Eleanor Jane Bowen

Brief Life History of Eleanor Jane

When Eleanor Jane Bowen was born on 8 December 1852, in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, David Bowen, was 29 and her mother, Jane Foster, was 32. She married William Jones Thomas Jr on 3 October 1874, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1910 and Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1917. She died on 9 September 1917, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Jones Thomas Jr
1846–1909
Eleanor Jane Bowen
1852–1917
Marriage: 3 October 1874
Mary Bowen
1868–
William Jones Thomas
1875–1876
David Bowen Thomas
1876–1957
John M. Thomas
1878–1966
George Foster Thomas
1880–1939
Llewellyn Edward Thomas
1882–1883
Eleanor Jane Thomas
1884–1885
Margaret Thomas
1886–1967
Anna H. Thomas
1888–1925
Mary Thomas
1888–1967
Florence Thomas
1891–1958
William Warner Thomas
1895–1972

Sources (44)

  • Ellen Bowen in household of David Bowen, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Eleanor Jane Thomas, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
  • Ellen Bowen in entry for William Jones Thomas, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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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BIOGRAPHY OF ELEANOR JANE BOWEN THOMAS

Eleanor Jane Bowen was born on 8 December 1852 in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire,Wales to David and Jane Foster Bowen. She was the fifth of nine children, five girls and four boys. Her father, D …

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