Owen Family History, Genealogy & Ancestry

The Owen Family

7,333 Owen records from public death, burial and census records and the old county histories, in all 12 Midwestern states we cover. Every name is a real person in the public record, and we follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

7,333Records in our database

1821Earliest birth

1Documented families

2Biographies

See the Owen family trees →377 Owen families pieced together from public birth and death records, county histories and old newspapers

At a glance

7,333 Owen records in our database

From public death, burial and census records across 12 Midwestern states. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how). Tap a state or a decade to narrow the list of ancestors below.

Where

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When they were born

Most records: Missouri (1,822 of 7,333)
Most common birth decade: the 1910s
Earliest birth in the database: James W Owen, born 1821, Woodford County, Illinois

Most common first names

William216 John188 Mary162 Robert159 James139 Charles107 George104 Margaret70 Dorothy66 Helen66 Ruth66 Richard63

Documented families

Owen families we have traced

Written from county histories and public records, every fact cited. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

Family histories, generation by generation (1)

The Owen family of Greene CountyMissouriStarts: Solomon H. Owen and Mary E. (Bushong) OwenMost recent: Joseph Lewis Owen (b. 1880)

The earliest Owens in the county histories

John OwenBorn 1813Champaign County, Ohio Lewis R. OwenBorn 1815Seneca County, Ohio Alanson S. OwenBorn 1826, Yates countyChild of Nathaniel Owen and Elizabeth (Spooner) OwenSeneca County, Ohio Charles Baker OwenBorn 1827, Marshall countyChild of Solomon H. Owen and Mary E. (Bushong) OwenGreene County, Missouri John Addison OwenBorn 1830Child of Addison Owen and Edna (Halloway) OwenPike County, Missouri Daniel OwenBorn 1831Child of Daniel Owen and Deborah (Sprague) OwenWashington County, Ohio

Family trees from the public record

377 Owen families: parents, brothers and sistersFrom state birth and death indexes, county histories and old newspapers, most recent deaths first

In old newspapers

23 Owen death notices, 1837 to 1925Obituaries and funeral notices from Midwest papers scanned by the Library of Congress, with the original pages

In the county history family index

30 Owen people in 23 countiesBirth years, birthplaces, parents and spouses, from the old county histories

Biographies from the county histories (2)

Charles Baker OwenBorn 1827 · Greene County, Missouri John S. OwenBorn 1857 · Greene County, Missouri

Done-for-you research

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Common questions

Owen genealogy: FAQ

Where were Owen ancestors recorded?

Our database holds 7,333 Owen records from all 12 Midwestern states. The most are in Missouri (1,822), then Ohio (970) and Wisconsin (845).

How far back does the Owen family tree go?

The earliest Owen birth in our database is 1821: James W Owen, Woodford County, Illinois. We have pieced together 377 Owen family trees from public birth and death records.

Are living Owen family members listed here?

Not knowingly. We follow set rules to leave living people out of our public pages. If you find a living relative listed here, email us and we will take the record down.

Is this my Owen family?

Maybe. Many people share a name, so treat any match as a possible match until the dates and places line up with what you know about your family. Every person here links to their own page with the details, and we can trace your line for you.