Tour Scotland Video Helen Bowman Memorial Window Parish Church Pittenweem

Tour Scotland travel video of the Helen Bowman Memorial stained glass window in the Parish Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife. Bequeathed by Helen Bowman in memory of those from Pittenweem area that died in the two World Wars. Helen died on the 15th of July, 1944.

Bowman is an occupational surname of pre 7th century origins. It derives from the Saxon word, boga, meaning a bow, and, " man " in this context describing a man skilled in both the making and operating of a Bow. Early surname with recordings include Adam Bogheman in the Curia Regis rolls of Westmorland in 1223, Thomas Bouman of Northumberland in the Assize Court rolls of 1279, and Nicholas the Boueman in the Assize Court Rolls of Cheshire in 1286 and 1287. In 1539 Thomas Bowmaker of Newcastle, England, was recorded in a list of the citizens of the city capable of bearing arms.

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