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LOWE Family History - As researched by: Colleen Joyce Lowe Fenrich (1682 total words in this text) (390 Reads) 
As researched by: Colleen Joyce Lowe Fenrich - May, 2000
Sources:
Letters from Jean Lowe Bradshaw
Letters from Glennadine Lowe Knowles
Conversations of Colleen Joyce Lowe Fenrich with:
James Nathaniel Dooms, great grandfather
Maggie Gaines Dooms, great grandmother
Virginia Charlotte Dooms Lowe, grandmother
John Henry Lowe, father
Jean Eloise Lowe Bradshaw, aunt
Glennadine Lowe Knowles, aunt
Charles Floyd Lowe, uncle
Ira Lowe, Junior, uncle
Oral history and family stories as recollected by Colleen Joyce Lowe Fenrich
“The Doom Family History”, Lyon County Times, October 26, 1906
Note: Name can be Doom or Dooms. For example, Maggie Gaines Dooms funeral card
shows her name as Dooms.
Birth Certificates
Death Certificates
Marriage Certificates
Birth Announcements
Funeral cards
Baptism Certificates BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES
James Nathanial Dooms was born in Kuttawa, Kentucky in 1874.
Maggie Gaines was born on September 14, 1875.
In 1894 when James Dooms was 20 years old he married Maggie Gaines, age 19 in Kuttawa,
Kentucky and they had four children. Daughters: Virgie Charlotte Dooms, born September
5, 1894 and Jimmy Lucile Dooms, born 1896. Sons, Lawson Dooms and Carl (Bus) Dooms.
James Henry Lowe married (first name?) Carnahan and had seven children. Etta, Meda,
Stella, Fanny, Floyd, John and Ira. Was there a sister of James Henry Lowe named
“Aunt Gus?”
Ira Lowe, Senior born February 2l, 1893.
Virgie Charlotte Dooms married Ira Lowe in Princeton, Indiana on February 21, 1913
and had seven children.
John Henry Lowe (Jay) born October 10, 1914.
Jean Eloise Lowe born March 16, 1917.
Glennadine Lowe born December 21, 1918
Ila Fae Lowe born December 31, 1921
Dorothy June Lowe born June, 1923
Charles Floyd Lowe born November 17, 1926
Ira Lowe, Junior born June 30, 1928
Virgie Charlotte Doom Lowe married Arthur Taylor in 1931.
Robert Nathanial (Bobby) Taylor born in 1932
DEATHS
James Nathanial Dooms died in 1957.
Maggie Gaines Dooms died on February 22, 1955, Roy D. Short Memorial Chapel,
Mt. Carmel, Illinois.
Virgie Charlotte Dooms Lowe, later Taylor died (cancer) October 9, 1959, Wayne,
Michigan.
Ira Lowe died (pneumonia) in Wayne, Michigan in September, 1929 - buried in Mt.
Carmel, IL.
Ila Fae Lowe died (pneumonia) at the age of 16 months in 1922
Dorothy June Lowe died (pneumonia) at the age of 16 months in 1924.
Robert Nathanial (Bobby) Taylor at the age of two in 1934.
John Henry Lowe died (heart failure) on August 1, 1979 in Port Richey, Florida
Jean Eloise Lowe Bradshaw died (brain cancer) on September 23, 1998 in Port Richey,
Florida.
Charles Floyd Lowe died (heart failure) on December 4, 1993 in Wayne, Michigan
JOHN (JAY) HENRY LOWE DESCENDANTS
John Henry Lowe married Dorothy Beckett Fowler in Detroit, Michigan on June 1, 1935
and had one child.
Colleen Joyce Lowe born in Detroit, Michigan on March 16, 1936
Colleen Joyce Lowe married Donald Robert Fenrich, Jr. in Dearborn, Michigan on
September 8, 1956 and had two children.
Cheryl Lynn Fenrich born in Dearborn, Michigan on October 2, 1958
Donald Robert Fenrich, III born in Dearborn, Michigan on November 9, 1960
Cheryl Lynn Fenrich married Ronald Lee Stoner in Grand Rapids, Michigan on
May 27, 1978 and had one child.
