Bowler Family History
Bowler Name Meaning
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire): from Middle English
boller (from Old English bolla ‘bowl’, ‘drinking vessel’
+ the agent suffix -er), an occupational name for a maker or
seller of bowls. Medieval bowls were made of wood as well as of
earthenware.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bowler
Name Distribution of Bowler Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bowler families
 67 - 131  23 - 66 |
 1 - 22  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bowler families
|
273 - 543 92 - 272 |
1 - 91 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bowler families
|
6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bowler Family Origin
Bowler Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Bowler
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Bowler Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Bowler census records
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