When Rebecca Lowell was born about 1803, in Freedom, Waldo, Maine, United States, her father, Thomas Lowell, was 52 and her mother, Sarah Ayer, was 50. She married Elisha Higgins Sr. on 25 August 1815, in Camden, Knox, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Bucksport, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Waldo, Maine, United States
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English: variant of Lovell , derived from Anglo-Norman Frenchlou ‘wolf’ + the diminutive suffix -el.
History: Lowell is the surname of one of America's most distinguished NewEngland families, which have been prominent for over 200 years. Itsfounder, John Lowell (1743–1802), was a legislator and judge. Thecity of Lowell, MA was named in honor of his son Francis Cabot Lowell(1775–1817), a textile manufacturer.
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