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1826
Oct 26
birthOhio, USA ⇓ She most likely immigrated to Indiana sometime before 1840, which meant her family may have traveled there by the Ohio River. 9 Sources ⇓ |
1826 • Treaty of Yandabo ends First Anglo-Burmese War, Britain gains Assam, Manipur, Rakhine and Tanintharyi. |
1840
Age: 13y
residenceParke, Indiana, USA ⇓ In 1840 there was a 30-40 year old John Lowry living in Parke, Indiana with two girls, aged 5-10 and 10-15. This is most likely Mary Lowry, her father, and a sister, very likely Sarah Lowry, who was living in Parke, Indiana with the Overpeck family ten years later in 1850. Sarah was also born in Ohio, and would have been 7 years old at the time of the 1840 census. Sarah later married Albert Conine, and is living right next door to them in the small township of Elk River, Clinton County, Iowa. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1840 • The Austrian Empire, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Russian Empire sign the Convention of London with the Sublime Porte, ruler of the Ottoman Empire. |
1840
Age: 13y
residenceParke, Indiana, USA ⇓ In 1840 there was a 30-40 year old John Lowry living in Parke, Indiana with two girls, aged 5-10 and 10-15. This is most likely Mary Lowry, her father, and a sister, very likely Sarah Lowry, living in Parke, Indiana with the Overpeck family in 1850, who was also born in Ohio, and would have been 7 years old at the time of the 1840 census. Sarah later married Albert Conine, and is living right next door to them in the small township of Elk River, Clinton County, Iowa. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1840 • The first known picture of Niagara Falls is taken by Hugh Lee Pattinson. |
1847
Jan 14
Age: 20y
marriageJohn Lowry Jr. Parke County, Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1847 • A rescue effort, called the First Relief, leaves Johnson's Ranch to save the ill-fated Donner Party. These California bound emigrants became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847, and some had resorted to cannibalism to survive. |
1847
May 9
Age: 20y
birth of childMinerva Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1847 • The United States issues its first postage stamps (pictured). |
1848
Nov 13
Age: 22y
birth of childCharles Henry Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1848 • Phi Gamma Delta is founded as a North American collegiate fraternity. |
1850
Aug 7
Age: 23y
residenceParke, Indiana ⇓ A Julia Lowry aged 12 is living with them. 1 Source ⇓ |
1850 • President Millard Fillmore is sworn in. |
1851
Jan 9
Age: 24y
birth of childAndrew Thomas Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1851 • Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto is first performed at La Fenice in Venice. |
1852
Age: 25y
residenceElk River, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ They moved there around 1852. 1 Source ⇓ |
1852 • French engineer Henri Giffard made the first airship trip from Paris to Trappes. |
1852
Dec 29
Age: 26y
birth of childJaretta Ann Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ They must have stayed in Indiana for a very short period of time. 3 Sources ⇓ |
1852 • Battle of Caseros or Battle of Monte Caseros, Argentina: The Argentine provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes allied with Brazil and members of Colorado Party of Uruguay, defeated Buenos Aires troops under Juan Manuel de Rosas. |
1856
Age: 29y
residenceElk River, Iowa, USA ⇓ At the time, they owned a 100 acres of unimproved land and 70 acres of improved (farmed) land. They had been resident in the state for five years. They were living right next door to George T Lowry. 1 Source ⇓ |
1856 • The nawab of Oudh (Wajid Ali Shah) is exiled to Metiabruz and the state is annexed by the British East India Company. |
1856
Jun 1
Age: 29y
birth of childEmily Jane Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1856 • Nelson College is founded in Nelson, New Zealand. |
1860
Jun 8
Age: 33y
residenceElk River, Iowa, USA ⇓ Their family is right next door to Albert A. and Sarah (Lowry) Conine's family. Mary and John had two children, Albert born in roughly 1855, and Mary E. born in roughly 1860 who both died in early childhood. Albert appears on the 1856 census, and Mary E. appears on this 1860. 1 Source ⇓ |
1860 • Battle of Guayaquil: Ecuadorian forces led by Juan José Flores and Gabriel García Moreno take the port of Guayaquil from Supreme Chief Guillermo Franco, who is backed by Peruvian forces. |
1864
Mar 10
Age: 37y
birth of childClara May Lowry Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
1864 • Great Fire of Brisbane |
1870
Aug 27
Age: 43y
residenceUnion, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA ⇓ Mary moved the family to a farm in Poweshiek probably after the death of John Lowry. Mary was a farmer, with the help of her two oldest sons. 1 Source ⇓ |
1870 • It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant is just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human. |
1880
Jun 27
Age: 53y
1880 • The Capuchin catacombs of Palermo are officially closed (there will be some burials afterwards). |
1885
Age: 58y
residenceClinton, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ Jaretta is a teacher and Emily is a dress-maker. 1 Source ⇓ |
1885 • The first successful appendectomy is performed by Dr. William W. Grant on Mary Gartside. |
1900
Jun 30
Age: 73y
residenceBlanton, Lane, Oregon, USA ⇓ Was living with daughter Emily J, and grandson Roy Boyd. 1 Source ⇓ |
1900 • The Paris World Exhibition opens. |
1910
Age: 83y
residenceEugene, Lane, Oregon, USA ⇓ Was living with her oldest daughter Emily, who was a dress-maker. 1 Source ⇓ |
1910 • The earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. |
1917
Nov 7
Age: 91y
1917 • The Georgian Orthodox Church restores the autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811. |