Brief Life History of Frank Earnest
When Frank Earnest Lower was born on 5 July 1864, in Troy, Miami, Ohio, United States, his father, David Frank Lower, was 32 and his mother, Mary Harter, was 30. He married Ona Luella Bassett on 6 October 1889, in Fosterburg, Madison, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 1 October 1930, in Downers Grove, DuPage, Illinois, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Downers Grove Township, DuPage, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Frank E Lower, "United States Census, 1930"
- Frank Ernest Lower, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Frank E Lower, "BillionGraves Index"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name denoting residence by a (man-made) hill or mound, from a derivative of Middle English low + -er, a formation typical of Sussex and Surrey. It is sometimes suggested that it is a variant of Ewer , with fused Old French definite article le, but proof is lacking. See Low 1 and compare Lewer .
Cornish: variant of Flower 4.
Americanized form of German Lauer . This name is found in PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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