Charles Matthew Lowrey with a group of men
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white photograph of Charles Matthew Lowrey with a group of elegantly dressed men. They are all sitting on the benches in the park. There are some mature trees and log cabins in the background. Charles Matthew Lowrey is the middle row, 3rd from left.
Undated, probably ca 1900.
- Notes
- Charles Matthew Lowrey [Lowery] was born in Vanessa, Ontario on 29 Aug 1855 to David Jackson Lowrey and Elizabeth Catherine Teeter. He married Helen Emily Wallace and had 5 children (Robert, Harold, Luella, Edna, Marguerite). Later in life Charles M. married Mary McBride. He passed away on April 22, 1931 in Queenston, Ontario, Canada.
Charles M. Lowrey has been a well known figure in Niagara for a number of years, having opened the first canning factory in Niagara and St. Davids. He also operated stores at Niagara Falls, St. Davids and Queenston and acquired the controlling interest in the Queenston quarry. He was postmaster in Queenston for 13 years as well as a deputy reeve in Niagara township. - Date Of Event
- ca 1900
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 21cm
Image Height: 15.5cm
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Lowrey, Charles Matthew (1855-1931)
- Local identifier
- NOTLPL00225
- Collection
- Collection of Alan Clifford
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.16682 Longitude: -79.04957
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Niagara-on-the-Lake Public LibraryEmail:localhistory@notlpl.org
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