Brief Life History of Sylvester F.
When Sylvester F. Stowell was born in 1818, in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Amasa Stowell, was 26 and his mother, Betsey Spalding, was 25. He married Sylivia Thrasher after 1826, in Cornish, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 28 May 1905, at the age of 87.
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- Sylvester F Stowell, "United States Census, 1900"
- Sylvester F. Stowell, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Sylvester F. Stowell, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
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1846
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Stowell (Somerset), Stowell (Gloucestershire), East and West Stowell in Wilcot (Wiltshire), or Stawell (Somerset), all named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’. The surname was taken to the Isle of Man by 1511, from whence it migrated to Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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