Excerpted from The McGrath Family of Truxton:
"Grenville was the son of Fred Bowker, who in 1921 was the Chief of police in Cortland, New York. In 1923, Grenville and his wife Margaret lived at 25 Logan Street in Auburn, New York and, from one source, were reported to have had two adopted children. Grenville was employed by Cayuga County since March 1921, as a Probation officer and also operated a music store on State Street in Auburn.
On December 6, 1923, the local newspaper reported the sudden disappearance of Grenville Bowker, which left his wife Margaret disconsolate and in seclusion. Apparently foul play was suspected since the Court immediately ordered an audit of the Probation Department’s account. It turned out that not only was Grenville missing, but also a sum of money from the Probation Department account. There was no further word of Grenville and two months after his disappearance, on February 10, 1924, Margaret McGraw Bowker died of bronchial pneumonia at the age of forty four.
Her body was later taken to Camillus, New York where she was buried on April 29, 1924 in Maplewood Cemetery in the family plot of her younger sister Helen Donnelly. There is no record of any adopted or other children in the available records, including her obituary, which lists her father, brothers and sisters as the only survivors. Thirteen years later, on December 14, 1937, the Auburn newspaper reported the death of Grenville’s mother and Fred Bowker’s widow, Mrs. Julia C. Honeywell Bowker. The only survivor was a son, Grenville F. Bowker, of Chicago, Illinois. No reference to grandchildren at all."
From the Syracuse Journal, Monday, December 10, 1923:
"Auburn — Sheriff Fay Teeter has announced that the stock in the store formerly conducted by Grenville F. Bowker will be sold to satisfy creditors. Bowker has been missing nine days and has been removed from office as county and city probation officer."
"Grenville was the son of Fred Bowker, who in 1921 was the Chief of police in Cortland, New York. In 1923, Grenville and his wife Margaret lived at 25 Logan Street in Auburn, New York and, from one source, were reported to have had two adopted children. Grenville was employed by Cayuga County since March 1921, as a Probation officer and also operated a music store on State Street in Auburn.
On December 6, 1923, the local newspaper reported the sudden disappearance of Grenville Bowker, which left his wife Margaret disconsolate and in seclusion. Apparently foul play was suspected since the Court immediately ordered an audit of the Probation Department’s account. It turned out that not only was Grenville missing, but also a sum of money from the Probation Department account. There was no further word of Grenville and two months after his disappearance, on February 10, 1924, Margaret McGraw Bowker died of bronchial pneumonia at the age of forty four.
Her body was later taken to Camillus, New York where she was buried on April 29, 1924 in Maplewood Cemetery in the family plot of her younger sister Helen Donnelly. There is no record of any adopted or other children in the available records, including her obituary, which lists her father, brothers and sisters as the only survivors. Thirteen years later, on December 14, 1937, the Auburn newspaper reported the death of Grenville’s mother and Fred Bowker’s widow, Mrs. Julia C. Honeywell Bowker. The only survivor was a son, Grenville F. Bowker, of Chicago, Illinois. No reference to grandchildren at all."
From the Syracuse Journal, Monday, December 10, 1923:
"Auburn — Sheriff Fay Teeter has announced that the stock in the store formerly conducted by Grenville F. Bowker will be sold to satisfy creditors. Bowker has been missing nine days and has been removed from office as county and city probation officer."
Excerpted from The McGrath Family of Truxton:
"Grenville was the son of Fred Bowker, who in 1921 was the Chief of police in Cortland, New York. In 1923, Grenville and his wife Margaret lived at 25 Logan Street in Auburn, New York and, from one source, were reported to have had two adopted children. Grenville was employed by Cayuga County since March 1921, as a Probation officer and also operated a music store on State Street in Auburn.
On December 6, 1923, the local newspaper reported the sudden disappearance of Grenville Bowker, which left his wife Margaret disconsolate and in seclusion. Apparently foul play was suspected since the Court immediately ordered an audit of the Probation Department’s account. It turned out that not only was Grenville missing, but also a sum of money from the Probation Department account. There was no further word of Grenville and two months after his disappearance, on February 10, 1924, Margaret McGraw Bowker died of bronchial pneumonia at the age of forty four.
Her body was later taken to Camillus, New York where she was buried on April 29, 1924 in Maplewood Cemetery in the family plot of her younger sister Helen Donnelly. There is no record of any adopted or other children in the available records, including her obituary, which lists her father, brothers and sisters as the only survivors. Thirteen years later, on December 14, 1937, the Auburn newspaper reported the death of Grenville’s mother and Fred Bowker’s widow, Mrs. Julia C. Honeywell Bowker. The only survivor was a son, Grenville F. Bowker, of Chicago, Illinois. No reference to grandchildren at all."
From the Syracuse Journal, Monday, December 10, 1923:
"Auburn — Sheriff Fay Teeter has announced that the stock in the store formerly conducted by Grenville F. Bowker will be sold to satisfy creditors. Bowker has been missing nine days and has been removed from office as county and city probation officer."
"Grenville was the son of Fred Bowker, who in 1921 was the Chief of police in Cortland, New York. In 1923, Grenville and his wife Margaret lived at 25 Logan Street in Auburn, New York and, from one source, were reported to have had two adopted children. Grenville was employed by Cayuga County since March 1921, as a Probation officer and also operated a music store on State Street in Auburn.
On December 6, 1923, the local newspaper reported the sudden disappearance of Grenville Bowker, which left his wife Margaret disconsolate and in seclusion. Apparently foul play was suspected since the Court immediately ordered an audit of the Probation Department’s account. It turned out that not only was Grenville missing, but also a sum of money from the Probation Department account. There was no further word of Grenville and two months after his disappearance, on February 10, 1924, Margaret McGraw Bowker died of bronchial pneumonia at the age of forty four.
Her body was later taken to Camillus, New York where she was buried on April 29, 1924 in Maplewood Cemetery in the family plot of her younger sister Helen Donnelly. There is no record of any adopted or other children in the available records, including her obituary, which lists her father, brothers and sisters as the only survivors. Thirteen years later, on December 14, 1937, the Auburn newspaper reported the death of Grenville’s mother and Fred Bowker’s widow, Mrs. Julia C. Honeywell Bowker. The only survivor was a son, Grenville F. Bowker, of Chicago, Illinois. No reference to grandchildren at all."
From the Syracuse Journal, Monday, December 10, 1923:
"Auburn — Sheriff Fay Teeter has announced that the stock in the store formerly conducted by Grenville F. Bowker will be sold to satisfy creditors. Bowker has been missing nine days and has been removed from office as county and city probation officer."
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