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annoneill@ireland.com | 21 January , 2012 at 11:37 am
My grandmother Margaret Mary McAuley’s sister Elizabeth McAuley married a Barrister called Thomas Brindley Sheridan. She was 16 and they lived at 17 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin. He was born in 1844 in Mount Nugent, Cavan. He spent about 2 years studying in England from maybe age 17 to 19. He was called to the Bar in Dublin. I have a copy of his papers, but I found on those papers that his mother’s name was Margaret Lowndes. I do not know where she was from. Her husband’s name was John Sheridan. Sadly Thomas died in Dublin 1888 age 44 and is buried in Glasnevin, Dublin. I do not know as yet where his parents are buried.
Ann O Neill
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Joan Wright | 23 June , 2011 at 4:35 pm
I have been tracing my husbands family tree for over 25 years (WRIGHT) and very early in my research I found an unusual boys christian name “Lowndes”. I subsequently traced the family back to Elizabeth LOWNDES who married Edward WRIGHT in 1744 in Wavenden, Buckinghamshire, UK. They had six children and called one of thier sons Lowndes WRIGHT and this name was then passed down the following four generations until it died out in 1873. My own son has called one of his twin sons, Max Lowndes WRIGHT so it is once more in the family tree.
I have never been able to find anything out about Elizabeth Lowndes; I estimate her birth to be approx 1724 – she died in 1764 was buried in Wwavenden, Bucks.
I would be very pleased to hear from anyone who has an Elizabeth Lowndes from around that time.
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Arthur Lowndes | 3 June , 2011 at 10:17 pm
Just for the record I report the death of my sister Lady Elaine Noreen Lowndes married to SIr Alisdair Neil Primrose , daughter of Edmund Cecil Lowndes and Doris Emily Hulett. She was the only female Lowndes living in Argentina
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Sharron | 18 February , 2011 at 5:20 pm
Hi, don’t know if anyone can help I’m rather stuck! My great grandather was and Edward Lowndes and he married a Mary Lizzie Booth in Dukinfield/Ashton-Under-Lyne in 1912. I think he was born around 1899 and is on the 1911 aged 22 in Nantwich. His youngest child was born 1919 and there is no record of him after this. He totally disappeared. The family story/myth/cover up is that he was in the merchant navy. I can find no record of him anywhere on any census, with and merchant navy records or indeed anywhere! The story goes that after 7 years my great grandmother had him declared dead, I don’t know how true this is but I’m baffled and would love to know what happened to him if anyone can shed some light??
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Diana Metcalfe | 21 January , 2011 at 9:28 pm
Regarding Parnell Lowndes, she was my 8 X Great Grandmother & was married, I believe to Hugh Skelhorn, [Skellern] born abt 1543.She was the daughter of Richard Lowndes born abt 1513 to 1591 & Isabel Lawton born about 1514. I have found about 7 children!
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hilda | 19 November , 2010 at 8:31 am
Does anyone know anything about Abraham Lowndes of Wolstanton Staffordshire he was born in 1771 father William and Mother Elizabeth Steen but this is unverified i need to verify his mother but also his wife, from the looks of the record it looks like Abraham married twice at least one to Mathilda Sawyer and Ann Brough, Abraham had a son called John born in 1811 I need to know who John’s mother was I am trying to trace my grandmas family line of lowndes can anyone help please, thanks.
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Melissa Beedle | 10 November , 2010 at 2:22 pm
I found a book titled “Lowndes of South Carolina, a historical and genealogical memoir”, which can be read online at http://www.archive.org . The link will work if copied in the address bar on top of your page, but not through a search page, such as Yahoo. I found it rather interesting, and though it doesn’t pertain to my branch of Lowndes’s, it may help somone else!
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Patricia Marino | 31 October , 2010 at 1:14 am
Hi my name is Patricia Marino maiden name Lowndes. I have 3 Sisters Susan, Janet, Jennifer and 2 brothers Michael and Peter.
My parents are Allan and Delores (Iwikau).
Would love to connect to this page to find out more about the Lowndes Family.
I know my dad had a brother Sid and married Ngaire. Half brother Frank.
I think his sisters name was Susan. I meet Uncle Len who was an excellent gourmet cook and Uncle Percy.
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Barry Crisp | 16 October , 2010 at 3:25 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9389490@N04/5086697602/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9389490@N04/5086698074/in/photostream/
As promised some a picture and the caption from my flickr account. Hope it’s of interest – feel free to use
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Rachael Skellon | 13 September , 2010 at 10:02 pm
I have seen a couple of blogs regarding a Parnell lowndes (Married to Richard Skelhorne), we have been trying to connect her to the Lowndes of Odd Rode. We know she was related to a Robert and Hugh and was of substainial means having her own will.
Has anyone found a Parnell in there family tree? I was thinking there was a connection to Peter Lowndes.
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john motavalli | 8 September , 2010 at 3:07 pm
I have a number of books with the bookplate of Rawlins Lowndes. As they were published after 1800, I don’t think they were the property of the SC Governor. But precisely whose were they? Also, I have a 3 volume 1735 set, with the inscription, Gertrude L. Lowndes, from her father, Thomas Lowndes. Who was this exactly? Thanks. John Motavalli
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Barry Crisp | 20 August , 2010 at 8:30 am
I stay quite often in a hotel in Gustavsberg, Sweden (nr Stockholm) and they have a photo on the wall of George Lowndes and his son John, who I believe was a factory manager of a ceramics factory around the turn of the century. Don’t know if you had any family around the Potteries around the mid to late 19th Century? As another Englishman running a ceramics factory here I was looking for more info. Next time I’m here I’ll try to take a copy and forward it to you if you tell me how.
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James Ernest Lowndes | 19 August , 2010 at 6:21 pm
I’m James Ernest Lowndes, s/o James Henry Lowndes perhaps of Nottingham England.
Married Etta Wallace of Toronto.
I live in Orillia Ontario and know virtually nothing of my father as he died in 1950 when I was ten.
Apparantely his father was a weaver by trade in England.
I had an uncle Arthur, Harry, aunt Catherine (Kit) of Toronto and area.
Don’t know if I am a member of this Lowndes group or not.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Jim Lowndes
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Marlene Morrow | 14 July , 2010 at 7:00 am
I read the entries posted by Marian Douglas and Crystal Aileen Lowndes. My mothers family surnamed Louns originally came from South Carolina. The name was spelled several different ways at times. (Louns, Loun, Loune, Lown Lonz, Lonzs) This might have been because only about the youngest 6, of l6 children could read and write. The name could have originally been Lowndes. My ggrandfather was George W Louns he married Eliza Morris or Choice. They were probably slaves in South Carolina. George was born in 1850. There was also a Green Louns who was born in Marietta, South Carolina. He might have been George’s brother or cousin. His second wife was named Florence and his mother Sarah J Attin. (?) They were living in Ashville in 1900.
The family migrated to Lower Hominy, Buncomge NC between 1876 and 1878. They moved to Muskogee, Ok between 1900 and 1902. About 1906 two of the sons moved to California and by 1916 the rest of the family had moved to Ca, and were living in Modesto. One daughter Ella remained in Oklahoma. Green moved to Oklahoma between 1900 and 1902 and also stayed there.
Please let me know if these names are familiar.
Thank you,
Marlene Morrow
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Gary Bagnato | 3 May , 2010 at 12:33 am
Came upon this site and saw Bladen Lowndes’ reference, an old friend from Rehoboth DE. Hey Bladen, let’s catch up.