Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Bower was born on 18 January 1707, in North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Bower, was 29 and her mother, Dorothy Wilcoxson, was 16. She married William Davison on 26 December 1733, in North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
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Sources (5)
- Mary Bower, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Bower, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
- Mary Bower, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
Spouse and Children
1713– Male
1707– Female
Children (1)
–1736 Female
Parents and Siblings
1677– Male
1690–1785 Female
Siblings (6)
1703– Male
1704–1748 Female
1707– Female
1710– Male
1713– Male
+1 More Child
World Events (2)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 94
1815
Age 108
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English bour, bor(e), bur(e) (Old English būr) ‘cottage, chamber, bower’, denoting either a ‘cottager’ or ‘chamber-servant’, or a topographic name for someone who lived in a small cottage, or a habitational name from any of various minor places called from this word in Somerset, Sussex, Essex, and Peeblesshire. Compare Bowerman and Bowring .
English: variant of Bowyer , for a maker or seller of bows or an archer, from Middle English bowyere, an agent derivative of Old English boga ‘bow’.
Americanized form of German Bauer ‘peasant’ or ‘neighbor, fellow citizen’, or of its Dutch cognate Bouwer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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