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...
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...
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...
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'....
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
...  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...
Hi Dale, I checked with another correspondent whose family descends from Clones, Fermanagh, since the 1600s–settlers from Scotland. He went through his...
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...
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,...
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...
An offering to add to the pot, as far as I recall the Roaches arrived in Ireland as part of the Norman-Cambro (Welsh) invasion/colonization, I have an...