Bradley Michael Stoner born March 31, 1980 in Oceanside, California.
Donald Robert Fenrich, III married Maureen Rose Anderson in Grand Rapids, Michigan
on October 9, 1982 and had five children.
Kristi Lynn Fenrich, born in Tampa, Florida on March 24, 1986
Donald Robert Fenrich, IV born in Tampa, Florida on April 22, 1991
Molly Kathleen Fenrich, born in Charleston, South Carolina on July 7, 1993
Joseph Michael Fenrich, born in Dearborn, Michigan on October 5, 1995
Robert Anthony Fenrich, born in Dearborn, Michigan on April 21, 1997
DEATHS
John Henry Lowe died (heart failure) on August 1, 1979 at the age of 66 in Port
Richey, Florida.
Dorothy Geraldine Beckett Fowler Lowe died (lung/brain cancer) on October 17, 1976
at age 59 in Holiday, Florida.
JEAN ELOISE LOWE BRADSHAW DESCENDANTS
Jean Eloise Lowe married Billy Lavell Hoy Bradshaw in Mt. Carmel, Illinois in January,
1937 and had a son.
Harold Jay Bradshaw born December 1937.
Shirley Jean Bradshaw was adopted in April, 1955. She was born December 1, 1953.
Shirley Jean Bradshaw married Richard Allen Hobbel in 1969 in Detroit, Michigan
and they had two children.
Dawn Marie Hobbel, 1970
Dawn Marie had a son Kyle Hobbel, born 1996
Shawn Erin Hobbel, 1977
DEATHS
Jean Eloise Lowe Bradshaw died (brain cancer) September 23, 1998 at age 8l in Port
Richey, Florida.
Harold (Sonny) Jay Bradshaw died (car accident) in September, 1943 at the age of
five in Wayne, Michigan.
GLENNADINE LOWE KNOWLES DESCENDANTS
Glennadine Lowe married Virgil Austin Knowles on July 27, 1935 in Mt. Carmel, Illinois
and had four children. Glen and Virgil divorced after 50 years of marriage.
Donald Robert Knowles, born December 20, 1936 in Mt. Carmel, Illinois.
Richard Thomas Knowles, born July 1, 1940 in Mt. Carmel, Illinois.
Barbara Ethel Knowles, born November 26, 1943 in Mt. Carmel, Illinois.
Vicki Ann Knowles, born July 18, 1961 in Detroit, Michigan.
Donald Robert Knowles married Bernice Watkins Manner and they had two children.
Barry Allen Knowles, born May 12, 1964.
Brenda Manner Knowles, born July 1964.
Brenda Knowles married Daniel Preston and had two children.
Savannah and Kayleen.
Richard Thomas Knowles married Shirleen Wehrle and had two children.
Richard Donald (Rick) Knowles, born July 18, 1959.
Richard Donald Knowles married Sue (?) and had two children.
Linsay Knowles
Kristin Knowles
Dawn Marie Knowles, born June 24, 1961.
Dawn Marie married David Seniclo and had two sons.
Bryan Seniclo
Justin Seniclo
Barbara Ethel Knowles married Gerald Richard Lilley and they had two children.
Debra Ann Lilley, born November 30, 1962.
Donald Raymond Lilley, born 1966..
Donald Lilley married Kim and they have one child.
Samantha Jean Lilley
Vicki Ann Knowles married Richard Shoulders and had one son.
Richard (Shoulders?)
Vicki Ann Knowles (Shoulders?) married Timothy Herdus and had one daughter.
Jessica Herdus
Richard Shoulders became Richard Herdus through adoption.
DEATHS
Donald Robert Knowles died (cancer) June 29, 1995 in Livonia, Michigan.
Richard Thomas (Tom) Knowles died (cancer) 1997 in Sturgis, Michigan.
CHARLES FLOYD LOWE DESCENDANTS
Charles Lowe married Phyllis Johnstone in 1948 in Wayne, Michigan and they had eight
children.
