Benjamin Lewis Bowen

Brief Life History of Benjamin Lewis

When Benjamin Lewis Bowen was born on 14 January 1852, in Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Lewis Bowen, was 36 and his mother, Mary Ann Harris, was 38. He married Barbara Elizabeth Gowans on 24 July 1876, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Tooele, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 13 May 1927, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Lewis Bowen
1852–1927
Barbara Elizabeth Gowans
1855–1942
Marriage: 24 July 1876
Betsy Ann Bowen
1878–1962
Lewis Gowans Bowen
1880–1963
Isabel Gowans Bowen
1881–1963
Hugh Sidley Gowans Bowen
1884–1948
Benjamin Harris Bowen
1885–1974
Grace McKay Bowen
1887–1979
Martha Irvin Bowen
1889–1969
Barbara Lulu Bowen
1891–1932
Hortense Bowen
1896–1988
Mary Gladys Bowen
1899–1992
Royal Gowans Bowen
1900–1948

Sources (95)

  • Benjiman Bowen in household of Lewis Bowen, "United States Census, 1870"
  • 1852, Benjamin Lewis Bowen, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index"
  • 1927, Benjiman Louis Bowen, "Utah Death Certificates"

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1854 · The Crimean War

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1872 · The First National Park

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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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