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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 • Unitarian Bernardino Rivadavia becomes the first President of Argentina. |
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 • Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland marries her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. |
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 • One of the predecessor papers of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia, The Port Phillip Herald, is founded. |
1847
Jan 14
Age: 20y
marriageJohn Lowry Jr. Parke County, Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1847 • U.S. troops defeat Mexican troops in Valencia, Mexico |
1847
May 9
Age: 20y
birth of childMinerva Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1847 • U.S. general Winfield Scott enters Mexico City, marking the end of organized Mexican resistance in the US-Mexican War. |
1848
Nov 13
Age: 22y
birth of childCharles Henry Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1848 • France ratifies a new constitution. The Second Republic of France is set up, ending the state of temporary government lasting since the Revolution of 1848. |
1850
Aug 7
Age: 23y
residenceParke, Indiana ⇓ A Julia Lowry aged 12 is living with them. 1 Source ⇓ |
1850 • American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo. |
1851
Jan 9
Age: 24y
birth of childAndrew Thomas Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1851 • Annibale de Gasparis, in Naples, Italy discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia. |
1852
Age: 25y
residenceElk River, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ They moved there around 1852. 1 Source ⇓ |
1852 • Taiping Rebellion: Taiping forces entered Hunan. |
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 ⇓ |
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 • 15 – In Spain, General Leopoldo O'Donnell takes control of the government, bringing an end to the bienio progresista. |
1856
Jun 1
Age: 29y
birth of childEmily Jane Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1856 • Maryland Agricultural College (present-day University of Maryland, College Park) is chartered. |
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 • The American South has c. 4 million slaves. |
1864
Mar 10
Age: 37y
birth of childClara May Lowry Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
1864 • American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia (the 500 prisoners had left Richmond, Virginia seven days before). |
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 • The "circle of the sun" flag of Japan is adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships by proclamation of the Daijō-kan. |
1880
Jun 27
Age: 53y
1880 • In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. |
1885
Age: 58y
residenceClinton, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ Jaretta is a teacher and Emily is a dress-maker. 1 Source ⇓ |
1885 • Final engagement of Sino–French War, with a French victory at Kép. China withdraws its forces from Tonkin. |
1900
Jun 30
Age: 73y
residenceBlanton, Lane, Oregon, USA ⇓ Was living with daughter Emily J, and grandson Roy Boyd. 1 Source ⇓ |
1900 • World population: 1,650,000,000 |
1910
Age: 83y
residenceEugene, Lane, Oregon, USA ⇓ Was living with her oldest daughter Emily, who was a dress-maker. 1 Source ⇓ |
1910 • Henry Ford sells 10,000 automobiles. |
1917
Nov 7
Age: 91y
1917 • WWI: United States ambassador to the United Kingdom, Walter Hines Page, is shown the intercepted Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany offers to give the American Southwest back to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States. |