Jacks Reefs*, New York shortly after the younger Michael was married in 1876. [Michael was married in January and they bought the farm in April. They lived on the Preston farm at half way in the interim.] The farm was on the east side of the Seneca River, perhaps three miles from Memphis and a few more from Jordan. It was in Jordan that Michael's and Elizabeth's children attended school and all the family attended St. Patrick's church. ... From the beginning of her marriage to Michael Bowes, Elizabeth Glover, a bride at nineteen, had both her father-in-law and his father living with her. The grandfather died four years later, but Lawrence lived until 1907, living to see all nine of his grandchildren born. He used to rock the cradle with one foot while reading the paper. Aunt Margaret used to say what a fine gentleman he was. She was home when he was dying and said that he called her mother and her into his bedroom and thanked his daughter-in-law for her many kindnesses through the years and said, 'I kiss the ground you walk on.'" ["The Glover and Bowes Families"] "Having been only nineteen years old at the time [when Elizabeth married Michael], and being ten miles from her family, she was very home sick until such time as the children began to arrive. At that time our grand father and great grand father were living with them. A few years later there were nine of us children and it necessitated our mother hireing a girl for house work and another to do the washing once a week as there were no washing machines at that time. Six lunches had to be put up for us who were of school age. As we, the children, grew up we had ideas other than farming so it became necessary to sell the farm and move to Syracuse where our mother loved it." [Bowes Handwritten Records, Set 2] * "I do not think Jack's Reef was a town but rather a hotel along either the Seneca River at a bridge or along the Erie Canal." -- T. W. Sheedy, b. 1937. [1, 5] Michael and Elizabeth were married "...on such a stormy day that they and their relatives would not have been able to get to the church in Marcellus if the neighboring farmers hadn't shoveled out the roads for them." [1] Topographical Map of Jordan, New York http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=43.06527&lon=-76.47333&s=50&layer=DRG25&size=l&u=2 Aerial photo of Jordan, New York http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?Lon=-76.47333&Lat=43.06527
  Children	> 1. BOWES William Lawrence,   b. 26 Dec 1877, Jordan, Onondaga, New York ,   d. 1962, Sryacuse, New York > 2. BOWES Margaret Alice,   b. 25 Feb 1880, Jordan, Onondaga, New York ,   d. Abt 1966 > 3. BOWES Leo Jerome,   b. 6 May 1883, Jordan, Onondaga, New York ,   d. 1932, Pennsylvania > 4. BOWES Edward Glover,   b. 14 Dec 1885, Jordan, Onondaga, New York ,   d. 1 May 1960, Jordan, Onondaga, New York > 5. BOWES John Raymond,   b. 14 Jan 1888, Jordan, Onondaga, New York ,   d. 1970   6. BOWES Vincent Matthew,   b. 5 Jun 1890, Jordan, Onondaga, New York ,   d. 20 Jul 1918, Belleau Wood, France, WWI > 7. BOWES Urban Emmet,   b. 30 May 1892, Jordan, Onondaga, New York ,   d. 15 Nov 1968, Perrysburg, Ohio   8. BOWES Frederick Dennis,   b. 28 Jan 1895, Jordan, Onondaga, New York ,   d. 1972   9. BOWES Marian E.,   b. 3 Jan 1899, Jordan, Onondaga, New York ,   d. 1922
  Photos		Michael and Elizabeth Glover Bowes Family This photograph was taken in September 1913 on the occasion of the sale of the family farm at Memphis, N.Y. (Memphis is outside Jordan, which is outside Skaneateles, which is outside Syracuse.) Seated from left, name followed by year of death, and Aunt Margaret identified by her eventual married name: Elizabeth Glover Bowes (1937), Marian Bowes (1922), Margaret Bowes Sheedy (1966?), and Michael Bowes (1933) Standing from left, their names followed by year of death: William Bowes (early 60s), Vincent Bowes (WWI, France, 1918), Frederick Bowes (1972), Leo Bowes (1932), Urban Bowes (1968), John Bowes (1970), Edward Bowes (1960). Status: Located
  		Michael Bowes and Sons, 1913, the Day They Sold the Family Farm Status: Located
  		Bowes Family Farm at Jack's Reef, New York Status: Located
  		Skaneateles, New York (1850s). Nearest town to Jack's Reef Where the Bowes Farm Was (scroll to the right)
  		St. Patrick's Church, Jordan, NY, Early Photo This is the church where the Michael Bowes/Elizabeth Glover family attended mass from 1877, the year Michael and Elizabeth were married and they bought the family farm. Their nine children were all baptised here. Status: Located
  		St. Patrick's Church, Jordan, NY, Later Photo This is the church where the Michael Bowes/Elizabeth Glover family attended mass from 1877, the year Michael and Elizabeth were married and they bought the family farm. Their nine children were all baptised here. Status: Located
  		Erie Canal in Jordan, New York Status: Located
  		Jordan, New York, Main Street (old postcard - 1904-1918) (Bowes) "G. Allen (?) writes to Mr. William F. Welch who is in Rochester at the time - can't find a year on the postcard, but the AZO Stamp Box dates the card somewhere between the years of 1904 and 1918. Card was published by H.A. Myer & Co. in Syracuse (located at that time at the corner of Avery Ave & Ulster St). (Submitted by Heidi Benziger Rautio)" Status: Located
  		Jordan, New York, Fountain "Hotel," "The Clinton House" Status: Located
  		Syracuse, New York, 1932, Shortly Before Michael and Elizabeth Bowes Died There
  Documents		"Three of Four Brothers Called by War" (Bowes - Urban, Vincent and Fred - WWI) Status: Located
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2006
  Family ID	F66	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Event Married - 11 Jan 1877 - Marcellus, New York Buried - Address: Section 2, Row 13 - 1937 - St. Mary's Cemetery, Skaneateles, New York Died - 31 Jan 1937 - Syracuse, New York  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Elizabeth Glover (1857-1937) This photo was taken in 1877 when Elizabeth married Michael Bowes. Status: Located
  		Elizabeth Glover Bowes (1857-1937)
  		Elizabeth Glover Bowes (1857-1937)
  		Elizabeth Glover Bowes with Son William, Grandson Cletus, and Granddaughter Maureen, 1935
  		John R. Bowes (third from left), Elizabeth Glover (front row) and Others

