TWELFTH GENERATION

3827. Neil Ross BOWLBY ^{(8579) (5)(6) (7)(8)} was born on 18 Oct 1889 in Wilmot, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.^(14730) He died on 6 May 1972 in Truro, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia. OBITUARY - N.R. Bowlby
WILMOT - Neil Ross Bowlby, 82, of Wilmot, Annapolis County, died
Saturday in Colchester Hospital, Truro.
Born in Wilmot, he was the son of the late Arthur and Adelaide
(Pierce) Bowlby.
He is survived by a daughter, Marion (Mrs. A.G. Kennedy) Truro;
two sons, Harold, Dartmouth, Arthur, Toronto; two sisters, Evelyn
(Mrs. E.H. Fales), Melrose, Mass.; Jean (Mrs. H.P. Reagh), South
Weymouth, Mass.; and 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He
was predeceased by his wife.
The body is at the Warren T. Roop Funeral Home, Middleton, where
funeral service will be held Monday at 3 P.M. with Rev. Milton Munn
officiating. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Middleton.

THANK YOU
Bowlby - The family of the late Neil Bowlby wishes to express our
sincere thanks to relatives and friends for flowers, donations, and
expressions of sympathy at our time of sorrow. A special expression
of thanks to neighbors for their many kindnesses. Your thoughtfulness
was much appreciated. - Harold, Marie and family; Marion, Ken and
family; Arthur, Betty and family.

The Application for Rgistration of Birth was signed by his mother,
Adelaide Pierce Bowlby and declared before H. Ray Pierce, J.P. , on
September 1, 1943.

Copy of the registration of death in his estate records.

He was married to Jennie Raymond WOTTON on 27 Dec 1911 in Wilmot, Annapolis Co. Nova Scotia. ^{(14731) (14732)} Wedding Bells Bowlby - Wotton
A very pretty home wedding took place at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. George A. Wotton, Wilmot on Wednesday morning, Dec. 27th, when
their youngest daughter, Jennie Raymond, became the bride of Neil Ross
Bowlby also of Wilmot. The bride was attended by Miss Evelyn Bowlby,
sister of the groom, while the groom was supported by Louis E. Wotton,
brother of the bride. Little Jean Bowlby acted as ring bearer.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. D. Skinner, of
Yarmouth, uncle of the bride, the double ring ceremony being used.
The bride was tastefully attired in white silk and bridal veil and
carried a large bouquet of ferns and bridal roses. The bridesmaid was
dressed in blue silk and carried a bouquet of pink carnations.
The grooms present to the bride was a gold watch and chain, to
the bridesmaid a ring and the ring bearer a locket and chain.
Among the number of handsome presents was a large rocker from the
Wilmot Sunday School and some valuable dishes from the Wilmot Club and
a nice assortment of silverware, china etc. from a large number of
invited guests present. After a dainty wedding breakfast the happy
couple were driven to Middleton where they took the D.A.R. express for
Boston where they will visit relatives. On their return they will
reside at Wilmot.

Their marriage certificate is numbered 2412. The clergyman was Rev.
J.D. Skinner, her uncle an United Baptist minister. The witnesses
were Charles L. Wood of Annapolis, N.S. and John G. Marsters, Melvern
Square, N.S. Jennie Raymond WOTTON ^{(8579)(5) (6)(7) (8)} was born on 17 Mar 1890 in Brooklyn, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. ^{(14732) (14733)} She died on 17 Dec 1959 in Wilmot, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. MEMORIAL OBITUARY - December 23, 1959
A tribute published in the pages of a HALIFAX NEWSPAPER, Halifax,
N.S.
Middleton - Mrs. Jennie Bowlby, 69, wife of Neil R. Bowlby, died at
her home following a brief illness. She was born at Wilmot, daughter
of George and Theresa Wotton and was educated at the Provincial Normal
College, Truro. She taught school for several years and was active in
church and community life. She was a Baptist.
She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Marion, (Mrs. A.G.
Kennedy), Truro; two sons, Arthur, F/Lt. RCAF, St. Hubert, P.Q.,
Harold, Truro; two sisters Bessie (Mrs. George Heatley), Bedford;
Vera (Mrs V.M. MacCoy), Chelmsford, Mass.; one brother Louis, Wilmot
and her parents.
The funeral was Sunday afternoon from the Middleton Baptist
Church with Rev. Austin MacPherson officiating. Interment was in Pine
Grove Cemetery.

