There are Bowman's living in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, they might be related. Sandy (Tasmania) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Robert HALLAM" <rhallam@shaw.ca> To: <dunbartonshire-genweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:03 PM Subject: [DUNB] Re BOWMAN > Hi Maree > > I don't know know if there are any of your Bowman descendants still in > Clydebank area but I cannot resist making a few comments about the name > Bowman. Bow is a Scots word meaning a herd of cattle... usually cows. A > bowman or bouman is a person who takes care of the cattle on a farm so it > literally means a cowboy. A bowhouse is a cattle shed and there are a > number of place names around Scotland and Northern England that bear this > name. Bow or the Norse word bu owed its origin to the Norse settlers > along > the east coast of Britain. In North Yorkshire there is a place originally > named bowhuis which was corrupted over the years to its current name > Booze. > > So there it is, all you will ever need to know about the name Bowman and > were afraid to ask! > > Aefauldlie > > Robin Hallam > Duncan British Columbia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >