Tower Family History
Tower Name Meaning
topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower, from Middle English, Old French tur (Latin turris).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’).Americanized spelling of German Tauer.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Tower
Name Distribution of Tower Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Tower families
 63 - 124  22 - 62 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Tower families
|
7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Tower census records
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Tower Family Origin
Tower Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Tower Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Tower census records
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