When Ann Lowe was born in 1783, in Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, John W. Lowe, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Dotterer, was 25. She married George Washington Sones about 1802, in Sullivan, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She died in June 1846, in Davidson Township, Sullivan, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Old Sonestown Cemetery, Sonestown, Davidson Township, Sullivan, Pennsylvania, United States.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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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