George T. Lowry
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Spouse
Esther Lucas
Esther Lucas
1834 - 1888
Children
Fanny Lowry
Fanny Lowry
1870 - 1939
Rose Lowry
Rose Lowry
1877
Siblings
John Lowry Jr.
John Lowry Jr.
1823 - 1865

1824


Apr
1824 • The first sod is turned in Ontario, for the first of four Welland Canals (the canal opens for a trial run exactly 5 years later to the day).

1856


Age: 31y

1860


Age: 35y
1860 • The world's first ocean-going (all) iron-hulled and armoured battleship, the (British) HMS Warrior, is launched.

1863


Jul 1
Age: 39y
John Lowry - U.S. Civil War Draft Registration

military


Elk River, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓
Not certain if this was him, considering he was in Kansas in 1860.
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1863 May 2 – The Grierson's Raid: Union cavalrymen are ambushed while crossing the Tickfaw river in Mississippi.

1870


Oct
Age: 46y
1870 • The Deutsche Bank is founded in Berlin.

1885


Age: 60y
1885 Sino-French War: France gains an important victory over China in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of modern-day Vietnam.

1900


Age: 75y
George T. Lowry - 1900 United States Federal Census

residence


Great Bend Township, Great Bend City, Ward, Barton, Kansas, USA ⇓
George T. Lowry is living with his daughters Fannie, Dot, and Rose. Rose is a school teacher, and Fannie is a seamstress.
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1900 • Australasian prospector Albert Fuller Ellis identifies phosphate deposits on the Pacific Islands of Nauru and Banaba Island (Ocean Island).

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