When Mary R Bowley was born in September 1860, in Eldred Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, William Henry Bowley, was 42 and her mother, Elizabeth Snyder, was 36. She married Newton Peterson in 1881, in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1933, at the age of 73.
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English: habitational name from any of several places called Bowley such as Bowley in Cadbury (Devon), a lost place called Bowley in Hailsham (Sussex), or Bowley in Blakemere (Herefordshire). The first is from Old English boga ‘bow, river bend’ + lēah. The second is from the Old English personal name Buga + + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The third is named with Old English bula ‘bull’, perhaps a byname (see Bull ) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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