Blower in my family tree
1: English: from Middle English blowere (Old English blawere, a derivative of blawan to blow. The name was applied chiefly to someone who operated a bellows, either as a blacksmith's assistant or to provide wind for a church organ. In other cases it was applied to someone who blew an horn, i.e. an huntsman or a player of the musical instrument. 2: Welsh: patronymic (with prefix ap, ab from the given name Llywerch.
Variants: Bloer, Bloor, Bloore (Midlands); Blow.
Patronymics (from 1): Blowers (East Anglia); Blowes, Blows.
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