Joseph Lowther

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Lowther was born on 8 January 1786, in Ampleforth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Lowther, was 39 and his mother, Thomasin Parkinson, was 41. He married Ann Coultas on 26 March 1817, in West Heslerton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 11 years. He died on 13 January 1872, in Chapman Settlement, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 86, and was buried in Amherst Head Cemetery, Amherst Head, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Lowther
1786–1872
Ann Coultas
1796–1889
Marriage: 26 March 1817
Sarah Lowther
1817–1865
Mary Lowther Seaman
1820–1909
Thomas Lowther
1821–1905
John Parkinson Lowther
1824–1863
Elizabeth Lowther
1825–1915
Carolyn Ann Lowther
1827–1913
Robert Symes Lowther
1833–1877
Susan Lowther
1836–1897
Thomasina Amelia Lowther
1838–1876
Celia Lowther
1838–
Emeline Matilda Lowther
1844–1941

Sources (35)

  • Joseph Lowther, "Nova Scotia Census, 1861"
  • Joseph Lowther, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Joseph Lowther, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

World Events (8)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a place in Cumbria, so called from the river on which it stands. The placename is of obscure etymology, perhaps of ancient Welsh origin (compare Lauder ), or from Old Norse lauthr ‘froth, foam’ + á ‘river’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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