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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 • Major Edmund Lockyer arrives at King George Sound to take possession of the western part of Australia, establishing a settlement near Albany. |
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 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
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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 • King's College Hospital opens in London. |
1847
Jan 14
Age: 20y
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marriageJohn Lowry Jr. Parke County, Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1847 • Saint Anthony Hall is founded at Columbia University, New York City, New York. |
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 • Matale Rebellion against British rule in Sri Lanka. |
1850
Aug 7
Age: 23y
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residenceParke, Indiana ⇓ A Julia Lowry aged 12 is living with them. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is published. |
1851
Jan 9
Age: 24y
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birth of childAndrew Thomas Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1851 • Annibale de Gasparis, in Naples, Italy discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia. |
1852
Age: 25y
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residenceElk River, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ They moved there around 1852. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1852 • The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London, admitted its first patient. |
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 • Frederick Douglass delivered his famous speech "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" in Rochester, New York. |
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 • Anglo-Persian War: War is declared between Great Britain and Persia. |
1856
Jun 1
Age: 29y
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birth of childEmily Jane Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1856 • Pre-human remains are found in the Neanderthal valley in Germany. |
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 • Battle of the Volturno: Garibaldi defeats the last organized army of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies. |
1864
Mar 10
Age: 37y
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birth of childClara May Lowry Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1864 • 16 – American Civil War – Battle of Nashville: Union forces decisively defeat the Confederate Army of Tennessee. |
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 • A plebiscite held in Rome supports, by 133,681 votes to 1,507, the annexation of the city by Italy. |
1880
Jun 27
Age: 53y
| 1880 • The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana. |
1885
Age: 58y
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residenceClinton, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ Jaretta is a teacher and Emily is a dress-maker. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1885 • Grover Cleveland succeeds Chester A. Arthur as President of the United States. |
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 Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard. |
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 • January 20 – The first aviation meeting to be held in the United States, the 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet at Dominguez Field, is held near Los Angeles, California. |
1917
Nov 7
Age: 91y
| 1917 • WWI: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany. |