Bowdoin Family History
Bowdoin Name Meaning
Americanized spelling of Baudouin, French form of
Baldwin, or of any of the numerous variant forms of this name
found in France and Belgium.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bowdoin Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bowdoin families
 13 - 23  5 - 12 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bowdoin Family Origin
Bowdoin Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Bowdoin
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Bowdoin Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Bowdoin Civil War Service Records
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