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The Lowry line

Samuel John Lowry

1886–1976 · Inverness, Que.
His daughter Grace wrote a memoir of his life — homesteading, prospecting, and the great fire of 1916 — preserved here as The Samuel John Lowry Story.
Born18 JUN 1886 — Inverness, Que.
Died3 DEC 1976 — Barrie, Ont — (Stroke)
Buried6 DEC 1976 — Barrie Union Cemetery
OccupationStationary Engineer
ResidedInverness, Ansonville, Gravenhurst, Barrie
As recorded6 ft. 1 in. · 170 lb. 0 oz.
Recorded events
Personality/Intrst: Carpentry, Horticulture,Prospecting
Ethnicity/Relig.: Methodist then United, Conservative
Margin notes
  • Black Knight of Orange Lodge,
  • Hair dark brown, Blue eyes
  • Born-5th Range, Cty of Megantic, Inverness
From Carl's research notes
Baptized, 30 July 1886, at the Thomas Lowry farm. E.S. Howard Methodist minister. Witness Thomas Lowry and Thomas Robinson. Lowry was spelled Lowrey in 1886. Married in the Methodist church in Monteith, ON. by W.L.L. Lawrence, son of the minister who married Samuel's parents. WW1, trained at Levis PQ Funeral: Died at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, funeral from the McLelland and Slessor Funeral Home, Barrie, Dec 6, 1974, internment Barrie Union Cemetery