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BOWN FAMILY

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THE THOMAS SAMUEL BOWN
OF 54 CHARLOTTE STREET (1824 to 1836)

• Bown was the agent of the English merchants, Thomas Anderton and Samuel Woods, of Liverpool. [Source ?]
   

• Bown owned the property from July 26, 1824 to January 13, 1836.
   

• Thomas Samuel Bown, born 26 May 1798 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; died 13 Aug 1876 in North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was the son of... William Bown, Jr. and ... Elizabeth Vinson. He married 43. Florence Eliza Ellen Haire 16 Sep 1822 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/o/t/Susan-L-Bottom/GENE2-0006.html

1824

• Bown, Thomas Samuel. Petition to Wallace: Petitioner asks a lot near Low Point. The lot was settled by Daniel Conway was absconded in petitioner's debt. Petitioner hold on land from the crown except that he holds in trust under the will of his late father. Note: approved, 200 acres. [Cape Breton no.: 2970 NSARM microfilm: 15799 ]

http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/databases/land/Results.asp?Search=bown&SearchList1=all&Start=16

1827

• Carroll, Patrick. Petition to Kempt: Petitioner is a native of Ireland, age 30, single, arrived from England in July. He asks a ticket, subject to Quit Rent, 100 acres west of Thomas Bown's land at Low Point. [Cape Breton no.: 3182 NSARM microfilm: 15799 ]

http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/databases/land/Results.asp?Search=BOWN&SearchList1=all&TABLE1=on&TABLE2=on&submit.x=38&submit.y=6

1868

• Magdaline Bown, born in the United States was a widow when she died December 10, 1868, at the age of 91. The signature of the informant was Thomas Samuel Bown. Parents Names whether living: [?]; Occupation, and or dead: Haire Surveyor

Magdaline Bown, died 1868 in Cape Breton County Item can be found in Registration Year: 1868 - Book: 1803 - Page: 37 - Number: 12

https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1803-37&Event=death&ID=5105

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RESEARCHER COMMENTS

From: Lesley Anderson
Cc: krausehouse@krausehouse.ca
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 1:02 PM
Subject: Cape Breton Loyalists

• Good morning! I have been researching a branch of my family tree who I’ve recently located in Cape Breton Island. The rumour was that the family was given land for being loyal to the crown and I can see that the Bown family was given 400 acres in 1792 and there are a few houses on the Sydney map that have his name on it as well. I have also seen the index cards for petitioning for land later on in 1819. The name is BOWN and they were merchants in Sydney and the later land petition for GEORGE BOWN in 1819 states that he was 44 years old and he was a habour master and had been in Cape Breton Island for 40 years. His brother’s name was WILLIAM and their father’s name was also WILLIAM.

  I have seen transcriptions from the early colonial records that mention a William BROWN, a carpenter but I don’t think this is right! Later they show the name BOWN. He had a sloop that helped transport provisions to the early loyalists and he is also mentioned as getting land as a loyalist.

  But my question is more elementary. If he was given land by Des Barres, for being British and a “loyalist”, wouldn’t he be designated the UE and his children be a son of a UE? Or didn’t they do that in Cape Breton Island?

  I would love to speak to you about what other records I can find my Bown’s in or what transcriptions have been done. Do you think there were 2 William Bown families in early Cape Breton Island? Are there any bio’s about the early colonial executive committee or harbor masters or merchants?

  I can see through the Krause reports that there were a number of his children – Thomas S Bown for one who carried on business in the town.

  Thank you very much,

  Lesley Anderson

  Ottawa, Ontario Canada

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