Clowser Family History
Clowser Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Klauser . English: topographic name for someone who lived by a clowse Middle English clouse cluse Old English clūse ‘bar enclosure narrow pass’ later ‘mill dam sluice-gate floodgate’. Clowser is a type of formation (topographic term + -er) that is especially characteristic of Sussex and the adjacent counties. It was synonymous with atte Clouse and the Clowser family is probably descended from Thomas atte Cluse recorded in 1332 in Warnham Sussex.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022