Bowen Family History & Genealogy
Bowen Last Name History & Origin
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Name Origin
Bowen is a Celtic surname representing two separate Celtic families, the Welsh ab Owain ("son of Owen") and the Irish Ó Buadhacháin ("descendant of Bohan").[
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Bowen is a Celtic surname representing two separate Celtic families, the Welsh ab Owain ("son of Owen") and the Irish Ó Buadhacháin ("descendant of Bohan").[
Nationality & Ethnicity
Bowen is a Celtic surname representing two separate Celtic families, the Welsh ab Owain ("son of Owen") and the Irish Ó Buadhacháin ("descendant of Bohan").[
Famous People named Bowen
Otis R. Bowen former governor of Indiana (my maternal Grandmothers 1st cousin)
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Based on limited research I was able to gather the following information regarding Walter and his family:
Walter Heenan BOWEN was b. 22 May 1882 in Gainesville, NY to parents Stephen Decantor BOWEN (1850-1922) and Emeline Hilda PEARSON or PEIRSON or STITELER (1841-1910). Walter had two siblings, Lottie Isabel BOWEN (1877-1973) and Henry John BOWEN (1879-1948). Walter married Ada PATTISON (1878-1957) on 5 May 1908 in Toronto or York, Ontario, Canada.
Walter had a daughter from a previous marriage named Hannah BOWEN born in 1903 in England. Ada had two children from a previous marriage including Joseph COOKMAN (1899-1944) and Grace COOKMAN (b. 1905). Walter died in 1957 in New York and is buried in the East Koy Cemetery in East Koy, NY.
I am hoping to locate someone from this family so that the photograph can be returned to their care. If you are a member of this family, or know someone who might be, please contact me.
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Shelley








People in photo include: Jefferson Bowen, David Bowen, and Roland Bowen


(Starting with Director Betty Herring and going Clockwise) Gerald Welborn, Wynda Lynn Duke,
Fredia Williamson, Lee Grant, Jackie Market, Vickie Beard, Lawrence Edmonson, Suzanne Stitt,
Martha Ann Lewis, Roland Yarborough, Jo Anne Flournoy, Charlyne Bowen.
Title Callaway Educational Association - Jacks & Jills
Collection Troup County Photograph Collection
Subjects CEA
Youth Organizations
Jacks & Jills
Image Callaway Educational Associati
Caption Callaway Educational Associati
Photograph Record 13574
Catalog Number 13574
Object Name Print, Photographic
People in photo include: Betty Herring, Gerald Welborn, Wynda Lynn Duke, Fredia Williamson, Lee Grant, Jackie Market, Vickie Beard, Lawrence Edmonson, Suzanne Stitt, Martha Ann Lewis, Roland Yarborough, Jo Anne Flournoy, and Charlyne Bowen


People in photo include: Larry Bowen




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i am 13 and it would mean the world if i knew my Bowen family history i would love to know how it started and i'd like to see who my great great family members were and. i am aware the name Bowen is a welsh name if any one has any info or can derect me to somewhere that could help me it would be so great,, i wish i could of been born in teh 1908's that would of been such a simple time. i am australia but im sure my family history and my old relitives were from wales.
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