When Marian Lovinia Lowe was born in 1812, in Central Bedeque, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada, her father, John Lowe, was 49 and her mother, Miriam Knowlton Lockhart, was 32. She married Isaac Schurman on 6 October 1833, in River Philip, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in River Philip, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871 and Victoria, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1881. She died on 8 January 1891, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 79.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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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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