FUNERALS
BOWLBY - The funeral service for the late Mrs. Jennie Raymond Bowlby
of Wilmot, Annapolis County will be held at the Middleton Baptist
Church, Sunday 2 P.M. conducted by Rev. Austin McPherson. Interment
Pinegrove Cemetery, Middleton. Rather than send flowers, it is
requested that donations be made to Soldiers Memorial Hospital,
Middleton.

The "Raymond" in Jennie's and her son, Harold's name honours Teressa's
brother-in-law, the missionary Alexander Forester Raymond married to
Rosetta R. Skinner.

Jennie earned her Senior A. R. #11871 in May 1959 of Royal Life
Saving Society, Ontario Branch.

Believing she was sick with the flu, Jennie continued her Christmas
shopping. In fact, she had suffered a heart attack.

The Application for Rgistration of Birth was signed by her Aunt, Mrs.
Isabel Skinner Barteaux and Declared before H. Ray Pierce, J.P. , her
Uncle on August 13, 1943. Neil Ross BOWLBY and Jennie Raymond WOTTON had the following children:

+6212 i. Harold Raymond BOWLBY^{(8579) (5)(6) (7)(8)} was born on 12 Sep 1917 in Wilmot, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. ^{(14732)(14734)} He resided in 1959 in Truro, Nova Scotia. He resided between 1961 and 1991 in 4 Berwick St. N.S.. He died on 10 Oct 1991 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. ^(14735) He resided in Retired Banker/ Insurance Executive. He resided in Bridgetown. He was also known as "Hal". He Ethnicity/Relig in Roman Catholic; born Baptist. He Event 1 in First Canadian Paratroop Battalion. 1942 - Glace Bay Man in Paratroops (photo)
Shown above are two Nova Scotians among the members of the instructional cadre for Canada's first parachute battalion now at Camp Shilo, Manitoba. At the right is Sergeant A. Appleton, Glace Bay, and at the left, Sergeant H.R. Bowlby, Yarmouth.

DEATHS
Bowlby, Mr. Harold R.--- Age 74 years of Dartmouth passed away Thursday, October 10, 1991 at Dartmouth General Hospital. Remains are resting at Dartmouth Funeral Home, 29 Queen Street. Funeral mass will be celebrated today 2:00 P.M. St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church. Father Martin Currie officiating. Cremation to follow.

OBITUARY BOWLBY - Harold Raymond -74, Dartmouth, passed away October 10, 1991 in Dartmouth General Hospital. Born in Wilmot, Annapolis County, he was the son of the late Neil and Jenny (Watton) Bowlby. He saw action in France during the Second World War with first Canadian Paratroop Battalion. He retired with rank of major and remained with the militia for many years. He was employed with Royal Bank of Canada for thirty years and then was a partner in Basin /Insurance Agency until retiring in 1983. He was a member of St. Peter's Parish, Dartmouth. He was a longtime member of Gyro Friendship Club, Windsor, Truro and Dartmouth. He is survived by his wife, the former Marie Alma Bourque; a sister Marion Kennedy, Truro; a son, Neil Archibald, Cow Bay; three daughters, Margaret Schipper, Mississauga, Ont., Linda Marie Howell, Nancy Diane Bowlby, both of Dartmouth; six grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. He was predeceased by a brother, Arthur.

(The body is at the Dartmouth Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.)

Funeral was held October 12, 1991 in St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church. Burial was in Dartmouth Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to any food bank of your local church or to Hope Cottage.

BOWLBY The wife and family of the late Harold Raymond Bowlby wish to express our sincere appreciation for your thoughtfulness, concern and support during the recent illness and loss of our beloved husband and father. We extend our gratitude to the staff of the I.C.U., Pod 42 and 44 of the Dartmouth General Hospital. Very special thanks to Dr. N. Coskun, Dr. Nancy MacDonald and Father Martin Currie. Also to St. Peter's Parish and Dartmouth Funeral Home. Our deep appreciation is extended to all who brought food, called, visited, sent Mass and sympathy cards, flowers or made donations in Hal's memory. He was always a supporter of the poor. May God bless you all.

Marie, Neil, Margie, Linda, Nancy and Families

IN APPRECIATION (The Beacon, November, 1991) Bowlby - On behalf of my mother and sisters and our families, we wish to thank you for your support during the recent illness and loss of my father, Harold R. Bowlby. Your calls, visits, floral tributes, mass cards and gifts of food were greatly appreciated and not forgotten.

