Richard Bowe 1820

Hello, my name is Trevor Bowe I'm 85% Irish my 3rd great grandfather Richard Bowe migrated during the Great Famine in 1820's and settled into Jordan, New York. I'm trying to find relatives in Ireland and more of the Bowe's family history.

Hi Trevor

In the ideal world a source at your end can identify a county or, even better still, a parish of origin in Ireland of your Bowe ancestors.

The surname search option in Irish Ancestors website, johngrenham.com, is a great way to identify where in Ireland the surname Bowe is to found.

Rootsireland.ie website records the birth details of 38 Richard Bowes in Ireland between 1754 and 1903 with 8 of these born before 1830 (4 in County Kilkenny, and 1 each in counties Carlow, Monaghan, Tipperary and Waterford). 

All I have from Ancestry is Liverpool. That's where he departed. It shows he departed when he was 30.

Update: I've found it Rossenarra Demesne Kilmaganny

Thank you so much for jumping in and helping Trevor out, Brian! 

As Brian said, finding your ancestors' location before they left for the US could be a huge help. According to the johngrenham.com website, the Bowe surname was common in county Kilkenny.

Another option would be to look at ship records. The county of origin of your ancestor may be in here. Here are some more genealogy resources to help you with.

Edit : I just saw that you found a location, that's amazing! Let us know how your search goes. :) 

Best of luck! 
Antoine

As Rossenarra House and Demesne, near village of Kilmoganny is located in civil parish of Kilmaganny, County Kilkenny this means that you should focus your initial research on the parish of Kilmaganny, see John Grenham's map  at
https://www.johngrenham.com/c_parish/c_parish_main.php?civilparishid=1380&civilparish=Kilmaganny&CountyMap=

Hi Trevor!

My Bowe/s also settled in Jordan and I've researched them quite extensively for many years. Many Irish Bowe families also have Bowes branches, and it's not unusual to find both spellings in the records of the same family.

I'm in touch with another descendant of Richard Bowe of Jordan, NY, b 1820. Richard and his wife Johanna (Burrough) Bowe are on my tree because their daughter Johanna Bowe married a Patrick Kenney. He descended from a shared Kenney ancestor with me. My Bowes and these Kenneys intermarried twice one generation prior to Patrick. 

This other Richard Bowe descendant and I haven't been able to discern whether or how our lines might connect back in Ireland, but given their close proximity in Jordan and intermarriages, I've always leaned in the direction of thinking they knew one another back in the homeland.

My Bowe/s (and the Kenneys) are from the area between Ballyragget and Castlecomer, Kilkenny. A Bowe cousin, who is one of the ones who married one of the Kenney sisters, and who also settled in Jordan, is found in Ireland just over the Laois border, where a couple of his children were baptised.

I'm really interested in how you found Richard Bowe in Rossenarra Demesne Kilmaganny, which is quite a distance from where my Bowe/s are from. This will also interest the other person I know who descended from Richard, since he doesn't have any info about his origin in Ireland.

I have a "Verified Transcript from the Register of Deaths" in Onondaga Co for Richard. It says he died on Dec 11, 1893 at the age of 82. He was a married and his occupation was given as laborer. He died of pneumonia. He was from Ireland and his father was Thomas. His mother's name isn't filled in. Does the record you have from Kilmaganny happen to name a father Thomas?

Unfortunately I can't figure out a way to contact you without sharing an email on the web, which I don't want to do. Do you happen to have your family tree online where I could view it?

You seem very invested in finding out more about your Bowe ancestors, Martha! I keep my fingers crossed for you.
Hopefully Trevor will receive an email notification and will get back to you through our Community. 🤞

Best of luck,
Antoine