Sarah Jane Bowen

Brief Life History of Sarah Jane

When Sarah Jane Bowen was born on 19 January 1842, in Platte City, Clay, Missouri, United States, her father, John E Bowen, was 29 and her mother, Jane Lynch, was 29. She married Eli Aaron Cain on 4 March 1866, in Platte City, Clay, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Alexandria, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Union Township, Jefferson, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 13 November 1919, in McLouth, Jefferson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Wildhorse Township, Graham, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Eli Aaron Cain
1840–1916
Sarah Jane Bowen
1842–1919
Marriage: 4 March 1866
Dr. Milton R Cain
1866–1950
Anna Cain
1868–1945
Emma Cain
1871–1962
India Ella Cain
1872–1952
Nancy Jane Cain
1875–1967
John Cain
1878–1886
David Cain
1878–1965
Eli H Cain
1880–1956

Sources (10)

  • Sarah J Bowan in household of John Bowan, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sarah Jane Bowen, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
  • Sarah J. Cain, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Leavenworth, Kansas, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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