Bowden Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8642 people with the Bowden surname? In that year Bowden was ranked number 471 for popularity in the UK. |
Bowden records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"BOWDEN. From the knds of Bowden in Roxburghshire. "For a period of about two hundred years various persons of the same surname are witnesses to a number of charters [in the chartulary of Kelso]. These are not mentioned as holding lands in the parish, but would appear to have been kindly tenants of the monastery who took their name from the barony. The monks of different periods were in the practice of sub-letting the lands of the barony, and some of the lands, on whatever condition originally let, came at length to be held by the parties in hereditary right" (OPS., i, p. 288). Between c. 1200 and c. 1240 one or more individuals named Richard de Boulden witnessed charters by Cecilia de Molle, Symon Maulverer, etc. (Kelso, 148, 151, 157, 194). Master Richard de Bouldone, parson of the parish of Edilstone, rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, n, p. 212). William de Bolden was Abbot of Kelso in 1370 (Morton, p. 92), and in 1399 we have mention of the tenement of John de Bolden in Westerkelsow (Kelso, 522). About 1450 Andrew Boldane was a burgess of Arbroath (RAA., n, 94). The name is also found in Edinburgh in the seventeenth century as Boudoun and Bowdoun (Edinb. Marr.). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Bowden Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Bowden Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Bowden family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 10654 people with the Bowden surname in the UK? Bowden is now ranked number 540 for popularity in the UK. |
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Miscellaneous Bowden Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Bowden family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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