The Bowlin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,938 people carried this name — #5,055 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,871 in 2000.

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In print

Bowlin in American newspapers,
1889–1914.

Newspaper page from Wausau Pilot carrying the name Bowlin
Wausau Pilot 1913-12-02
Newspaper page from Dresden Enterprise And Sharon Tribune carrying the name Bowlin
Dresden Enterprise And Sharon Tribune 1914-12-11
Newspaper page from The Beatrice Daily Express carrying the name Bowlin
The Beatrice Daily Express 1889-05-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,082 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bowlin in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

383 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bowlin. The most, 95, date from the 1890s. 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 Queensland, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 204
Queensland 108
Victoria 27
Tasmania 20
Western Australia 15
South Australia 9

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

Who carried it

People named Bowlin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James B. Bowlin
    James B. Bowlin 1804–1874 · lawyer
  • Weldon Bowlin 1940–2019 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bowlin,
in the records of 4 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 States338 records

338 records of the Bowlin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 211
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 87
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Angus W. Bowlin

    Born 1921 in Florida. Enlisted 1941 at Pensacola; farm hand from Escambia County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1982, buried at Barrancas National Cemetery, Florida.

    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 Robert Joe Bowlin

    Born 1948; from Sparta, Illinois. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    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 Bridget Bowlin

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the Rappahannock from Liverpool, aged 23; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 338 records for Bowlin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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).

Australia14 records

14 records of the Bowlin name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Bowlin

    Arrived in Victoria in 1870 aboard the Magnet, aged 28.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Henry Bowlin

    Married 1851 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 32.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Bowlin

    Of Windsor, New South Wales; died 1890.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Bowlin in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Bowlin name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Bowlin

    Died 1872 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record William Bowlin

    Listed at Truro Township, Colchester, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1838.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Donald Charles Bowlin

    Married 1945 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Bowlin 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 William James Robert Bowlin

    Born 1959 in La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin (Loiret); died 1999 in Petit-Mars (Loire-Atlantique).

    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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