♀ Clara May Lowry

1864 - 1909

 

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Clara May Lowry
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Parents
John Lowry Jr.
John Lowry Jr.
1823 - 1865
Mary Lowry
Mary Lowry
1826 - 1917
Spouse
Children
Roy Blain Boyd
Roy Blain Boyd
1883 - 1942
Mary Winona Plaster
Mary Winona Plaster
1889 - 1963
Neoma Olieta Plaster
Neoma Olieta Plaster
1896 - 1985
Siblings
Minerva Lowry
Minerva Lowry
1847 - 1881
Charles Henry Lowry
Charles Henry Lowry
1848 - 1906
Andrew Thomas Lowry
Andrew Thomas Lowry
1851 - 1930
Jaretta Ann Lowry
Jaretta Ann Lowry
1852 - 1920
Emily Jane Lowry
Emily Jane Lowry
1856 - 1940

1870


Age: 5y
Mary Lowry & Clara Lowry - 1870 United States Federal Census

residence


Union, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA ⇓
She moved to a farm in Poweshiek probably when she was very young, after the death of her father John Lowry. Her mother Mary was a farmer, with the help of her two oldest sons.
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1870 • It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant is just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human.

1882


Jan 26
Age: 17y
1882 • The Married Women's Property Act 1882 receives royal assent in Britain; it enables women to buy, own and sell property and to keep their own earnings.

1883


Mar 19
Age: 19y
1883 Cardiff University, Wales, opens (under the name of University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire).

1885


Age: 20y
1885 • A subsidiary of the American Bell Telephone Company, American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T), is incorporated in New York.

1900


Age: 35y
1900 • In New Haven, Connecticut, U.S., Louis Lassen of Louis' Lunch makes the first modern-day hamburger sandwich.

1909


Jun 18
Age: 45y
1909 • A revolution forces Mohammad Ali Shah, Persian Shah of the Qajar dynasty to abdicate in favor of his son Ahmad Shah Qajar. He proceeds to leave Persia for Imperial Russia, reportedly seeking the assistance of Nicholas II of Russia in regaining the throne.

1909


Jun
1909 • Einar Dessau uses a short-wave radio transmitter, becoming the first radio broadcaster.

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