Mary Fletcher (Curry) Lowe (abt. 1820 - 1905)

Born about 1820 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

Ancestors

Wife of Gideon J Lowe — married 28 Apr 1838 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

Descendants

Died 4 May 1905 at about age 85 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida

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Mary (Curry) Lowe is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Mary Fletcher Curry was born about 1820 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas to Benjamin Curry and Catherine Sawyer Curry.

She married Gideon J Lowe, son of John "Jockie" Lowe and Mary Ann "Polly" Curry Lowe, 28 April 1838, at Green Turtle Cay. They had children - all born in the Bahamas: Lucinda Lowe, Emma Lowe, and Gideon William Lowe.

The Lowe family emigrated to Key West in 1848. Passengers on the manifest included: Gideon J Lowe, Mary Fletcher Curry Lowe and their family, Gideon's brother Joseph Lowe and his wife Christiana Curry Lowe and their infant daughter Adaline Lowe, Polly Curry, and children Richard and Martha Curry. Albert Saunders, age 20, was also traveling with them.

Mary Fletcher Curry Lowe died 4 May 1905 in Key West, Florida at 85 years of age. She was buried in the City Cemetery.

Sources

• 1 U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959

• 2 United States Census, 1850, Monroe, Florida; page 157B, the household of Gideon Lowe; Family Search, (https//www.familysearch.org), citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 59.

• 3 United States Census, 1860, Monroe, Florida; page 386, the household of Gideon Lowe; Family Search, (https//www.familysearch.org), citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 108.

• 4 United States Census, 1870, Monroe, Florida; page 386, the household of Gideon Lowe; Family Search, (https//www.familysearch.org), citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 108.

• 5 United States Census, 1880, Key West, Monroe, Florida; ED 114, page 226B, the household of Gideon Lowe; Family Search, (https//www.familysearch.org), citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 131.

• 6 State of Florida, 1885, Key West, Monroe, Florida; page 42, the household of Gideon Lowe; Family Search, (https//www.familysearch.org).

• 7 Death - Mary Lowe, 4 May 1905, widowed; Florida Deaths, (https//www.familysearch.org) Note: this is a good possibility.