Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Lowe was born on 21 July 1880, in Manitoba, Canada, her father, David George Lowe, was 30 and her mother, Mary McIntyre, was 26. She had at least 2 daughters with William Harold Henderson. She lived in Morris, Manitoba, Canada in 1881 and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada for about 10 years. She died in August 1980, in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States, at the age of 100.
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- Mary E Henderson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mary E Henderson in household of William H Henderson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mary Henderson in household of William Henderson, "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1898 · Oregon Historical Society
The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.”
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
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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