When Isaac Boatman was born in September 1840, in Gallia, Ohio, United States, his father, Barnard Barnhart Boatman, was 30 and his mother, Eliza Ward, was 29. He married Jennie Ellis about 1866, in Gallia, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Cheshire, Cheshire Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Cheshire Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died on 2 September 1904, in Gallia, Ohio, United States, at the age of 64.
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English (Essex and Middlesex): occupational name for a boatman, from Middle English Middle English bo(o)t, bote ‘boat’ + man (Old English bāt + mann).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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