Elizabeth Jane/Joan Bowshin EYRE (Tourney) - Father and Husband with the same name

Started by Craig Andrew Miles on Monday, December 2, 2019

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12/2/2019 at 5:04 AM

Doesnt it seem unlikely to everyone that Elizabeth married a man with the same name exactly as her father?

Couldnt this be a case of over-merging (with George Tourney) since she was also married to Robert Eyre and all of her children bear the name Eyre?

And the "Bowshin" component of her name seems to have come to this profile via a merge which suggested that Bowshin was a family name and not a middle name?

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12/2/2019 at 10:43 AM

1. Not at all. It's a common name.
2. Bowshin was probably passed down to honor a long forgotten ancestor on either her Mother or Father's side. Not a direct ancestor but probably a grandparent in the line somewhere.

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Elizabeth Jane/Joan Bowshin EYRE (Tourney) - Father and Husband with the same name

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