John Bowers was the son of John Folk and Margaret Bauer Folk
He married Martha Louise Naomi Wamsley Bowers in 1897 and had 6 children, Edgar Raymond, Robert Franklin, Alice Louise Swindell, Virginia Naomi Bowers, Margaret(died 5 days after being born) and Mary Audrey(died from the flu of 1918). He was raised by his uncle and aunt John Bowers and Philippina Bowers after his mother died in a horrible accident. There is no official adoption record but in the 1880 census of Baltimore his sister Philippina and John are listed with the surname Volk and from then on they went by the surname Bowers.
He married Martha Louise Naomi Wamsley Bowers in 1897 and had 6 children, Edgar Raymond, Robert Franklin, Alice Louise Swindell, Virginia Naomi Bowers, Margaret(died 5 days after being born) and Mary Audrey(died from the flu of 1918). He was raised by his uncle and aunt John Bowers and Philippina Bowers after his mother died in a horrible accident. There is no official adoption record but in the 1880 census of Baltimore his sister Philippina and John are listed with the surname Volk and from then on they went by the surname Bowers.
John Bowers was the son of John Folk and Margaret Bauer Folk
He married Martha Louise Naomi Wamsley Bowers in 1897 and had 6 children, Edgar Raymond, Robert Franklin, Alice Louise Swindell, Virginia Naomi Bowers, Margaret(died 5 days after being born) and Mary Audrey(died from the flu of 1918). He was raised by his uncle and aunt John Bowers and Philippina Bowers after his mother died in a horrible accident. There is no official adoption record but in the 1880 census of Baltimore his sister Philippina and John are listed with the surname Volk and from then on they went by the surname Bowers.
He married Martha Louise Naomi Wamsley Bowers in 1897 and had 6 children, Edgar Raymond, Robert Franklin, Alice Louise Swindell, Virginia Naomi Bowers, Margaret(died 5 days after being born) and Mary Audrey(died from the flu of 1918). He was raised by his uncle and aunt John Bowers and Philippina Bowers after his mother died in a horrible accident. There is no official adoption record but in the 1880 census of Baltimore his sister Philippina and John are listed with the surname Volk and from then on they went by the surname Bowers.
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Surname is legally Folk but also went by Volk, but became Bowers when after his mother died he was "adopted" by his mothers brother John Bowers
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