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Is Bowry an English surname? I've never heard it before. If it is English maybe it's another form of Bowra/Bowrer, for which names Reaney's Dictionary of British Surnames gives "dweller or worker at the bower".
Reaney's explanation of Strutt is that it's from the Old Danish strut or Old Norse strutr. He doesn't bother to translate strut(r), and he doesn't say whether this is a given name or a nickname.
K.H.Rogers "More Vikings and Surnames" is more helpful. This author tells us that Strutt meant a pointed hood, also that someone of this name is listed in the Domesday Book. So I'm guessing it's a nickname or a male given name that started out as a nickname.