Brief Life History of George
When George Bower was born in 1713, his father, John Bower, was 36 and his mother, Dorothy Wilcoxson, was 23. He married Dinah Fox on 16 March 1733. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1733.
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Sources (6)
- George Bower, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Geo. Bower, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- George Bower, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
Spouse and Children
1713– Male
1713– Female
Children (1)
1733– Male
Parents and Siblings
1677–1717 Male
1690–1785 Female
Siblings (6)
1703– Male
1704–1748 Female
1707– Female
1710–1775 Male
1713– Male
+1 More Child
World Events (3)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 88
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 95
1815
Age 102
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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