Bowden

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Bowden

  1. A surname.
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Uncertain, but the most accepted theory is that it originated from the maiden name of the wife of a surveyor named Williamson, who named the settlement along the Edmonton–Calgary Trail. Another theory states it originated from the village of Bowdon in Greater Manchester, England.

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Bowden

  1. A town in Alberta, Canada.

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