Brief Life History of John
When John Owen was born on 6 September 1716, in Llanfair, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, John Owen, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Humphrey, was 37.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Legacy NFS Source: John Owen - Church record: birth-name: John Owen
Parents and Siblings
1680– Male
1680– Female
Siblings (7)
1701–1701 Female
1703– Male
1706–1743 Female
1708– Male
1713– Male
+2 More Children
World Events (3)
1815
Age 99
1823
Age 107
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Age 115
Name Meaning
Welsh: from the personal name Owain, from Latin Eugenius (see Eugene ). This Welsh personal name is cognate with Old Irish Eogán, see 2 and 3.
Scottish and Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’. See McEwen .
Irish: from Ó hEoghain, ‘descendant of Eoghan’. See Ewen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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