Gower

The Gower Family of Cary, North Carolina and closely associated with the Royal Tribe of Troicinet. When the ancestors of the Gower family emigrated to England following the Norman Conquest in 1066 they brought their family name with them. They lived in the district north of Paris which is known in Old French as Gohiere. There are also numerous places in Normandy called Gouy, to which the Anglo-Norman French suffix er was added to make "Gower."