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1826
Oct 26
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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 • Samuel Morey patents an internal combustion engine. |
1840
Age: 13y
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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 Washingtonian Temperance Society is founded. |
1840
Age: 13y
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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 Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp, becomes valid for the pre-payment of postage. |
1847
Jan 14
Age: 20y
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marriageJohn Lowry Jr. Parke County, Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1847 • The Cumberland School of Law is founded at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. At the end of this year only 15 law schools exist in the United States. |
1847
May 9
Age: 20y
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birth of childMinerva Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1847 • The 30th United States Congress is sworn into office. |
1848
Nov 13
Age: 22y
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birth of childCharles Henry Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1848 • Geneva College in Pennsylvania is founded. |
1850
Aug 7
Age: 23y
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residenceParke, Indiana ⇓ A Julia Lowry aged 12 is living with them. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • Allan Pinkerton forms the North-Western Police Agency, later the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. |
1851
Jan 9
Age: 24y
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birth of childAndrew Thomas Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1851 • The Colony of Victoria separates from New South Wales. |
1852
Age: 25y
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residenceElk River, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ They moved there around 1852. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 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. |
1852
Dec 29
Age: 26y
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birth of childJaretta Ann Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ They must have stayed in Indiana for a very short period of time. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1852 • U.S. presidential election, 1852: Democrat Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire defeated Whig Winfield Scott of Virginia. |
1856
Age: 29y
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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 • Legal protection of widow remarriage is extended in India. |
1856
Jun 1
Age: 29y
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birth of childEmily Jane Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1856 • The nawab of Oudh (Wajid Ali Shah) is exiled to Metiabruz and the state is annexed by the British East India Company. |
1860
Jun 8
Age: 33y
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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 combined forces of Giuseppe Garibaldi and King Victor Emmanuel II besiege King Francis II of the Two Sicilies in Gaeta, his last remaining stronghold. |
1864
Mar 10
Age: 37y
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birth of childClara May Lowry Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1864 • American Civil War – Sherman's March to the Sea: Confederate General John Bell Hood invades Tennessee in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union General Sherman from Georgia. |
1870
Aug 27
Age: 43y
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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 first edition of The Northern Echo newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. |
1880
Jun 27
Age: 53y
| 1880 • The Capuchin catacombs of Palermo are officially closed (there will be some burials afterwards). |
1885
Age: 58y
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residenceClinton, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ Jaretta is a teacher and Emily is a dress-maker. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1885 • Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The index stood at a level of 62.76, and represented the dollar average of 14 stocks: 12 railroads and two leading American industries.[http://articles.philly.com/1995-02-24/news/25702996_1_blue-chip-stocks-industrial-shares-index Dow Record Book Adds Another First]. Philly.com. Retrieved 2013-07-08. |
1900
Jun 30
Age: 73y
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residenceBlanton, Lane, Oregon, USA ⇓ Was living with daughter Emily J, and grandson Roy Boyd. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1900 • The U.S. Senate accepts the British-German treaty of 1899, in which the United Kingdom renounced its claims to the American Samoa portion of the Samoan Islands. |
1910
Age: 83y
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residenceEugene, Lane, Oregon, USA ⇓ Was living with her oldest daughter Emily, who was a dress-maker. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • The DELAG Zeppelin dirigible, Deutschland, makes the first commercial passenger flight from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf in Germany. The flight takes nine hours. |
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. |