When Thomas Bowler was born before 1 September 1724, in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Bowler, was 63 and his mother, Margaret Bagnall, was 72.
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English (mainly East Midlands): occupational name from an unrecorded Middle English word boler ‘worker at a bole or lead-mining site’ (Middle English bole ‘bowl’), here denoting a round cavity on top of a high hill, where lead was smelted.
English: occupational name from Middle English bollere, boler, bolour, bulour ‘maker or seller of bowls, dishes, or cups’ (from Old English bolla ‘bowl, drinking vessel’ + the agent suffix -er, and Old French bole, bule ‘bowl’). Medieval bowls were made of wood as well as of earthenware.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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