Notes from Conrad Grebel University College, Manuscript collection, Hist.Mss.1.186 -
Bowman, Abraham M. and Catharine:
"Although an Old Order Mennonite, Bowman was never a farmer. He apprenticed at Elias Kreutzinger's from 1891-1894, and worked at H.J. Hall's in Waterloo until 1897. He and an uncle then set up a planing mill on the Heidelburg Road, but it burned in 1900. He then returned to work for H.J. Hall for several years, then for Charles Mueller Coopery until 1910. The family moved to Elmira in 1911 where he set up a contracting and building materials business. In this capacity he gained some contracts to dig and install parts of the new water system in the town. He began to work for Elmira Water Works in 1914, and then worked for the Elmira Public utility until 1947. He was superintendent beginning in 1918, and manager of the Utility from 1932-1947. He worked for a time at the Preston P.U.C. until 1958 after they moved to Preston.
Bowman took many correspondence courses from the International Correspondence School in Scranton, Pennsylvania, even though his public school education had ended with grade 8. His studies eventually qualified him as a professional engineer in 1938 both for electrical and water work. This was of course very unusual for an Old Order Mennonite. At the time of the division in the Old Order Mennonite community, Abraham and Catharine joined the Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference. They purchased their first car in 1937.
He had been baptized Sept. 21, 1892 at the old Conestoga meetinghouse; Catharine was baptized Sept. 13, 1891 at Martin's meetinghouse in Waterloo".
Bowman, Abraham M. and Catharine:
"Although an Old Order Mennonite, Bowman was never a farmer. He apprenticed at Elias Kreutzinger's from 1891-1894, and worked at H.J. Hall's in Waterloo until 1897. He and an uncle then set up a planing mill on the Heidelburg Road, but it burned in 1900. He then returned to work for H.J. Hall for several years, then for Charles Mueller Coopery until 1910. The family moved to Elmira in 1911 where he set up a contracting and building materials business. In this capacity he gained some contracts to dig and install parts of the new water system in the town. He began to work for Elmira Water Works in 1914, and then worked for the Elmira Public utility until 1947. He was superintendent beginning in 1918, and manager of the Utility from 1932-1947. He worked for a time at the Preston P.U.C. until 1958 after they moved to Preston.
Bowman took many correspondence courses from the International Correspondence School in Scranton, Pennsylvania, even though his public school education had ended with grade 8. His studies eventually qualified him as a professional engineer in 1938 both for electrical and water work. This was of course very unusual for an Old Order Mennonite. At the time of the division in the Old Order Mennonite community, Abraham and Catharine joined the Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference. They purchased their first car in 1937.
He had been baptized Sept. 21, 1892 at the old Conestoga meetinghouse; Catharine was baptized Sept. 13, 1891 at Martin's meetinghouse in Waterloo".
Notes from Conrad Grebel University College, Manuscript collection, Hist.Mss.1.186 -
Bowman, Abraham M. and Catharine:
"Although an Old Order Mennonite, Bowman was never a farmer. He apprenticed at Elias Kreutzinger's from 1891-1894, and worked at H.J. Hall's in Waterloo until 1897. He and an uncle then set up a planing mill on the Heidelburg Road, but it burned in 1900. He then returned to work for H.J. Hall for several years, then for Charles Mueller Coopery until 1910. The family moved to Elmira in 1911 where he set up a contracting and building materials business. In this capacity he gained some contracts to dig and install parts of the new water system in the town. He began to work for Elmira Water Works in 1914, and then worked for the Elmira Public utility until 1947. He was superintendent beginning in 1918, and manager of the Utility from 1932-1947. He worked for a time at the Preston P.U.C. until 1958 after they moved to Preston.
Bowman took many correspondence courses from the International Correspondence School in Scranton, Pennsylvania, even though his public school education had ended with grade 8. His studies eventually qualified him as a professional engineer in 1938 both for electrical and water work. This was of course very unusual for an Old Order Mennonite. At the time of the division in the Old Order Mennonite community, Abraham and Catharine joined the Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference. They purchased their first car in 1937.
He had been baptized Sept. 21, 1892 at the old Conestoga meetinghouse; Catharine was baptized Sept. 13, 1891 at Martin's meetinghouse in Waterloo".
Bowman, Abraham M. and Catharine:
"Although an Old Order Mennonite, Bowman was never a farmer. He apprenticed at Elias Kreutzinger's from 1891-1894, and worked at H.J. Hall's in Waterloo until 1897. He and an uncle then set up a planing mill on the Heidelburg Road, but it burned in 1900. He then returned to work for H.J. Hall for several years, then for Charles Mueller Coopery until 1910. The family moved to Elmira in 1911 where he set up a contracting and building materials business. In this capacity he gained some contracts to dig and install parts of the new water system in the town. He began to work for Elmira Water Works in 1914, and then worked for the Elmira Public utility until 1947. He was superintendent beginning in 1918, and manager of the Utility from 1932-1947. He worked for a time at the Preston P.U.C. until 1958 after they moved to Preston.
Bowman took many correspondence courses from the International Correspondence School in Scranton, Pennsylvania, even though his public school education had ended with grade 8. His studies eventually qualified him as a professional engineer in 1938 both for electrical and water work. This was of course very unusual for an Old Order Mennonite. At the time of the division in the Old Order Mennonite community, Abraham and Catharine joined the Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference. They purchased their first car in 1937.
He had been baptized Sept. 21, 1892 at the old Conestoga meetinghouse; Catharine was baptized Sept. 13, 1891 at Martin's meetinghouse in Waterloo".
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