Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Howard Hindman Lowrie and Florence Abbie Berry




Husband Howard Hindman Lowrie 1 2

           Born: 19 May 1873 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1953
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA


         Father: Robert Lowrie (1827-1881) 1 3
         Mother: Mary J. Anderson (1833-1902) 1 3


       Marriage: 25 Jan 1919 - ? Venango Co, PA 1 4

   Other Spouse: Cora May Gunn (1875-1916) 4 - 27 Jun 1898 - Detroit, Wayne Co, MI 4



Wife Florence Abbie Berry 1 5

           Born: 1876
     Christened: 
           Died: 1927
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA


         Father: James Benard Berry (1841-1908) 6 7 8
         Mother: Abbie M. Dufur (1851-1923/1924) 1 5




Children

General Notes: Husband - Howard Hindman Lowrie


He received a thorough education in the Oil City, Pennsylvania, schools, and, showing business qualities, was early taken into the National Transit office, where he remained thirty-one years. He was later connected with the Quaker State Oil Refining Company.
Mr. Lowrie, socially, was a member of a number of Oil City's most exclusive organizations, being a member of the Masons, a Shriner, a Knight Templar, and also of the Acacia, Kiwanis, Wanango, Country, Venango and Oil City Boat clubs. Mr. Lowrie was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and served on the board of trustees for many years.

Possible SSDI: HOWARD LOWRIE 25 Mar 1897 Feb 1981 83 33512 (Florida) (not specified) Pennsylvania 167-01-8699


General Notes: Wife - Florence Abbie Berry


She was a prominent worker in the Oil City Red Cross, and was also officially connected with the Junior Red Cross. She was an active member of the Putnam-King Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Twentieth Century Club, and the various missionary activities of the Second Presbyterian Church.

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Sources


1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 641.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 149, 226.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 149.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 150.

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 150, 226.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 640.

7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 226.

8 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 83.


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