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1808-1915 (Creation)
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- Bowen, Edward (1780-1866)
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0.03 l.m. of textual records
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Edward Bowen was born on 1 December 1780 at Kinsale, Ireland. He came to Lower Canada in 1797 to study law. He become the first king's councel in 1809 and occupied many other prominent offices. Bowen was appointed the first Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Lower Canada in 1849. He was also the second chancellor of Bishop's University from 1856 to 1858. He married Eliza Davidson (1782-1859) the 27 October 1807 at the Felton family home, "Belmont." Together they had 16 children: Edward Henry (1808-1849), Isabella Cassan (b. 1810), George Frederick (1811-1898), William Hamilton (1812-1829), Eliza Cecilia (1813-1850), Lucy Irwin (b. 1815), Charles Marshall (1818-1820), Ann Emilie (1819-1889), Charlotte Louisa Caldwell (b. 1820), Francis Nathaniel Burton (b.1822), Mary Sophia (1824-1883), Alicia Catherine Aubigny (1825-1913/1914), George Mountain (b. 1826), Noel Hill (1828-1872), Louisa Aylmer (1830-1877), and Charles William (1832-1832). Edward Bowen died on 11 April 1866.
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The file contains primary source information on the personal and professional life of Edward Bowen from 1808 to after 1915. It consists of correspondence; a bound notebook containing vital statistics on his wife and children, and poems and hymns; documents regarding the settlement of his estate; a family register; a photocopy of death announcement for E. Bowen; and data on the military career of his brother George Bowen. The correspondence is from Lord Goderich, Thomas Coutts, Lieutenant-Colonel Eden, Mrs. Lucy Hankshaw, Louvigny de Montigny and Mrs. Irwin to Mrs. Bowen, as well as one composed by Edward Bowen.
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Some of the letters have wax seals.
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- English