The bowersox Surname
bowersox Name Meaning and History
Americanized spelling of German Bauersachs, a name
indicating descent from Hans Bauer, nicknamed Sachs ‘the
Saxon’, a forester who lived in Judenbach, Franconia, c.1555.
An alternative derivation is from Bauerochs, literally ‘farmer
ox’, a nickname or byname for the farmer who kept the breeding bull in
a community.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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