COWZER

Cowzer is an evolution of a French Huguenot Name (along with Cowser, Couser, Cowsar). Of this I am pretty sure, although I cannot be 100% certain. There is another possibility, a German Palatine Name. Both the Huguenots and the Palatines were protestant groups suffering religious persecution which led to mass migrations. The Palatines arrived in Ireland in very small numbers and the vast majority left Ireland soon after, and their chief area of settlement was south west Ireland near Limerick. Whereas the Huguenots were settled in Ireland in very large numbers as part of a political campaign to dilute the Irish Catholic population in certain areas. Many of the Hugenots in Ireland were 2nd or 3rd generation having migrated through England/Scotland so their names were already becoming anglecised. Some of the Huguenots were skilled craftsmen, and in particular one craft, lacemaking and weaving, flourished... This website is intended to be the gateway to all of our websites covering our..