Brief Life History of Elvira Catherine
When Elvira Catherine Lowe was born in November 1861, in Illinois, United States, her father, John Wesley Lowe, was 30 and her mother, Nancy Elizabeth Blackburn, was 20. She married Robert S Lesley in 1880. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Stark, Stark, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Chequest Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 15 March 1918, in Living Springs, Wheatland, Montana, United States, at the age of 56.
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- Elvira C Lowe in household of John W Lowe, "United States Census, 1870"
- Catherine Lowe, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
- Elvira C Lowe in household of David Allen, "United States Census, 1870"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Low .
German (Löwe) and Danish (Løwe): from Middle High German lēwe, löuwe ‘lion’, hence a nickname for a brave or regal person. In some cases the surname may have been a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn distinguished by the sign of a lion. It is also found in Sweden. Compare Loewe 1, Lau , Lave , and Lurvey .
Jewish (Ashkenazic; Löwe): artificial name from German Löwe ‘lion’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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