Brief Life History of William Ervin
When William Ervin Low was born on 3 February 1867, in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Sylvester Oliver Low Sr, was 30 and his mother, Ann Allan Paton, was 24. He married Caroline Marie Dahle on 2 July 1896, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1901 and Alberta, Canada for about 5 years. He died on 17 June 1923, in Division No. 2, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 56, and was buried in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
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- William Low, "Canada Census, 1911"
- William Low, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- William Low, "Find A Grave Index"
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1871
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Name Meaning
English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived near a tumulus, mound or hill, Middle English lowe, from Old English hlāw (see Law 2).
Scottish and English: nickname for a short man, from Middle English lah, lowe (Old Norse lágr; the word was adopted first into the northern dialects of Middle English, where Scandinavian influence was strong, and then spread south, with regular alteration of the vowel quality).
English and Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname for a violent or dangerous person, from Anglo-Norman French lou, leu ‘wolf’ (from Latin lupus). Wolves were relatively common in Britain at the time when most surnames were formed, as there still existed large tracts of uncleared forest.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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