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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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’.
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