The Bowerman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,702 people carried this name — #8,850 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,509 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Bowerman surname

As an English and Welsh surname

An early record he cites: Gilbert Burman, Oxfordshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Bowerman, Boorman, Borman and Boreman.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 123 · public domain.

In print

Bowerman in American newspapers,
1895–1917.

Newspaper page from The Lakeland Evening Telegram carrying the name Bowerman
The Lakeland Evening Telegram 1912-03-12
Newspaper page from The Climax carrying the name Bowerman
The Climax 1895-11-06
Newspaper page from The Pensacola Journal carrying the name Bowerman
The Pensacola Journal 1917-08-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,982 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bowerman in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1990s.

3,727 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bowerman. The most, 611, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,464
Queensland 1,136
Tasmania 602
Victoria 251
South Australia 134
Western Australia 109
ACT (Canberra) 23
Northern Territory 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bowerman.

Who carried it

People named Bowerman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Samuel Wells Bowerman
    Samuel Wells Bowerman 1830–1887 · politician
  • Jane Bowerman d. 1762
  • Margaret Bowerman 1515–1560
  • William Bowerman 1550–1590 · politician
  • Anne Bowerman 1620–
  • Katherine Purdon 1632–

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bowerman,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States288 records

288 records of the Bowerman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 119
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 40
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 30
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 30
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Arthur W. Bowerman

    Born 1911 in New Jersey. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Myer, Virginia; typesetter from Washington, D.C. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1969, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William J. Bowerman

    Born 1930; from De Kalb County, Indiana. U.S. Army, cook; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Martha Bowerman

    Arrived at New York in 1855 aboard the Albert Gallatin from Liverpool, aged 45; housekeeper. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 288 records for Bowerman in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia346 records

346 records of the Bowerman name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 212
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 48
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 45
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 23
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 17
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record James Bowerman

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Mayda, sailing from Woolwich in 1845. Native of Witney, Oxfordshire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1852. Married 1852 in Hamilton, Tasmania, aged 29.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William Bowerman

    Died 1916 in Kingston Road, Sandy Bay, Tasmania. Will registered in Tasmania in 1916.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Bowerman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1887 aboard the Iberia, aged 30; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 346 records for Bowerman in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom10 records

10 records of the Bowerman name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 8
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Thirza Bowerman

    Buried in 1828 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 60.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Bowerman

    Sapper, Royal Engineers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. Bowerman

    Gunner, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Bowerman in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Bowerman name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Carole Ann Bowerman

    Died 1949; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record John William Bowerman

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record J. W. Bowerman

    Alberta Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Bowerman in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Bowerman name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Evadrie Iris Bowerman

    Born 1917 in Great Britain; died 1994 in Ajaccio (Corse).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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