Bowman Family
The family can be traced to at least 1722 at Elvington.
Most of the male members were vets and farmers.George Emerson Bowman a vet at Leeds,
left £103,000 when he died in 1941.
He is also I think responsible for the naming of
Hopewell Place in Elvington, as he lived at Hopewell House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds.
John Bowman married Mary Lofthouse on the 24th April 1722 at Elvington.
They had
Mary1722 married James Fowler in 1755
John 1724
Thomas 1726-1734