Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: William Allen BOWSHER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 30 Apr 1863 in Pulaski Co, Indiana b
  • Death: Jul 1924 in Fair Oaks, Jasper Co, Indiana d
  • Burial: Jul 1924 in Fair Oaks Cemetery, Fair Oaks, Jasper Co, Indiana u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Benjamin F BOWSHER Birth: 9 Jun 1833 in Marion Co, Ohio Death: 3 Aug 1901 in Monon Twp, White Co, Indiana
    • Mother:
  • Nancy HOCKENBERRY Birth: 17 Jun 1836 in Marion Co, Ohio Death: 14 Mar 1877 in White Co, Indiana

Family:
Marriage:
  • Emma GRAY on 27 Aug 1891 at Lee, White Co, Indiana .m1
  • Emma GRAY Birth: Jun 1879 in Lee, Indiana Death: Oct 1917 in Fair Oaks, Jasper Co, Indiana
Children:
  1. Victor W BOWSHER Birth: 3 Aug 1892 in Lee, Indiana Death: 28 Feb 1975 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co, Indiana
  2. Bessie B BOWSHER Birth: 26 Sep 1894 in Lee, White Co, Indiana Death: 1973
  3. Orville Jacob BOWSHER Birth: Aug 1896 in Lee, White Co, Indiana Death: Abt 1974
  4. Allen BOWSHER Birth: 22 Jun 1899 in Lee, White Co, Indiana Death: 2 Apr 1957
  5. Edna BOWSHER Birth: 1904
  6. Faye BOWSHER Birth: 1905 Death: 1957
  7. Ross BOWSHER Birth: After 1906 Death: 1933
  8. Nancy Maria BOWSHER Birth: 17 Feb 1911 in White Co, Indiana
  9. Bennie BOWSHER Birth: Oct 1917 Death: 1926

Bibliography
  1. Baker, Judith Carol Bowsher Condo, The Bowsher Family. Monticello, Indiana: author, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Baker BOWSHER p[0-9]*].
  2. Burkhardt, Franklin A, The BOUCHER Family, Francis E Burkhardt Press, New York, orig 1917. Reprint 1976 with supplements and index. Film#1481363#5. Supplement available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005712838 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 p[ABCX]*[0-9]*].
  3. Bowsher, Kay, BOWSHER Family, private email, 3/21/2002. Author address qddusa at yahoo dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Kay Bowsher 3/21/2002].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Baker BOWSHER p34, Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pB6],
place:
[Ref: Baker BOWSHER p34, Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pB6],
parents:
[Ref: Baker BOWSHER p34, Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pB6]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Baker BOWSHER p34]
1924 [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pB6],
place:
[Ref: Baker BOWSHER p34, Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pB6]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: Kay Bowsher 3/21/2002],
place:
[Ref: Kay Bowsher 3/21/2002]
Sources with Information about marriage to Emma GRAY
date:
[Ref: Baker BOWSHER p55],
place:
[Ref: Baker BOWSHER p55],
child:
[Ref: Baker BOWSHER p54, Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pB6]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
13 Jan 1895 [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pB6]
Research Notes:
lived in Lee, IN, when first of children were bown [Ref: Baker BOWSHER p55]

1900: listed in census as a day laborer in Monon, White CO, IN [Ref: Baker BOWSHER p55]

moved just across county line between McCoysburg and Rensselaer [Ref: Baker BOWSHER p55]

later moved to a farm between Parr and Fair Oaks [Ref: Baker BOWSHER p55]



Pedigree of William Allen BOWSHER
                            /-----Johan Daniel BOUCHER
                   /-----Anthony BOWSHER
                  |        |                  /-----Hans Jacob DROG
                  |        |         /-----Hans Diebolt DROG
                  |         \-----Eva Catharina DROG
                  |                 |                  /-----Velten REECH
                  |                 |         /-----Hans Martin RECH
                  |                 |        |         \-----Maria (REECH)
                  |                  \-----Maria Barbara RECH
                  |                          |                  /-----Velten CLAUSS
                  |                          |         /-----Hans Christoph CLAUSS
                  |                           \-----Catharina CLAUSS
                  |                                   |         /-----Marx REECH
                  |                                    \-----Maria REECH
          /-----William BOWSHER
         |        |                  /-----Johannes Veit REICHELDERFER
         |        |         /-----Johann Heinrich REICHELSDORFER
         |        |        |         \-----Anna (REICHELSDORFER)
         |         \-----Christine REICHELDERFER
         |                 |         /-----Ulrich LIEBENGUT
         |                  \-----Maria Catherina LIEBENGUTH
         |                          |                           /-----Hans HENNI
         |                          |                  /-----Nikli HENNI
         |                          |                 |         \-----Barbli KLAUS
         |                          |         /-----Michael HENNI
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Hans EICHELBERGER
         |                          |        |         \-----Barbel EICHELBERGER
         |                          |        |                  \-----Elsbeth RAEBER
         |                           \-----Anna HENNI
         |                                   |                  /-----Hans SCHWYTZER
         |                                   |         /-----Benedicht SCHWYTZER
         |                                   |        |         \-----Verena FARNI
         |                                    \-----Anna SCHWYTZER
         |                                            |         /-----Peter GASSNER
         |                                             \-----Anna GASSNER
         |                                                      \-----Barble KROPF
 /-----Benjamin F BOWSHER
|        |         /-----Alexander COGEL
|         \-----Margaret COGEL
|                  \-----Mary W CROW
William Allen BOWSHER
|         /-----David HOCKENBERRY
 \-----Nancy HOCKENBERRY
          \-----Elizabeth REIZOC



Descendants of William Allen BOWSHER
1. William Allen BOWSHER m. Emma GRAY
m. Emma GRAY father: William GRAY

2nd generation

2. Victor W BOWSHER m1. Anne DECKER m2. Nancy RAYBURN m3. Betty SHEIDLER
m. Anne DECKER
m. Nancy RAYBURN
m. Betty SHEIDLER
3. Bessie B BOWSHER m. (Unk) BAUMGARDT
m. (Unk) BAUMGARDT
5. Allen BOWSHER m. Naomi SWACKHAMMER
m. Naomi SWACKHAMMER
7. Faye BOWSHER m. George JOHNSON
m. George JOHNSON

3rd generation

14. Living BOWSHER m. Living HOLLADAY
m. Living HOLLADAY
17. Thomas W JOHNSON m. (Unk) (JOHNSON)
m. (Unk) (JOHNSON)