The mower Surname
mower Name Meaning and History
- English (East Anglia, chiefly Norfolk): occupational name for someone who mowed pasture lands to provide hay, from an agent derivative of Middle English mow(en) ‘mow’ (Old English mawen).
- Welsh: nickname from mawr ‘big’ (see Moore 6).
- German (Möwer): nickname from an agent derivative of Middle High German moven ‘to torment, trouble, or burden’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Rose Mower (Brown) |
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| Sarah Mower, b.1870, Elmsett, Suffolk, England |
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| MOWER John W 1940-1967 |
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| John J Mower Kingston, NY 1902 |
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| MOWER Dorothy R 1923-1986 |
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| hi | Melissa Mower | 4 |
| MOWER, CHARLES E. - Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient WW II |
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| Augustus Morris Mower/NY | Mary P. | 3 |
| Peter Mower/N.Y. | Debra Cawley | 12 |
| Harry Mower |
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