When William I. Lowe was born on 31 July 1855, in Ohio, United States, his father, Benedict Lowe, was 60 and his mother, Lucinda Dillehay, was 43. He married Alice Vale Keller on 18 July 1880, in Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Judicial Township 2, Santa Barbara, California, United States in 1900 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 20 years. He died on 7 March 1931, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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