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tower Name Meaning and History

  1. topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower, from Middle English, Old French tur (Latin turris).
  2. occupational name for someone who dressed white leather, cured with alum rather than tanned with bark, from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) (Old English tawian ‘to prepare, make ready’).
  3. Americanized spelling of German Tauer.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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tower Family Facts

Distribution of tower Families in the US in 1920
Number of tower families
 99-195
 34-98		 1-33
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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