When Matthew Andrew Lowe was born in 1815, in Haw Creek Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, his father, James Cage Lowe, was 21 and his mother, Ann Arbuckell, was 21. He married Hannah Oliver on 24 December 1838, in Haw Creek Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Franklin Township, Washington, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Brighton Township, Washington, Iowa, United States in 1870. He died on 9 May 1899, in Brighton, Washington, Iowa, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Brighton, Washington, Iowa, United States.
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Historical Information 1829: Bartholomew, Indiana, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1840: Washington, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Washington, Iowa, United States
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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