Frances Eleanor Farrel was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1844, the daughter of Almon Farrel and Ruth Warner. She and Leverett J Bowen married prior to 1870. They had four children. Frances Farrel Bowen died in Connecticut in 1913.
Research Notes
On birth records for Almon Farrel's children the last name is spelled as Farrel. While his son Franklin Farrel appears to have used this version and passed it on to his children, the daughters seem to have adopted the Farrell version.
Sources
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W8-N8P : 11 February 2018), Frances E Farrell, 10 Jul 1844; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
"Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7K9-8NR : 10 February 2018), Frances E. Farrell Bowen, 18 Apr 1913; citing , reference 397; FHL microfilm 3,368.
Census Records
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68G-FM6 : 12 April 2016), Eleanor Farrel in household of Almon Farrel, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing family 62, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7K-VQ8 : 12 April 2016), Frances E Farrell in household of Ruth E Farrell, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 42, family 328, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,611.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFCP-KHX : 29 July 2017), Frances E Bowen in household of Leverett J Bowen, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district ED 36, sheet 55C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0103; FHL microfilm 1,254,103.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M97Z-X2N : accessed 15 November 2018), Frances E Bowen in household of Leverett J Bowen, Waterbury city Ward 1, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 420, sheet 3B, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,147.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK2G-RGW : accessed 15 November 2018), Frances E Bowen in household of Ray E Munger, Waterbury Ward 2, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 475, sheet 15A, family 326, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 140; FHL microfilm 1,374,153.
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