Elwood Macy Bowerman

Brief Life History of Elwood Macy

When Elwood Macy Bowerman was born on 3 June 1861, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Judah Henry Bowerman, was 31 and his mother, Abigail Ellsworth, was 30. He had at least 2 sons with Elizabeth Catheryn Siler. He immigrated to Eastport, Kootenai, Idaho, United States in 1920 and lived in Fresno, California, United States in 1935 and Judicial Township 11, Fresno, California, United States in 1940. He died on 5 December 1940, in Reedley, Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Elwood Macy Bowerman
1861–1940
Elizabeth Catheryn Siler
1865–1934
Glenn Bowerman
1888–
William Clifton Bowerman
1889–1912

Sources (16)

  • Elwood Bowerman in household of J H Bowerman, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Elwood M. Bowerman - Church record: birth-name: Elwood M. Bowerman
  • Elwood Vowerman (Bowerman), "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000"

World Events (8)

1863

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

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English bureman, meaing either ‘chamberer, personal servant’ or ‘cottager’. See Bower 1.

Americanized form of German Bauermann, a variant of Bauer .

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

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