Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Christian Bowser and Susanna Fluke




Husband Christian Bowser 1 2

            AKA: Christopher Bowser 3
           Born: 27 Sep 1798 - York Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Sep 1869 - Gaskill Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 1 2 3
         Buried:  - Brooks Cemetery, near Bowersville, Jefferson Co, PA


         Father: Jacob C. Bowser (1770-Abt 1853) 4
         Mother: Unknown (      -      )


       Marriage: 21 Oct 1825 - Bedford Co, PA 1 2



Wife Susanna Fluke 2 3

            AKA: Susanna Fluck 1
           Born: 21 Oct 1805 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Sep 1877 1 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Henry Fluke (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Christina Snyder (      -      ) 2




Children
1 M Henry Fluke Bowser 3 5 6 7

           Born: 6 Jan 1827 - Waterside, Bedford Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 May 1872 or 1892 1 2 6
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Swigart (1830-1860) 3 8
         Spouse: Catherine Marshall (1834-1914) 2 5 9
           Marr: Feb 1863 1 6


2 M William Fluke Bowser 1 2 3

           Born: 21 Aug 1828 - Waterside, Bedford Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Jul 1893 - Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA 1 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Margaret C. "Maggie" Campbell (1828-1908) 1 2 3


3 M John F. Bowser 2 3

           Born: 1830 - Bedford Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1851 - Armstrong Co, PA 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


4 M David F. Bowser 1 2 3

           Born: 10 Sep 1833 - Bedford Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Mar 1895 - Jefferson Co, PA 1 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Myers (      -Aft 1913) 2 3


5 M Peter F. Bowser 1 2 3

           Born: 10 Sep 1836 - Bedford Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1921
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Harriet Eliza Brooks (1836-1900) 1 3
           Marr: 1857 3


6 F Christina F. Bowser 1 3 10

           Born: 13 Dec 1839 - Armstrong Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1913
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Robert Beaty (      -      ) 3


7 M Jacob F. Bowser 1 3 10

           Born: 6 Nov 1843 - Armstrong Co, PA 1 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 May 1911 - Bowersville, Jefferson Co, PA 1 10
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Martha Rhodes (1844-1916) 1 3 10


8 F Elizabeth F. Bowser 1 3 10 11

           Born: 12 Dec 1849 - Armstrong Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1875 - Jefferson Co, PA 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James Rowland (      -1871) 11
         Spouse: Milton Miller (      -      ) 10



General Notes: Husband - Christian Bowser


He was born in York County, Pennsylvania, but was married in Bedford County, and in 1837 removed with his family to Armstrong County. Upon the farm which he purchased in Franklin township he made his home until 1854, when he removed to Gaskill township, Jefferson County, and bought the Evan Jones homestead of 150 acres, continuing his residence thereon until his death.

He was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and was there married. In 1840 they removed to Armstrong County, settling in East Franklin township, near Kittanning, where he became a well-known agriculturist, but in 1851 they went to Jefferson County, locating in Gaskill township. There he spent the rest of his life in farming, and passed away in the faith of the German Baptist Church.

He came to Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, from Hopewell, in 1840. In 1851 he moved to Jefferson County, and lived at McGees Mills.

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Sources


1 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1554.

2 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 227.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1247.

4 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 132, 227.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1260, 1554.

6 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 169.

7 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 180, 227.

8 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 180.

9 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 133, 168.

10 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 228.

11 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 477.


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