Herman Otto BOWE

1834 - 1912  (77 years)

• Name	Herman Otto BOWE
  Birth	3 Dec 1834	Hamburg, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
  	According to the 1911 census. Street address looks like 707 Queens Avenue?
  Death	22 Jul 1912	New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
  	Last will and testament printed in Mar/94 Kirkpatrick Gold. Obituary appeared in the Vancouver Sun, 24 July 1912: PIONEER IN PROVINCE STRIKES LAST TRAIL Royal City Sustains Loss by the Death of Mr. Herman Otto Bowe, Well Known Cattleman. NEW WESTMINSTER, July 23 - Death yesterday claimed Mr. Herman Otto Bowe, one of the pioneer cattlemen of British Columbia, and a well known resident of this city. The late Mr. Bowe was 78 years of age and was born in Hamburg, Germany. He came to British Columbia from California and started a store during the gold fever at Big Bar, Lillooett, which he conducted successfully for several years. In 1861, in partnership with Judge Elwin, he took up ranching at Alkali Lake, B.C., and is said to have been the first to enter the cattle business in British Columbia, or at least on the lower mainland, following up the business for fifteen years when he became a resident of this city. He was also known as a breeder of fast horses which was one of his favorite hobbies, and his Lillooet ranch became noted as one of the best breeding places in British Columbia. In early years his task as a pioneer cattleman was an extremely difficult one. Judge Elwin, his former partner, supplying an equal share of the capital with which Mr. Bowe brought his first stock of cattle to the ranch. The first winter was a particularly arduous one, and half of the herd perished from insufficient feed. By persistent effort and honorable dealing he soon overcame his misfortune and prospered, disposing of his interests in the cattle industry three years ago. He was highly respected by all who knew him as a man of unquestioned integrity and a factor in the upbuilding of the community and the province. Mr. Bowe is survived by his wife and three children, John Bowe, Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Hope and Mrs. Eagle of Vancouver. The funeral will take place from the undertaing parlors of Messrs. Murchie and Son, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
  Burial	25 Jul 1912	New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
  Person ID	I76	kirkpatrick
  Last Modified	10 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Johan Henrich BOWE
  Mother	Elsabe KRUSE
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Caroline (Quilinick) PASHO* (BELLEAU?),   b. 5 Jun 1841   d. 14 Feb 1904 (Age 62 years)
  Children	1. Henry Otto BOWE,   b. 5 Sep 1864, Germany d. Yes, date unknown   2. Fritzee (adopted) BOWE,   b. 1862 ?   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Charlotte "Lottie" BOWE,   b. 18 Dec 1862, Alkali Lake d. 12 Mar 1936, Pitt Meadows, BC, Canada (Age 73 years)   4. John BOWE,   b. 11 Nov 1869, Alkali Lake, BC, Canada d. 22 Nov 1954, General Hospital, city unknown (Age 85 years)   5. Emma BOWE,   b. 8 Mar 1872, Alkali Lake, BC, Canada d. 1 Apr 1925, Calgary, AB, Canada (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah ALLKINS,   b. Jun 1861, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Jun 1904
  Family ID	F852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2009

  
  

• Notes

  According to Kirkpatrick Gold newsletter: Jean Barman has sent the beginning of the article about Herman Otto Bowe. It is from the book A History of British Columbia by R. E. Gosnel, Victoria, Author of General History, compiled by The Leewis Publishing Co., The Hill Binding Co., 1906. HERMAN OTTO BOWE Herman Otto Bowe, who came to British Columbia in 1858, attracted by the Fraser River gold excitement, and is now living at New Westminster, was born Dec 3, 1834, in Germany, his parents being John and Elsebe (Kruse) Bowe, both natives of the fatherland and representatives of old families there. John Bowe was a distiller by trade and followed that pursuit for many years. Henry O. Bowe acquired his education in the schools of his native country, and when fourteen years of age put aside his text books to enter upon his business career. After a year spent as an apprentice in a grocery store he went on a sailing vessel and for four years sailed the seas. He then made his way to California in the spring of 1854 and followed mining for four years in Tuolumne County... (The remainder of the article is in the fifth issue of Kirkpatrick Gold, pg 13, LK.) In another issue (Feb 23/92): HOB signed on with a sailing ship as a water boy. One family memory mentioned Helgoland, which is a small island north of Germany and to the south of Denmark. Perhaps this was the port from which he sailed. Nana says he sailed around the world three and a half times and then jumped ship in California. Alfred Bowe says he travelled to the Yukon and then back, to BC. Nana says he ended up in New Westminster when news came of gold up the Fraser River. HOB and his partner, Phil Grinder, pre-empted land at Alkali Lake and registered the first ranch in BC. The partners worked together to mine the creeks and they bought cattle and horses. The smallpox epidemic hit the Cariboo in 1861/62 and after that HOB married and Caroline was the name he gave to his bride. She was an Indian Princess and the daughter of Chief Pasha. Her Indian name was was Quilinick. (The name Quilinick, Nana's spelling, is probably a phonetic spelling of the name. It is spelled differently in various sources e.g. in the 1881 BC census it is spelled Colenuk, in the 1891 census it is Calenick and Rhonda Alphonse spells it Kulinkia.) (Probaby written by Lonna Kirkpatrick.) Same issue, page 4, says that in 1904, after the death of Caroline, HOB married Mrs. Sarah Allkins (the widow of Mr. Charles Allkins). They lived on Queens Avenue in New Westminster. -------------------- Phone call from Julia Blair on 30 Mar 2013: She mentioned that H.O.B.'s father died in Germany so his mother put him on a ship, as she couldn't support him. That's how he wound up sailing the world.