Mary Jane Lowe was born 22 October 1851 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas to John Lowe and Becky Saunders Lowe. She was christened 20 January 1852 at Green Turtle Cay.
Mary Jane married, about 1872, John Patrick "Pump" Saunders, son of Benjamin "Pump" Saunders and Amanda Lowe Saunders. They had children - among them Charlotte "Lottie", Edward "Bra", John Appleton "Happy", Stanley Franklen, Herbert Widdlen, Sadell Ida "Sadie", Berlin Barnard, and Birchland "Berge" Saunders.
The Saunders moved to the Florida Keys about 1888. Mary Jane lived in Key West for 30 years before moving to Miami.
Mary Jane Lowe Saunders passed away 27 March 1944 in Dade County, Florida. She was 92 years of age.
Wyannie Malone Museum, Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas, Bahamas Genealogy, Dolly Mae online database: https://genealogy.hopetownmuseum.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I74074&tree=BG1
"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL9M-FXQ : 16 December 2019), Mary Lowe in entry for Saunders, 1873. Not a MALE. Lottie.
Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL9H-G4R : 16 December 2019), John Saunders in entry for Saunders, 1876. Birth of Edward "Bra" Saunders.
"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL9D-5Z5 : 16 December 2019), Mary J. Lowe in entry for Saunders, 1878. A son.
"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL9R-PLF : 16 December 2019), Mary J Lowe Saunders in entry for Saunders, 1886.
"United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36C-KC8 : 11 March 2022), Mary J Saunders in entry for John Saunders, 1900.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76251105/mary-jane-saunders: accessed 27 May 2023), memorial page for Mary Jane Lowe Saunders (22 Oct 1851–27 Mar 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76251105, citing Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA; Maintained by BF McLaughlin (contributor 46489318).
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