MAPES, Eliza

Abt 1841 - 1917  (76 years)

• Name	MAPES, Eliza
  Birth	Abt 1841	New York
  Gender	Female
  Death	27 Feb 1917	Lockport, Niagara County, NY
  Person ID	I161275	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Family	BOWLER, Vincent,   b. Abt 1832, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. BOWLER, George H,   b. Jun 1861, New York d. 3 Aug 1921, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 60 years)   2. BOWLER, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1863, New York d. Yes, date unknown   3. BOWLER, Samuel,   b. Feb 1866, New York d. 28 Aug 1938, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 72 years)   4. BOWLER, Vincent,   b. Dec 1867, New York d. 13 Jun 1932, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 64 years)   5. BOWLER, Ellen,   b. Abt 1870, New York d. Yes, date unknown   6. BOWLER, Edward,   b. Abt 1871, New York d. Yes, date unknown   7. BOWLER, Richard,   b. Dec 1874, New York d. 14 Jan 1944, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 69 years)   8. BOWLER, Sarah,   b. Abt 1875, New York d. Yes, date unknown   9. BOWLER, Mary,   b. 9 Sep 1877, Lockport, Niagara County, NY d. 19 Apr 1958, Lockport Memorial Hospital, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 80 years)   10. BOWLER, James Garfield,   b. 10 Feb 1880, Lockport, Niagara County, NY d. 5 Dec 1954, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 74 years)   11. BOWLER, William,   b. Abt Aug 1886, Lockport, Niagara County, NY d. Sep 1887, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F58332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Buffalo NY Courier - 2/28/1917 Lockpioxt. Feb, 17.-Mrs. Eliza Mapes Bowler, who was fatally burned at her home in North Transit road yesterday, her seventy-sixth birthday, died early today at her home. No one was present in the kitchen where It is presumed het dress caught fire, it is believed while seh was taking meat from the even or fixing the fire, although her sister, Mrs. Mary Smith, who lived with her was in another part of the house at the time. * Mrs. Bowler was first noticed by a daughter, Mrs Edward Weaver, who lives on the opposite side of the road, from her home, who saw, her rolling in the snow. She ran to her mother's assistance and extinguished flames which enveloped her. but not before the woman was badly burned in all parts of the body. Although partly conscious at first. Mrs. Bowler was unable to tell how she received her burns, owing to her sufferings. Deceased was the widow of Vincent Bowler and is survived by five sons, George, Samuel, Richard and Garfield Bowler and Former Supervisor Vincent Bowler, all of Lockport; four daughters. Mrs. Edward Weaver and Mrs. Frank Lambert, this city; Mrs. William Bennett, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. George Robinson, Titusville, Pa., and. one brother, James Mapes of North Dakota. Also by two sisters, Delia. Mapes of North Dakota and Mrs. Mary Smith, this city. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from the residence of her son, Vincent Bowler, Old Niagara road, with Interment at Cold Spring cemetery.