Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Bowen was born on 23 January 1850, in Dundyvan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Lewis Bowen, was 34 and his mother, Mary Ann Harris, was 36. He lived in Montana, United States in 1870 and Union Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 1 April 1884, in Gananoque, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 34.
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- Thomas Bowen in household of Henry Heeb, "United States Census, 1870"
- Thomas Bowen, "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891"
- Thomas Bowen in household of James Wilkenson, "United States Census, 1880"
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1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway
Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
1857 · Police (Scotland) Act 1857
The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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