Rebecca Bowen

Brief Life History of Rebecca

When Rebecca Bowen was born in 1807, in Jackson Township, Blackford, Indiana, United States, her father, Thomas Bowen, was 33 and her mother, Anah Needels, was 25. She married John Kittsmiller in 1833, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 22 August 1842, in her hometown, at the age of 35, and was buried in Dunkirk, Richland Township, Jay, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Kittsmiller
1808–1881
Rebecca Bowen
1807–1842
Marriage: 1833
Sylvanius White Kitsmiller
1835–1915
Thomas W Kittsmiller
1837–1920
Fannie H Kittsmiller
1839–1920
Benjmin Kittsmiller
1841–1864
William Calvin Kitzmiller
1842–1920
Rebecca M Kitsmiller
1843–1929

Sources (4)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Rebecca Bowen - Published information: birth-name: Rebecca Bowen
  • Rebecca Bowen Kittsmiller, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Bowen in entry for Sylvanus Kitsmiller, "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"

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World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1816

Indiana is the 19th state.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Owain ‘son of Owain’ (see Owen ), with fused patronymic marker (a)p, which is normally voiced before a vowel.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhacháin ‘descendant of Buadhachán’, a diminutive of Buadhach ‘victorious’ (see Bohan ).

Irish: used to ‘translate’ Ó Cnáimhín ‘descendant of Cnáimhín’, a personal name meaning ‘little bone’ or ‘little body’, see Nevin 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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