When Edward Samuel Bowen was born on 8 June 1885, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Samuel Nelson Bowen, was 34 and his mother, Margaret Conley, was 23. He died on 31 August 1885, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 0, and was buried in Mineral Spring Cemetery, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Owain ‘son of Owain’ (see Owen ), with fused patronymic marker (a)p, which is normally voiced before a vowel.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhacháin ‘descendant of Buadhachán’, a diminutive of Buadhach ‘victorious’ (see Bohan ).
Irish: used to ‘translate’ Ó Cnáimhín ‘descendant of Cnáimhín’, a personal name meaning ‘little bone’ or ‘little body’, see Nevin 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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