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Origin Displayed: Welsh
Origins Available: Irish, Welsh
Spelling variations of this family name include: Bowen, Bowne, Bowan, Bowin, Bowene, Bowane and many more.First found in Pembrokeshire , where they held a family seat from very ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.D. Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Arthur Bowen who settled in Virginia in 1660; another Arthur Bowen settled in Montserrat in 1665; Bridget Bowen settled in the Barbados in 1670; James Bowen settled in Maryland in 1774. (From www.HouseOfNames.com Archives copyright © 2000 - 2009) Motto Translated: To be, rather than to seem.
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Suggested Readings for the name Bowen"Bowens of Virginia and Tennessee: Descendants of John Bowen and Lily McIlhaney" by Jamie Ault Grady, "Ancestry and Descendants (including the Bowen Family) of Isaac Applin Sheppard and Caroline Mary Holmes, His Wife" by Walter Lee Sheppard. Some noteworthy people of the name Bowen- Andrea Lauren Bowen (b. 1990), Award-winning American actress
- Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897-1973), American writer of semi fictional biographies and winner of the National Book Award in 1958
- Dr. Otis Ray Bowen (b. 1918), American politician and physician, Governor of Indiana (1972-1980)
- Ira Sprague Bowen (1898-1973), American astronomer who served as director of both the Mount Wilson Observatory and the Palomar Observatory
- Captain Stephen G. Bowen (b. 1964), NASA Astronaut with over 27 days in space and the first to ever fly on two consecutive missions (STS-132 and STS-133)
- Brigadier-General Charles Francis Bowen (1889-1977), American Adjutant-General of New Hampshire (1939-1947)
- Major-General Frank Sayles Jr. Bowen (1905-1976), American Commanding General XII Corps (1958-1960)
- Edmund Bowen FRS (1898-1981), British chemist created a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1935
- Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen (1899-1973), Irish-born, British writer
- Lionel Frost Bowen AC, BEM (b. 1922), Australian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1990
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Another 2 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products. WALESWELSH SURNAMESMost Welsh surnames are patronymic; that is, they are derived from a personal name of an ancestor. In the Middle Ages, the prefixes ap, ab (son of) and ferch (daughter of) were commonly found in Welsh surnames. Welsh names used to include strings of patronymics going back through the generations, until the 16th century when people began to use fixed hereditary surnames. However, some surnames' prefixes can still be found today in many Welsh surnames, such as Prince, Probert, Bowen (ap Owen), and Beddoes. Henry VIII frowned upon this nomenclature and thus began the great change in Welsh surnames
MoreTHE BLACK KNIGHTThe Black Prince, or Edward, Prince of Wales, (1330-76), is thought to have gained his nickname due to the color of his armor -- jet black. However, this claim cannot be verified. Contrary to popular conceptions, period illustrations typically depict him in silver or gilt armor, not black. He may have gained this moniker because he wore a black surcoat with a silver plume. Yet a more fantastic notion also circulates. Many hold the opinion that he was labeled black because of his skill as a knight or because he was often merciless towards the vanquished. His sacking of the town of Limoges in 1370 gives some credence to the latter notion. After taking the town, all its inhabitants were slaughtered, with no consideration to age or gender.
MoreTHE KING ARTHUR LEGENDWriters and historians have long been divided on the truth of the many different tellings of the stories of Arthur, the great Welsh king of Britain. Although many now think that there is some truth underlying the widely varying accounts, the hard facts surrounding Arthur's reign are almost completely obscured in a mist of myths and legends. Like all legends, these tales evolved over many centuries. Their telling and retelling over those years, while it may have left them somewhat lacking in truth, has emphasized and expanded their most compelling parts, making the Arthurian saga as glorious and prolific a body of stories as any, in fact or fiction.
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