  
  

  Documents

  Elizabeth Glover Bowes (1857-1937) Visits Son Vincent Bowes's (1890-1918) Grave, and Mary A. Dollard ( - ) Visits Son Joseph Dollard's ( - ) Grave, in France Status: Located

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone of Elizabeth Glover Bowes (1857-1937) This headstone thought to have replaced an older, smaller one in the 1960s. Status: Located Plot: Section 2, Row 13

  
  

• Notes

  ESTELLA BOWES CHESLEY AND JOSEPH BOWES REMEMBER THEIR GRANDMOTHER ELIZABETH Estella said Elizabeth was "a lovely lady, extremely pleasant. She had a very nice expression. Everybody loved her. Nice to everyone." Joseph said Elizabeth was a "great talker" and a "little lady." [8] A FAMILY STORY "I remembered a story my mother told about Grandmother Bowes. When Jack Sheedy [this was Elizabeth Glover Bowes's son-in-law who became an obstetrician] was in medical school he was telling about the rhythm method for birth control. Grandmother Bowes responded when he finished with, no wonder I had so many kids, I had it wrong." R. Berdon, daughter of Catherine Anne Bowes, daughter of William Bowes, son of Michael and Elizabeth




• Sources

  [SR43] "The Glover and Bowes Families", By Margaret E. Bowes (1912 - 1987). Footnotes and appendices by M. H. Bowes.. [S6] Michael Bowes (1853-1933) Diary of 1880, Michael Bowes. [SR14] Bowes/Bigelow Pedigree Chart, M. B. Dakin, October 25, 1993. [SR27] John R. Bowes Handwritten Records. [SR117] Bowes Handwritten Records (Set 2), Unknown. [S16] U.S. Census 1880, 8. [SR59] St. Mary's Cemetery Database, Compiled by Harold Whiter, (http://www.skaneateleshistoricalsociety.org/skan-hist-archives/stmarys.html). [SR77] Conversation with E. B. Chesley, January 24, 2004.