Bowyer Family History
Bowyer Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a maker or seller of bows (see
Bow), as opposed to an archer. Compare Bowman.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bowyer
Name Distribution of Bowyer Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bowyer families
 39 - 75  14 - 38 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bowyer families
|
266 - 529 89 - 265 |
1 - 88 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bowyer families
|
7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bowyer census records
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Bowyer Family Origin
Bowyer Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Bowyer
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Bowyer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Bowyer census records
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Bowyer Civil War Service Records
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