Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Low was born on 17 April 1804, in Milford, Milford, Otsego, New York, United States, her father, John Low, was 32 and her mother, Abigail Hopkins, was 36. She married Alba Sykes Crafts on 4 July 1823, in Milford, Milford, Otsego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in New Hartford, Oneida, New York, United States in 1860 and Amboy Township, Lee, Illinois, United States in 1870. She died on 28 November 1887, in Waterman, DeKalb, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Waterman, DeKalb, Illinois, United States.
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- Catherine Krafts in household of Joseph Adams, "United States Census, 1870"
- Catherine Low Pearl, "Find A Grave Index"
- Catherine Low in entry for Catherine Adams, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1818
Illinois is the 21st state.
1827
The Town of New Hartford was created on April 12, 1827, formed from the Town of Whitestown. Whitestown originally contained all of New York state west of Herkimer, and was subsequently split into many counties and towns with New Hartford being the last.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived near a tumulus, mound or hill, Middle English lowe, from Old English hlāw (see Law 2).
Scottish and English: nickname for a short man, from Middle English lah, lowe (Old Norse lágr; the word was adopted first into the northern dialects of Middle English, where Scandinavian influence was strong, and then spread south, with regular alteration of the vowel quality).
English and Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname for a violent or dangerous person, from Anglo-Norman French lou, leu ‘wolf’ (from Latin lupus). Wolves were relatively common in Britain at the time when most surnames were formed, as there still existed large tracts of uncleared forest.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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