When Barbara Elizabeth Gowans was born on 13 February 1855, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, her father, Hugh Sidley Gowans, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Gowans, was 22. She married Benjamin Lewis Bowen on 24 July 1876, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 3 June 1942, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Tooele City Cemetery, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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