Bowman Family History
Bowman Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for an archer, 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 the articles. It is
possible that in some cases the surname referred originally to someone
who untangled wool with a bow. This process, which originated in
Italy, became quite common in England in the 13th century. The
vibrating string of a bow was worked into a pile of tangled wool,
where its rapid vibrations separated the fibers, while still leaving
them sufficiently entwined to produce a fine, soft yarn when spun.Americanized form of German Baumann (see
Bauer) or the Dutch cognate Bouman.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bowman
Name Distribution of Bowman Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bowman families
 501 - 1,000  168 - 500 |
 1 - 167  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bowman families
|
221 - 439 74 - 220 |
1 - 73 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bowman Family Origin
Bowman Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Bowman Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Bowman Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Bowman census records
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Military Service by Bowman
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