William Gower

Male1747–before 1801

Brief Life History of William

William Gower was born in 1747, in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales. He died before 1801.

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Sources (3)

  • Legacy NFS Source: William Gower - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 17 June 1752; Kidwelly, Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom
  • William Gower, "Wales, Carmarthenshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
  • William Gower in entry for David Richards and Elizabeth Gower, "Wales, Glamorgan, Parish Register Marriages, 1837-1922"

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): habitational name for someone from Gohiere, the Old French form of what is now known as Goelle, the country north of Paris.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Anglo-Norman French Goier, Joier, denoting a man from any of several places in Normandy and Picardy called Gouy, Joué, or Jouy (derived from the Latin personal name Gaudius, Old French Goi, Joi + -acum ‘joy’).

English (of Norman origin): from a Norman personal name, Go(h)ier, ancient Germanic Godehar, cognate with the Old English name mentioned at Gooder .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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