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Orange County Indexed

The Bowen surname

The Bowen name in Orange County Indexed: 12 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.

In the records
1790 to 1895 most named in the 1870s
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Marriages 1843–1895
  • Deeds 1870–1873
In the chronology
1925 to 1992 2 people in 2 entries, most in the 1920s
Married into
Suit 2, Murray 2, Bowling 1, Rhew 1, Cates 1, Campbell 1, Canada 1 · the marriages
Spellings to try
Bowens, Bowden, Bower, Boren, Bolen, Bowlen
Search beyond these records

Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.

In the chronology 2 people

The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.

In the historical records 12 records

2 deeds, 9 marriages and 1 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Bowen marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

1790s

1840s

1870s

1880s

1890s

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