Complex sentence: Charles Bowring was born in 1840 at St. John's to Charles Tricks Bowring and Harriet Harvey and was the grandson of Benjamin Bowring who had established Bowring Brothers, to be one the largest steamship companies in Newfoundland.
Split into simpler sentences: Charles Bowring was born in 1840 at St. John's to Charles Tricks Bowring and Harriet Harvey. He was the grandson of Benjamin Bowring who had established Bowring Brothers, to be one the largest steamship companies in Newfoundland.