John Lowe

Brief Life History of John

When John Lowe was born on 10 December 1804, in Pemberton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Lowe, was 26 and his mother, Jane Hesketh, was 11801. He married Ellen Meadows on 18 April 1824, in Wigan All Saints, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died in November 1850, in Pemberton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 45, and was buried in All Saints' Church, Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

John Lowe
1804–1850
Ellen Meadows
1805–1874
Marriage: 18 April 1824
Alice Lowe
1824–1841
Ellen Lowe
1826–1906
William Lowe
1829–1890
Ralph Lowe
1831–1839
John Lowe
1833–1834
Mary Lowe
1835–1896
John Lowe
1837–
Margaret Lowe
1840–1908
Henry Lowe
1843–1907
Ralph Lowe
1846–1918
Thomas Lowe
1848–1899

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  • John Lowe in household of Thomas Meadows, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • John Lowe, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • John Lowe, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

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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.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

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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