Kenneth Ray Bowen

Male13 February 1930–5 December 1968

Brief Life History of Kenneth Ray

Kenneth Ray Bowen was born on 13 February 1930, in Kentucky, United States as the son of Clyde Bowen. He registered for military service in 1946. He died on 5 December 1968, at the age of 38, and was buried in Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Kenneth Ray Bowen
1930–1968
Rosemary Dolores Gallagher
1937–2019

Sources (5)

  • Kenneth R Bowen in household of William Bowen, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Kenneth R Bowen, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
  • Kenneth Bowen, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1931

Age 1

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

1936 · The Last Public Hanging in Kentucky

Age 6

The hanging of Rainey Bethea on August 14,1936, in Owensboro, Kentucky was the last pubic hanging in the state and the United States. Anywhere from 15,000-20,000 people showed up for this event. The media was all over the hanging since the Sheriff of Davies county was a female, even though she did not pull levers. Because of the media coverage and the circus it caused, this was the last hanging.

1941

Age 11

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

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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