Brief Life History of Susan Jane
When Susan Jane Bowker was born in October 1833, in New York, United States, her father, Reverend Silas Bowker, was 25 and her mother, Margaret Ardrey, was 18. She had at least 5 sons and 2 daughters with Peter Moseman Russell. She lived in Big Prairie, Big Prairie Township, Newaygo, Michigan, United States in 1900 and Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States in 1920. She died in 1886, in Barry Township, Barry, Michigan, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Christian Plains Cemetery, Newaygo, Newaygo, Michigan, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (16)
- Susan J Rusell, "United States Census, 1900"
- Susan J. Bowker Russell, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Susan Jane Bowker Russell, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1813–1885 Male
1833–1886 Female
Children (7)
1855–1857 Female
1858–1870 Male
1858–1862 Female
1860–1863 Male
1862–1875 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1808–1888 Male
1815–1876 Female
Siblings (5)
1833–1886 Female
1835–1900 Male
1837–1911 Male
1840–1875 Female
1848–1850 Male
World Events (7)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 3
1837
Age 4
1854 · Creation of the Republican Party
Age 21
Name Meaning
English (mainly Manchester): occupational name for someone whose job was to steep cotton or linen in lye (a strong alkali) to cleanse it, from Middle English bouker(e), boker(e), buker(e) ‘bleacher of cloth’. The name was also sometimes confused with Booker , and sometimes perhaps a variant of Butcher , with Norman French -k- for -ch-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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