When Henry Mower Sr was born on 18 December 1798, in Frederick, Maryland, United States, his father, John Michael Maurer, was 24 and his mother, Catherine Geisinger, was 18. He married Mary Amick on 4 November 1817, in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Sangamon, Illinois, United States in 1840 and Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. His occupation is listed as methodist minister, campbellite preacher in Pennsylvania, United States. He died on 4 April 1878, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Springville City Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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English (mainly East Anglia): variant of Mawer .
English: occasionally a dialectal form of Moore .
German (Möwer): nickname from an agent derivative of Middle High German mōven ‘to torment, trouble, or burden’. The surname Möwer is virtually non-existing in Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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