In arguing for the plausibility of Jeremiah Bulmore being Jeremiah Delos Bulman's uncle, it might be useful to discuss the credibility of such a name change. Later, I will have to suggest the way in which it might have changed. In doing all of this, I'll also have to explain why I think that Jeremiah Bulmore just might be Patrick's brother. The consequences of this need elaborating, as well as further strategies for confirming or disconfirming the hypothesis.Of course, there always have to be comedians in the family. One wag in the household (not me) has been singing, "Jeremiah was a Bulman" to the tune of Hoyt Axton's, "Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog". You can listen to Creedence Clearwater Rival's YouTube version of the song (end of blog) while you read through the argument. At least, that part should be worth your time. BTW, I chose CCR over Three Dog Night for obvious aesthetic reasons and because of the importance of what is needed to give credence to my surmising. And, of course, the credence has to do with more than the Tumwater connection which fans will understand and family memebers might connect with Olympia, Washington. Tom Fogerty, John's elder brother, had permanently left the band by the time of this poster. He apparently could no longer put up with John Fogerty's supposed autocratic ways. This sometimes happens in families. You can see him on the left in the picture to the left and below; it is from 1968.
As I have said previously, an Elizabeth Boolmore is found in the 1800 Census data for Schenectady. Two young males are with her. She is at least 45 and, perhaps, older. She does no show up again in later census reports, ever. There is a Mrs. Bullmore in the 1790 Boston census with two white females (no age differentiation) and one male under sixteen. In 1810, the Fourth Ward of the Schenectady census we find the following (Samuel page 21 and Benjamen page 22):- Bullmore, Samuel
- Free White Males to 10: 1, 26 to 45: 1
- Free White Females to 10: 1, 16 to 26: 1
- Chamberlain, John
- Free White Males to 10: 2, 10 to 16: 1, 26 to 45: 1
- Free White Females to 10: 2, 10 to 16: 1, 26 to 45: 1
- Scouten, John
- Free White Males 10 to 16: 1, 45 etc.: 1
- Free White Females 10 to 16: 1, 45 etc.: 1
- Bullmore, Benjamen
- Free White Males to 10: 2, 26 to 45: 1
- Free White Females 26 to 45: 1
- McMynderse, William [probably should be Mynderse]
- Free White Males 16 to 26: 2, 45 etc.: 1
- Free White Females 10 to 16: 1, 45 etc.: 1
- Van Eps, Alexander
- Free White Males to 10: 1, 16 to 26: 2, 45 etc.: 1
- Free White Females 16 to 26: 1, 45 etc.: 1
- Bulman, Henry
- Free White Males to 10: 1, 16 to 26: 1
- Free White Females to 10: 2, 16 to 26: 1
- Persons Involved in Agriculture: 1
- Stevens, William
- Free White Males 16 to 18: 1, 16 to 26: 1, 26 to 45: 1
- Free White Females to 10: 1, 10 to 16: 1, 16 to 26: 1
- Persons Involved in Manufacturing: 1
- Van Eps, Alexander
- Free White Males 10 to 16: 1, 45 etc.: 1
- Free White Females 45 etc.: 1
- Persons Involved in Agriculture: 1
- Osborn, William
- Free White Males to 10: 1, 16 to 26: 1, 45 etc.: 1
- Free White Females to 10: 3, 26 to 45: 1, 45 etc.: 1
- Persons Involved in Agriculture: 2
- Bilmore, Bonnona
- Free White Males to 10: 2, 10 to 16: 1, 26 to 45: 1
- Free White Females to 10: 2, 16 to 26: 1, 26 to 45: 1
- Persons Involved in Agriculture: 1
- Chamberlin, John
- Free White Males to 10: 2, 16 to 18: 1, 16 to 26: 2, 26 to 45: 1, 45 etc.: 1
- Free White Females to 10: 1, 10 to 16: 1, 16 to 26: 1, 45 etc.: 1
- Persons Involved in Agriculture: 3
I think it safe to say that at least one Bulmore changed his name to Bulman. Interesting, a little research has thrown up the fact that, if the Bulmore/Bulman family was originally from England and Wales rather than Ireland or Holland, then Bulmore, and its variants, refers to those who work with calves and Bulman, with its variants, refers to those who work with bulls. The point is, that at that time, people may have felt fairly comfortable with changing between names if there was a purpose to it. A very simple reason might be a rift in the family or a second marriage leading to some members wishing to distinguish between themselves. Family politics might be a part of people, even elders, changing their family names.
The next post will outline some surmising that has to do with data from Wisconsin and Oneida County as we come to the end of this question, finally.
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