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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- 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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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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