The bowker Surname
bowker Name Meaning and History
English (chiefly Manchester): occupational name for someone whose
job was to steep cotton or linen in lye (a strong alkali) to cleanse
it, from an agent derivative of Middle English bouken ‘to wash’
(from Middle Dutch buken).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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