When Andrew Bowser was born about 1853, in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, John L Bowser, was 23 and his mother, Isabella A Richardson, was 21.
English: nickname from either from Old French beu cher ‘good company’, or from Old French beu sire ‘fair sir’ (see Belcher ), given either to a fine gentleman (perhaps ironically), or to someone who made frequent use of this term of address. Compare Bonser and Boozer .
English: variant of Bolsover .
Americanized form of German Bauser .
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