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James Bower

Birth	:	1860 Mono, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada
Death	:	16 May 1921 Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial	:	Red Deer Cemetery, Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Canada
Coordinate	:	52.2743200, -113.7859000
Plot	:	D 8
Description	:	FIRST PRESIDENT U.F.A. IS DEAD AT RED DEER Mr. James Bower, who has farmed at Sunnybrook farm, just south of Red Deer, for the past twenty-one years, and had been a prominent figure in the work of organized farmers of Alberta, being Provincial President of the U.F.A. for three years, passed to his rest on Monday afternoon at the age of 61 years. Mr. Bower gave some strenuous years of work in the foundation time of the United Farmers of Alberta and this, coming on top of the effect of sawmill accidents east when he was a younger man,... Read More	FIRST PRESIDENT U.F.A. IS DEAD AT RED DEER Mr. James Bower, who has farmed at Sunnybrook farm, just south of Red Deer, for the past twenty-one years, and had been a prominent figure in the work of organized farmers of Alberta, being Provincial President of the U.F.A. for three years, passed to his rest on Monday afternoon at the age of 61 years. Mr. Bower gave some strenuous years of work in the foundation time of the United Farmers of Alberta and this, coming on top of the effect of sawmill accidents east when he was a younger man, seriously impaired his health. He and Mrs. Bower went to the Coast for three years, with the younger members of the family, and of late years he has been living on the home farm. Though incapable of much physical effort owing to his heart trouble, he was able to get about an direct operations up to ten days ago, when he took to his bed, but retained his faculties to the end, felling in his own mind that his time had come. He retained his deep interest in current affairs to the last, being an omnivorous reader, and his contributions to the Advocate, signed J.B., will be remembered as clear-cut and forcible explanations of his point of view on public questions. Mr. Bower was born in January, 1860, in Mono township, hear Orangeville, Ont., his parents having been amount the earliest settlers of the township. He was married there in 1883 to Miss Catherine E. McLean, and a family of seven sons and two daughters were born to them. One son, John, was drowned in the Peace river country while with a survey party in 1904, and, another son, Arthur, was killed in action in France, while serving with an Engineer corps from Vancouver, B.C. where he enlisted. Miss Grace at home, and the sons James, Balmoral; Hugh, Loyalist, Don, Balmoral, and Charles, working the home farm, and Norman, at home, are the surviving members of the family. While engaged in the saw milling business down east, Mr. Bower had two serious accidents in one year. By the falling of the stack, he had his neck seriously burnt by the hot ashes, and in the testing of a new boiler, an explosion occurred, wrecking the engine house and killing two men. Mr. Bower escaped with his life, but was thrown quite a distance and was considerably injured. He came out West in 1899 to look over the land, and in 1900 settled on his present farm, buying from the Saskatchewan Land and Homestead Co., at the same time as the late Henry Jamieson, also a stalwart U.F.A. leader, settled on section 15 on the other side of town. The Red Deer Advocate, Friday, May 20th, 1921

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James Bower's memorial is located at: Red Deer Cemetery, Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Canada.
When did James Bower death?
James Bower death on 16 May 1921 in Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada
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Latitude: 52.2743200
Longitude: -113.7859000

Family Members:

Parent

James Bower

(1808 - 1885)

Dorothea Laverty Bower

(1818 - 1896)

Spouse

Catherine Elizabeth McLean Bower

(1858 - 1931)

Siblings

Dorothea Bower Arthur

(unknow - 1927)

William Bower

(1842 - 1921)

Margaret Ann Bower Murphy

(1853 - 1931)

Jane Bower Irwin

(1857 - 1916)

Children

John S Bower

(1885 - 1904)

James Alexander “Jim” Bower

(1887 - 1972)

Hugh M Bower

(1889 - 1980)

Aldon Douglas Bower

(1891 - 1969)

William Arthur Bower

(1893 - 1916)

D Grace Bower McKinnon

(1896 - 1976)

Charles Franklin Bower

(1898 - 1986)

Flora Bower

(1902 - 1906)

Norman John Sillars Bower

(1904 - 2002)

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