When Mary Bowman was born on 2 April 1799, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Christian Oberholtzer Bauman, was 45 and her mother, Anna Maria Gehman, was 36. She married Jonas Musser Good on 20 March 1821, in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Cumru Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1821. She died on 17 February 1847, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Bowmansville, Brecknock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
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English and Scottish: occupational name for an archer, hunter or soldier armed with a bow, from Middle English bow(e)man, bouman (from Old English boga ‘bow’ + mann ‘man’). This word was distinguished from Bowyer , which denoted a maker or seller of bows.
Americanized form of German Baumann or the Dutch cognate Bouwman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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