Henry Pike’s 1852 Douay Bible

Scans of Henry Pike’s family bible, courtesy of Sid Ohlhausen,  showing births, baptisms, deaths and marriages of Bowie-Pikes from the late 1700s on.

Henry was born August 30, 1793 in St. Mary’s County, MD.  Married to Mary Ann White, they had Helen Martha Pike in 1822.  Helen married Augustus Jesse Bowie in 1842, they went on to have 9 children, including Jocelyn’s grandfather, Robert Ignatius Bowie.

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Other Documents

US Citizen FannyEmil & Fanny Marriage

Emil Citizen

Fanny Citizen

Henry Pike Bowie – Passport Application 1 2 3 4 5

Hamilton Bowie – Passport

Rosa Bowie – Passport

Semmel Census – Linden, NJ, 1930

Friedenberg Census – Port Chester, 1930

Ship Manifests

Emil Silberman – Havana, 1927 (as a stowaway!)  Page 2
Emil Silberman – Bermuda, 1931
Fannie Silberman – Havana, 1931
Fannie Silberman - Havana, 1929
Fannie Silberman - Havana, 1928
Fannie Metzger - Southampton, 1925  Page 2
Chana, David, Murray & Ester Metzger – Southampton, 1927
Markus & Harry Metzger – Rotterdam, 1920
Sara & Jankel Feiner – Amsterdam, 1897
Josef Friedenberg & Chana Feiner – Bremen, 1906
Max Semmel - Bremen, 1907
Morris Semmel (Mordche Zemel) – Antwerp, 1910  Page 2
Rose (Rochel) Besser – Rotterdam, 1912  Page 2
Isadore & Scheine Besser – Rotterdam, 1913  Page 2
Ted & Rosa Bowie – LaHavre, 1919
Ted & Rosa Bowie – LaHavre, 1932
Henry P. Bowie – Yokohama, 1920

Sakamoto

Robert I. Bowie is buried in the Sakamoto Cemetery in Nagasaki Japan. Jocelyn and I, with Marcus and Nick, visited in 2006.

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