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From: Dora Smith <>
Subject: LOWE
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 19:47:00 -0500 (EST)

I don't know whether this is true; my great grandfather Lowe wrote tohis
son that his Lowes not only were of the minor aristocratic Lowe family
(not of Suffolk), I don't know if he had any proof of that or not, but
that his line were from the "main stem" in Suffolk. Searching in the IGI
shows there were some Lowes in Suffolk, around Ipswich and the villages
near Ipswich. Like Kelsale, and Woodbridge.

My 2X great grandfather, Nathaniel Lowe, died in 1867 or 1868, lived in
various places in Ireland to my knowledge but I do not know that he was
born there, was a member of the Church of England (and the family were
Masons), allegedly worked as a secretary for an anglo-Irish lord and
member of Parliament (I think Irish), had his first son born in 1837. (And
his next child born in 1845 and most of his children in the 1850's,
leading me to suspect possible error.) He died in or near Belfast and is
buried in Shankill Cemetery, Antrim County. He married Catherine Allan or
Alleyne in Galway. His children were born and raised in Enniskillen and
Tempo, Fermanagh County.

Nathaniel had a brother, Stephen Lowe, who also settled in Ireland; in
Tyrellis Pass in County Meath, and in northern Ireland. Nathaniel also
had other brothers who settled in southern Australia in or near Bellarat,
and one of them may have been Stephen who may have moved on to Ireland.

Again, the family were English and Protestant in identity, and I do not
know if they were born in Ireland; if they were descended from a family in
Suffolk, they could have been born in Suffolk. Given that the brothers
were wanderers, Nathaniel's life suggested unsettled minor aristocratic or
middle class English background at a time when such people were the
original migrants, they may not necessarily have been born all in the same
place!

Nathaniel named his sons Henry Nathaniel, Nathaniel, William, and Edward,
and the family also used the name Joseph, though I specifically saw it
used by Henry Nathaniel, whose father-in-law's name was Joseph.

Many people on this list have better reference sources than the IGI; I
would appreciate whatever anyone finds on them.

Yours,
Dora Smit

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