The first comment came in from someone who found not only the website, but the page of a DNA study participant's line that mentioned a different surname that...
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jbowes110
Oct 12, 2010 10:48 pm
Martha has uncovered the 'fact' that my line is old Irish not English. I am trying to research how we might have become Bowe if we belonged to the Carroll...
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mhbowes11
Oct 13, 2010 4:03 pm
It's been a while since there's been any activity on this list, but a lot has been going on with the surname study. I have a lot of e-mail communication off...
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mhbowes11
Oct 13, 2010 5:16 pm
As many of you know, one of the goals of this project has been to see whether we can use DNA to shed any light on our surname origins in Ireland, recorded in...
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bowes2000
Oct 13, 2010 6:20 pm
Interesting association, who can say for sure, was a long time ago, yet there may be clues in the pronunciation and spelling for the Irish word for 'cow'....
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Jeane Robinson
jbowes110
Oct 13, 2010 6:32 pm
I don't like the idea of separate yahoo locations for our surname group. I can learn from everyone. Can't we use the subject line to alert readers which line ...
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Jeane Robinson
jbowes110
Oct 13, 2010 6:46 pm
Your post reminds me of that 'truth' that the winner writes the history. We must not only part the mists of time but also decide how the English interpreted ...
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mhbowes11
Oct 13, 2010 6:46 pm
There definitely needs to be a separate group in your case, but I should clarify that rather than it being a Yahoo group "for your subgroup", it will be a...
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mhbowes11
Oct 13, 2010 6:49 pm
I should clarify that while there is no "hard evidence" of the Cork connection, we do have a participant who has clues in his DNA that he could possibly having...
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mhbowes11
Oct 13, 2010 6:54 pm
I should add that I don't think all the subgroups are going to need their own Yahoo group, it just happens that you would rather have one Yahoo group to go to...
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bowes2000
Oct 13, 2010 6:58 pm
Well as someone who since childhood who has had the interesting experience of people constantly either not understanding my name over the phone, or...
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bowes2000
Oct 13, 2010 7:04 pm
Let me try that again, minus the typos...Well as someone who since childhood who has had the interesting experience of people constantly either not...
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Jeane Robinson
jbowes110
Oct 13, 2010 8:47 pm
My mother's maiden name was Bowes. It was pronounced by the family like buttons and bows. How did YOUR family pronounce your name? My mother's maiden name...
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Jeane Robinson
jbowes110
Oct 13, 2010 9:11 pm
I understand now what you mean. A ely Carroll group makes sense. I see now the Bowe/s surname group was just a gateway drug....
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Alfred Neuman
shortroad2pa...
Oct 13, 2010 9:15 pm
My name is Bowes, pronounced as you described, I have been observing this site for some time now, however I never responded, until now. Â I am interested in...
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mhbowes11
Oct 13, 2010 9:50 pm
I admit to getting confused because it seems depending on the source of information about pronouncing old Gaelic words I get different feedback. I am guessing...
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mhbowes11
Oct 13, 2010 9:56 pm
Yes, I specialize in dealing! LOL! The other subgroup that has its own Yahoo group is in a similar situation, where its Yahoo group is focused on a key genetic...
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mhbowes11
Oct 13, 2010 10:12 pm
Welcome to the conversation Dale! I have often run across this surname connected to the Ontario area and wondered about those roots. I have some materials...
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mhbowes11
Oct 13, 2010 10:41 pm
I did a quick check and the facts don't line up. The family I have some information on moved from Wicklow (not Wexford as I previously stated) to Ontario. The...
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Alfred Neuman
shortroad2pa...
Oct 13, 2010 11:56 pm
I am certain about the name David, since he was a Protestant, I assumed he came from Northern Ireland, if that helps. Â Most of the records I have placed them...
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bowes2000
Oct 14, 2010 12:10 am
Well within my family our name has been variously recorded as Bow, Bowes (pronounced as in Bows on a gift)and finally Bowe...
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2Maxwells
the2maxwells
Oct 14, 2010 4:06 pm
The name has always been Bowe in my family and that goes back to 1795. In my family the name has always been pronounced like the archery bow. There was a...
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Diane Bowe
dianebowe2002
Oct 14, 2010 4:12 pm
Interesting -My husband's father was named Roache as a first name -how is that for original -I assume a family name somewhere in there but can't prove it -he...
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Diane Bowe
dianebowe2002
Oct 14, 2010 4:24 pm
...  Interesting -My husband's father was named Roache as a first name -how is that for original -I assume a family name somewhere in there but can't prove...
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mhbowes11
Oct 15, 2010 1:56 am
Hi Dale, I checked with another correspondent whose family descends from Clones, Fermanagh, since the 1600s–settlers from Scotland. He went through his...
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mhbowes11
Oct 15, 2010 2:00 am
My family was always Bowes since emigrating during the potato famine, but they said they were related to a Bowe family who also lived in the farming...
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mhbowes11
Oct 15, 2010 3:37 am
Hi Diane, Except that you also now have further proof that he came from Ireland based on your Bowe/s DNA matches, at least one of them a pretty close match,...
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Jeane Robinson
jbowes110
Oct 15, 2010 6:45 am
Checking 123 123 can you hear me now? ________________________________ From: mhbowes11 <martha.bowes@...> To: bowesgenealogy@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Martha H. Bowes
mhbowes11
Oct 15, 2010 3:32 pm
321 321 we can hear you now in threaded mode!...
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mhbowes11
Oct 16, 2010 10:44 pm
Diane, I just found a reference in "Modern Ireland 1600-1972" by RF Foster, p. 13, "[by 1600] Old English families like the Barrys and Roches of Cork had...