Neil & Judy Bowlby


Dartmouth Memorial Gardens, 747 Main Street Garden of Prayer, Lot 1104

Tommy Howell wrote this eighth grade history project in 1985. He got 9 out of 10 for it! picture caption:

ALL SET FOR HIS FIRST LEAP is Canadian Paratrooper, Sgt H.R. Bowlby, Yarmouth, N.S. After five jumps he will get his wings.

Major Harold R. Bowlby - World War II Veteran

Prologue
Rather than singling out one individual who has made a contribution to our Country, I have chosen to do this project on a group of individuals. This group is all the men and women who served in the Canadian Armed Forces during the Second World War. The person I have chosen to represent this group is Major Harold R. Bowlby, 1st Canadian Paratroop Battalion - Royal Canadian Army - my grandfather.

I was born on September 12, 1917 in the small village of Wilmot in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. Here, I grew up on our family farm with my parents, a younger brother and sister, Arthur and Marian, my grandmother and great grandmother. Life seemed great to me even though there were chores, long hikes to school, hand-me-down clothes, and none of the luxuries of life that we have today for work or play.

The farm provided us with plenty of good food, including vegetables, fruit, eggs, meat, milk products and honey. This helped our family get through the depression years.

School work was a cinch for me and I graduated with honours in 1934 to take up a career in banking with the Royal Bank of Canada.

The out break of World War II in 1939 changed all that. Shortly after this, I resigned from the bank and enlisted in the West Nova Regiment. After completing basic training, I awaited orders to go overseas to England. About this time, volunteers were requested to form Canada's first ever paratroop battalion. I volunteered among the many and was the second man chosen in Canada to form this battalion. We did initial jump training with the American Army in Fort Benning, Georgia. We then were qualified as instructors and returned to Camp Shilo, Manitoba to instruct other Canadian soldiers.

Our unit arrived in England in July of 1943 and began a long series of advanced combat training. During a training jump in England in late 1943, I had a horrifying experience - my parachute did not open and I thought I was a goner. However, a short distance from the
ground, my secondary chute partially opened enough to break my fall. I was laid up in hospital for awhile. After my release from the hospital, I jumped again and transferred to the British Intelligence Service and spent the next few months learning to become a spy.

In early June, 1994, shortly before the D-Day Invasion, in the dead of night, I parachuted into France. part of my mission was to make contact with the French Resistance to establish escape routes for troops of the invasion. With a cyanide capsule drilled and embedded into one of my teeth, I had orders to bite should I be caught by the enemy. It would serve no purpose to discuss any further details of my mission into France. I was merely doing my duty as were hundreds of thousands of other Canadian service men and women. I was luckier than many and was able to return home following the was.

But I did not return home to the same Canada that I left. What was a very young and immature country was now a place of hope and prosperity; it was a land of people who were proud to have stood on their own feet for the first time in history. We had declared war ourselves and fought with the Allies with distinction and honour for freedom.

My comrades and I were proud to contribute to this change. We no longer took freedom for granted.


Family Story: This is what the note in the hot chocolate pot said: (Patti Brien has this pot and the note in Toronto - a gift from her father - Christmas 1998)

This was called a hot chocolate pot and was part of a tea set that belonged to Harold's grandmother Wotton. Her maiden name was Teressa Skinner and she married George A. Wotton. They had five children - Vera, Eunice, Bessie, Jennie & Louis (Bud's father). Teressa's sister, Rosa married a Dr. Raymond from Yarmouth and they served together as medical missionaries in the Hawaiian Islands.

That is the source of Harold's middle name, also Jennie's middle name. Aunt Belle (Barteaux) was another sister.

Judy asked me to write down the history as I remember it. I estimate the hot cholate pot is about 120 years old.

