Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Bowser a garin Whitchurch, Ontario, Kanada, Aurora na yanzu a 1892. Ya bar gida yana da shekaru 11, ya koma yankin Toronto yana da shekaru 15, sannan ya yi aiki a kan ayyukan gine-gine da dama ciki har da rami don haɗa kantin sayar da Eaton tare da Annex, da Royal Ontario Museum, da kuma Bankin Toronto. Wani kamfanin Amirka ne ya ɗauke shi aiki, kuma aka aika da shi zuwa Tokyo. Daga baya, shi ne ke da alhakin rushe tsohon
Madison Square Gardens, da kuma Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.