I have the same problem. Bowen supposedly derives as son on Bowen and from Wales BUT I can find no family link to Owen on my side either. Steve Bowen -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sue Carmichael Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 2:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BOWEN] Bourne to Bowen My Bowen family lived in Powell, Tennessee. My grandfather Andrew Jackson Bowen used to tell me that he was told Bowen started out as Owen. But I have no proof of this other than his word. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 27, 2013, at 1:51 PM, "Kathleen B. Simons" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh, a branch of Culpeper are BOWENs went to TN about 1815... > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Kathleen B. Simons < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Also, in researching BOWEN in/near Culpeper & Fauquier counties >> (where there are BOURNE lines, too), distinguising the two surnames >> in handwritten legal documents of the 1700s & 1800s can be VERY >> difficult, so wouldn't be surprised to find one became the other... >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Henrik Rasmussen <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Because of the brick wall I have hit on my Bowen family around 1800, >>> I am suspicious the name may have been something else prior. >>> Illiteracy seems to be part of the problem. When asked to give names >>> people often had no idea how it was spelled and the person taking >>> the information wrote down what they heard when the person spoke >>> their name. I don't think it was always a desire to make a change. >>> >>> My Bowen family was around Fayetteville, TN. >>> >>> _____________ >>> Rik Rasmussen >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Bob Keating >>> <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> When my GGF Worldly Wright Bowen, moved from Georgia to North >>>> Florida, Waldo, in the 1800s. Any similar experiences? >>>> Bob Keating >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> -- >> ===== >> Kathleen Bowen Simons >> Falls Church, Virginia >> >> "I don't really care that they label me a Jesus freak - there ain't >> no disguising the truth." >> DC Talk & Newsboys, "Jesus Freak" > > > > -- > ===== > Kathleen Bowen Simons > Falls Church, Virginia > > "I don't really care that they label me a Jesus freak - there ain't no > disguising the truth." > DC Talk & Newsboys, "Jesus Freak" > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It comes from Old Welsh ab or ap Owen, or Son of Owen.... On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Steve Bowen <[email protected]>wrote: > I have the same problem. Bowen supposedly derives as son on Bowen and from > Wales BUT I can find no family link to Owen on my side either. > > Steve Bowen > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Sue Carmichael > Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 2:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BOWEN] Bourne to Bowen > > My Bowen family lived in Powell, Tennessee. My grandfather Andrew Jackson > Bowen used to tell me that he was told Bowen started out as Owen. But I > have > no proof of this other than his word. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 27, 2013, at 1:51 PM, "Kathleen B. Simons" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Oh, a branch of Culpeper are BOWENs went to TN about 1815... > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Kathleen B. Simons < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Also, in researching BOWEN in/near Culpeper & Fauquier counties > >> (where there are BOURNE lines, too), distinguising the two surnames > >> in handwritten legal documents of the 1700s & 1800s can be VERY > >> difficult, so wouldn't be surprised to find one became the other... > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Henrik Rasmussen > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > >>> Because of the brick wall I have hit on my Bowen family around 1800, > >>> I am suspicious the name may have been something else prior. > >>> Illiteracy seems to be part of the problem. When asked to give names > >>> people often had no idea how it was spelled and the person taking > >>> the information wrote down what they heard when the person spoke > >>> their name. I don't think it was always a desire to make a change. > >>> > >>> My Bowen family was around Fayetteville, TN. > >>> > >>> _____________ > >>> Rik Rasmussen > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Bob Keating > >>> <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> When my GGF Worldly Wright Bowen, moved from Georgia to North > >>>> Florida, Waldo, in the 1800s. Any similar experiences? > >>>> Bob Keating > >>>> > >>>> ------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>> quotes > >>>> in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ===== > >> Kathleen Bowen Simons > >> Falls Church, Virginia > >> > >> "I don't really care that they label me a Jesus freak - there ain't > >> no disguising the truth." > >> DC Talk & Newsboys, "Jesus Freak" > > > > > > > > -- > > ===== > > Kathleen Bowen Simons > > Falls Church, Virginia > > > > "I don't really care that they label me a Jesus freak - there ain't no > > disguising the truth." > > DC Talk & Newsboys, "Jesus Freak" > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in > the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- ===== Kathleen Bowen Simons Falls Church, Virginia "I don't really care that they label me a Jesus freak - there ain't no disguising the truth." DC Talk & Newsboys, "Jesus Freak"