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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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.
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Possible Related NamesEleanor 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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