(Aunt) Marion (Kennedy) - Apr 21/1998
+6213 ii. Marion Louise BOWLBY (Private).
+6214 iii. Arthur Tremaine BOWLBY^{(8579) (5)(6) (7)(8)} was born on 5 Jan 1925 in Wilmot, Annapolis Co. Nova Sotia. ^(14732) He resided in 1959 in St. Huberts, P.Q.. ^(14736) He resided in 1972 in Toronto, Ontario. He died on 14 Sep 1986 in Nepean, Ontario. More about Annapolis (Continued From Page One)
Sergeant Bowlby is one of those young Canadians, keen to serve
the colors, who deserted the classrooms for the King's Uniform. he
graduated from Grade 11 of MacDonald Consolidated High School at
Middleton, where he was a general favorite. His parents were anxious
for him to continue on in his studies and take Grade 12, but with many
of his friends already in uniform, he felt that he had a place along
with them.
Last Summer he went overseas, following his training in Canada
and graduation in June at Fingal,Ontario. With six others of his
class he was assigned to the Ferry Command for special training, but
was later remustered for air crew duties in a fighting unit.
"He has not been able to tell us much of his work, of the places
he has been, but he did write home to us awhile ago that he had been
over the Alps," Mrs. Bowlby said. "Naturally we are always worried
about him, knowing of his work, but it is a relief to know that he is
back from this latest raid."
Mr. Bowlby, a well known farmer of Wilmot district, also
expressed happiness at the news of the safe return, he being first to
answer the phone call, and quickly calling Mrs. Bowlby to hear the
dispatch telling of their son's experience.
Interested In Aviation
Aviation has always interested the young man, and his parents
told how in the years before enlistment, he poured over aviation
magazines, familiarizing himself with different types of planes, and
reading stories about fliers. This interest, along with his studies,
was shared with athletics, such as hockey and baseball in which he
played on the school teams.
The Bowlbys have another son in the services, an older one,
Harold, who is a paratrooper, training in Canada. The remaining
member of the family is their daughter, Marion, who is employed in
Middleton.

Special Training (with photo)
Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Neil R. Bowlby, Wilmot, that
their son, Sergeant Arthur T. Bowlby, R.C.A.F. (above), has arrived
safely in Britain. Arthur graduated in June at Fingal, Ontario, as a
sergeant observer, spent his embarkation leave with his parents and
went directly overseas. He has been assigned with six others of his
class to the Ferry Command, and will receive special training with
that end in view.

1943 photo - Among the raiders over Berlin, Saturday night was
Sergeant A. T. Bowlby (above), of Wilmot, Annapolis County.

OBITUARY
Bowlby, Arthur
(W.W.II - R.C.A.F., Former partner of Ottawa Travel). In hospital on
Sunday, September 14, 1986. Arthur Bowlby, age 61 years, beloved
husband of Alice Elizabeth Neily. Loving father of Gary of
Kemptville, Allan and Bruce of Ottawa and Glenda of Pembroke. Dear
brother of Harold and Marion. Fond grandfather of Clare, Aaron, Geoff
and Doug. Friends may call at the Kelly Funeral Home, 2313 Carling
Avenue ( west of Woodroffe), after 5 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral Wednesday
to Knox United Church for Service at 2 p.m. Cremation Capital
Memorial Gardens. In memoriam donations to the Heart Institute, %
Ottawa Civic Hospital, appreciated.

The Chronicle Herald - The Mail Star Saturday,
September 27, 1986

Funeral held for Arthur T. Bowlby
Nepean, Ontario - Funeral was held in Knox United Church, Nepean, for
Arthur Tremaine Bowlby, 61, of Nepean, and formerly of Middleton, who
died September 14 in Ottawa Civic Hospital. Rev. Dr. Donald Boyd
officiated, assisted by champlain general of CAF, General C.E.
MacCara.
The body was cremated in Capitol Memorial Gardens.
Born in Wilmot, Annapolis County, he was a son of the late Neil and
Jenny (Wotton) Bowlby.
After graduating from MacDonald Consolidated School in Middleton, he
joined the RCAF and served overseas in the Second World War as a
flight sergeant air gunner. He survived when his plane was shot down
and escaped capture, eventually returning to Canada where he went into
training as a pilot.
In 1945 he retired from the RCAF. At a ceremony at Government House
in Halifax, he was awarded the DFN by Lt.-Gov. J.A.D. McCurdy. He was
a member of the Caterpillar Club, an organization formed by those
whose planes were shot down during the Second World War but who
managed to elude capture by the enemy.
Following several years of employment with the Maritime Life Insurance
Company he re-enlisted in the RCAF, serving many years on various
bases throughout Canada and retiring as a major. He then took
employment with Canex as a buyer, and transferred to Lahr, West
Germany, where he served as purchasing agent for almost four years..
Prior to his death he was a partner of Ottawa Travel.
Surviving besides his wife, the former Alice Elizabeth Neily are three
sons, Gary, Kemptville; Allan and Bruce, both of Ottawa; a daughter
Glenda, Pinebrook, Ontario; a brother, Harold, Dartmouth; a sister
Mrs. Marion Kennedy, Truro and four grandchildren.
Donations may be made to the Canadian Heart Foundation.