Thelma Fay Lowe

Brief Life History of Thelma Fay

When Thelma Fay Lowe was born on 8 March 1908, in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States, her father, James Lowe, was 34 and her mother, Lona May Billington, was 32. She married Lewis Raymond Stimson on 22 May 1926, in Minidoka, Idaho, United States. She lived in Kimberly, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States in 1920 and Napa, Napa, California, United States in 1950. She died on 7 January 1990, in Napa, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Hovde Holt
1897–1984
Thelma Fay Lowe
1908–1990
Marriage: 16 November 1935
Richard E Dick Holt
1941–2019

Sources (19)

  • Thelma F Holt, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Lowe, "California, Birth Index, 1905-1995"
  • Thelma Lowe, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"

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World Events (8)

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

1910 · Angel Island Serves Immigrants

Angel Island served as a western entry point for hundreds of thousands of U.S. immigrants, mainly from China, from 1910 to 1940.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

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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