Brief Life History of Lewis Gowans
When Lewis Gowans Bowen was born on 16 May 1880, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, his father, Benjamin Lewis Bowen, was 28 and his mother, Barbara Elizabeth Gowans, was 25. He married Grace Carter on 5 September 1906, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada in 1916 and lived in Election Precinct 1 Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 17 December 1963, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Lewis G Bowen, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Lewis G. Bowen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Lewis G Bowen, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
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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Missionaries to the Indians: Heart Throbs of the West by Kate B. Carter
Heart Throbs of the West by Kate B. Carter Pages 172-178 MISSIONARIES TO THE INDIANS In the spring of 1881, at the April Conference, Benjamin L. Bowen, with his wife, Barbara, was called to the India …
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