Brief Life History of Dorothy
When Dorothy Dury was born on 11 May 1793, in Washington, Durham, England, her father, Thomas Drury, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Bell, was 23. She married William Bowman on 16 April 1816, in Jarrow, Durham, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Cowpen, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Elswick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 11 July 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Dorothy Bowman, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Dorothy Dury, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Dorothy Bowman, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
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Name Meaning
French: habitational name from Dury, the name of several places in the north of France, e.g. in Aisne, Pas-de-Calais, and Somme, from the Gallo-Roman estate Duriacum.
French and Walloon: topographic name, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’, for someone who lived by a stream, from regional French ry and Walloon ri ‘stream’ (from Latin rivus); or a habitational name for someone from Le Ry, a place e.g. in Wallonia (Belgium). This surname is also found in the Flemish part of Belgium. Compare Durieux .
English: either a habitational name from Dury in Lydford, Devon, or a name of French origin (see above), the surname having been taken to England by the Huguenots.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Dorothy Dury Bowman by Wendell A Christensen
DOROTHY DURY BOWMAN Dorothy Dury Bowman was the daughter of Thomas Dury and Elizabeth Bell, born 11 May 1793 in Oxclose Parish, Washington, County of Durham, England. She was christened in Washingto …
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