The
following tribute is paid in the Port Rowan News to the late
Mrs. J. H. Bowlby of Woodhouse, who passed away recently:
She was Miss
Backus, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Peter Backus and his wife
Rececca Hutchinson, who was a daughter of the late Col. Butler
Hutchinson,
Mrs. Bowlby was a
member of the Anglican Church, as her ancestors were in Canada, and
her ancestors in England also, back to the days when good King Arthur
ruled that land.
She was a
daughter of worthy and influential families on both the paternal and
maternal sides.
She was a
graduate of the Port Rowan High School and grew into fascinating
womanhood, and married Mr. J. H. Bowlby in 1893. They had one
daughter, Eva, who was very popular in Port Rowan up to the time of
her marriage to Mr. David Cameron, a Scottish architect now living in
Windsor.
She is survived
by her husband, her daughter, and one sister, Mrs. C. F. W. Atkinson
of Port Rowan, and by one grandson.
She had a gentle,
kindly soul with an active mind and was able to make and keep friends
through life. She was among the many good women who did so much to
help and cheer the soldiers at the front. She was a worker in the
church and was a faithful attendant of St. John's, Woodhouse, for many
years.
