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Born in Huntingden, Quebec, in 1837. Bowron was studying law when he set out with the Huntington Party of Overlanders for the Cariboo. The party reached the site of Quesnel in the fall of 1862, too late to go on to the gold fields. After wintering in Victoria in 1862/3, he and his partner Bill Schuyler returned to Williams Creek where John took on odd jobs, until he could get into the government service. While maintaining an interest in certain gold claims, he became librarian in 1866, postmaster in 1872, mining recorder and constable in 1875, and government agent and gold Commissioner in 1883. Bowron was married to Emily P.Edwards, an American woman 13 years his junior, and they had five children, one of whom was Lottie, who served as Secretary to Premier McBride for many years. John Bowron died in Victoria, just as he retired in 1906. Lottie Bowron died in 1964.
John Bowron, Overlander of 1862 (credit: BC Archives #G-00745)
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