When Cacey Potter Bowen Jr was born on 24 October 1858, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Cacey Potter Bowen Sr., was 27 and his mother, Eleanor Ellen McGarry, was 22. He married Susannah Arvilla Boothe on 25 July 1879, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lyman, Madison, Idaho, United States for about 10 years and Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 January 1942, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Sutton Cemetery, Madison, Idaho, United States.
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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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