When Blanche Louise Bowman was born on 15 December 1930, in Crandon, Forest, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Douglas Stephen Bowman Sr., was 50 and her mother, Thelma Alice Wilson, was 27. She had at least 2 sons with John Shackelford. She lived in Oakland Township, Oakland, Michigan, United States in 1950 and Arcadia, DeSoto, Florida, United States for about 10 years. She died on 22 March 2010, in Punta Gorda, Charlotte, Florida, United States, at the age of 79.
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English and Scottish: occupational name for an archer, hunter or soldier armed with a bow, from Middle English bow(e)man, bouman (from Old English boga ‘bow’ + mann ‘man’). This word was distinguished from Bowyer , which denoted a maker or seller of bows.
Americanized form of German Baumann or the Dutch cognate Bouwman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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