The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Catherine
Surname: Bowen

Gender: Female

Birth date: 15 March 1799

Birth place: Llannon, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Death date: 10 June 1856

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Burial place: Johnson County, Iowa, United States

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Father: John Bowen
Mother: Esther

Siblings

David James (1799-1843)

Married 24 November 1826 in Llangyfelach, Glamorganshire, Wales

Children

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 19 April 1856 aboard the ship Samuel Curling.
Arrived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachuetts, United States on 23 May 1856.

James, David - Obituary

Catherine (Bowen) James was christened 15 March 1799 in the Llannon Parish in Carmarthenshire. She died 10 June 1856 while crossing the Plains near Iowa City, Iowa. "Tuesday, 10 June 1856, Catherine James died in the camp, age 57 years old" (journal of William Woodward or Woodard, one of the men on the S. Curling and also in the same company crossing the plains as Catherine Bowen James). Research shows that the camp was two miles west of Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa.

Morgan Bowen is Catherine Bowen's brother.

The Holly Bush, owned by Morgan Bowen, was located in the village of Llantwit Fardre, near Cross Inn Village and/or Church Village, Glamorganshire, Wales.