Researching Mary Bowerman
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 885 people with the Bowerman surname? In that year Bowerman was ranked number 2699 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Mary means "bitter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Mary Bowerman on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Mary Bowerman in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Bowerman ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Mary Bowerman and the Bowerman Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Bowerman 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 listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. 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 Bowerman family tree.
Study Parish Records for Mary Bowerman at Find My Past.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1026 people with the Bowerman surname in the UK? Bowerman is now ranked number 3080 for popularity in the UK. |
Bowerman Family History Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Mary Bowerman.
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Bowerman Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Bowerman surname in the USA? Bowerman is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Bowerman Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Mary Bowerman. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Mary Bowerman
Mary Bowerman
Mary Leolin Bowerman (January 25, 1908 – August 21, 2005) was an American botanist, co-author of The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Mount Diablo, California; Their Distribution and Association into Plant Communities, and the co-founder of Save Mount Diablo. She helped to preserve tens of thousands of acres of Mount Diablo in the San Francisco East Bay before dying at age 97. In 1936 she was the last person to record the Mount Diablo buckwheat Eriogonum truncatum, until it was rediscovered nearly seventy years later on May 10, 2005. In 1978 the manzanita Arctostaphylos bowermaniae was named in her honor.
Source: Mary Bowerman, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Bowerman
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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