Brief Life History of William Loren
When William Loren Lowe was born on 19 January 1893, in Missouri, United States, his father, George Sumner Lowe, was 45 and his mother, Frances W. Glaze, was 43. He married Flora Mae Gilson on 28 June 1919, in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States. He lived in Jackson Township, Nodaway, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Fresno, California, United States in 1935. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 21 July 1957, in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States.
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- Wm Loren Lowe in household of Geo Lowe, "United States Census, 1900"
- William L Lowe, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- William Loren Lowe, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
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1910 · The BSA is Made
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Name Meaning
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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