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Bowtell Name Meaning

perhaps for a flour sifter from Anglo-Norman French boletel buletel ‘sieve bolting-cloth’ (Old French buletel earlier buretel) ‘sieve’. In Middle English buletel was used to denote a kind of cloth specially prepared for sifting and the name may have been given to a maker of this cloth or be a reduced form of Boulter . Some of the post-medieval bearers below may however belong with Bottle or Buddle .

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


Similar surnames: Bortell, Bowell, Boutell, Bottrell, Boswell, Bothell, Powell, Howell

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Where is the Bowtell family from?

You can see how Bowtell families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Bowtell family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Bowtell families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1840 there were 2 Bowtell families living in Vermont. This was about 40% of all the recorded Bowtell's in USA. Vermont had the highest population of Bowtell families in 1840.
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What did your Bowtell ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Incapacitated and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Bowtell. 18% of Bowtell men worked as an Incapacitated and 83% of Bowtell women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Bowtell were Milk Roundsman and Household Duties Unpaid. .

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

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Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • Incapacitated
    18%
  • Farm Labourer
    14%
  • General Labourer
    14%
  • Milk Roundsman
    7%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    83%
  • Household Duties
    4%
  • House Duties
    4%
  • Household Duties Unpaid
    3%
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Passenger Lists

There are 610 immigration records available for the last name Bowtell. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the USA, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Draft Cards

There are 298 military records available for the last name Bowtell. For the veterans among your Bowtell ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Bowtell lifespan?

Between 1969 and 1996, in the United States, Bowtell life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1978, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for Bowtell in 1969 was 78, and 80 in 1996.

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