Sharon Lee Lowe, born August 11, 1948 in Wayne, Michigan.
Karen Sue Lowe, born August 2, 1949 in Wayne, Michigan.
David Charles Lowe, born July 20, 1951.
Nancy June Lowe born December 9, 1953.
Sandra Jean Lowe, born August 1, 1959.
Diane Marie Lowe, born January 16, 1962.
Kevin Patrick Lowe, born January 20, 1963.
Carol Ann Lowe, born January 20, 1963
Sharon Lee Lowe married Ruffus Wesley Draper and had three children.
Charles Wesley Draper, born April 1, 1966
Christopher David Draper, born May 30, 1971
Richelle Karen Draper, born November 16, 1973
Richelle Karen is Karen Sue’s birth daughter, adopted by Sharon Lowe Draper in 1976
Sharon Lowe married David Michael Noonan in 1985 and had one son.
David John Noonan, born Septemer 29, 1984.
Sharon Lowe married Thomas Marion McDonnell in 1989 and had one son.
James Patrick McDonnell, born September 19, 1990.
Karen Sue Lowe married Richard Lynn Dalton in 1971and had two children.
Richard Lynn Dalton, Jr., born February 9, 1972
Richelle Lynn Dalton, born November 16, 1973
David Charles Lowe married Kathleen Mary Dane in 1978.
David Charles Lowe married Nina Korf in 1997.
(no children)
Nancy June Lowe married Phillip Raymond Frazier in 1977 and had two children.
Karen Belinda Fraizer, born April 3, 1978.
Candice Elizabeth Fraizer, born February 14, 1981.
Sandra Jean Lowe
unmarried
Diana Marie Lowe married (Robert Longoria?) and had one child.
Theresa Frye
Kevin Patrick Lowe
Justin Adrian Cooper
Carol Ann Lowe married David Wayne Bradley in 1981 and had 3 children.
David Wayne Bradley, Jr., born December 14, 1980
Joshua Raymond Bradley, born January 16, 1990
Kaylee Ann Bradley, born November 3, 1996
DEATHS
Karen Sue Lowe died February 18, 1974, Riverview, Wayne County, Michigan
Charles Floyd Lowe died (heart failure) on December 4, 1993, Wayne County, Michigan.
Phyllis Johnstone Lowe was born on February 20, 1931 and died April 17, 1994, Wayne
County, Michigan.
IRA LOWE, JUNIOR DESCENDANTS
Interesting note: Ira Lowe, Jr. was the seventh son of a seventh son.
Ira Lowe, Junior married Shirley Harreit in Chicago, Illinois in 1948 and they had
three children.
Michael Dennis Lowe born September, 1949 in New London, Connecticut.
Debra Ellen Lowe born November, 1956 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Jacquelene (Jacquie) Lowe born November, 1960 in Norfolk, Virginia.
Michael Lowe married Melissa Kroning and they had two children.
Elizabeth Kroning Lowe, born October 25, 1983.
Zachary Kroning Lowe, born January 27, 1987.
Debra (Debbie) Lowe married Bob LaCroix on October 28, 1978 and they had one child.
Brian Robert LaCroix, born December 2, 1987 in Southfield, Michigan.
Debra Lowe LaCroix divorced Bob LaCroix in 1990, remarried Bob LaCroix and divorced
him a second time.
Debra Lowe married Thomas Littlepage on December 7, 1996 in Dearborn, Michigan.
Tom has had two children, Katie, Steven from a previous marriage.
Jacquelene Lowe (Jacquie) married Kurt Roderick in June, 1982 and they had two children.
Melissa Sue Roderick, born February 7, 1981 in Farmington, Michigan
Nichole (Nicki) Marie Roderick, born March 20, 1982.
Jacquelene Lowe divorced Kurt Roderick in June, 1982.
Jacquelene Lowe Roderick married Donald Dearing on April 15, 1989, and
they had one child.
Chelsie Morgan Dearing, born May 30, 1990 in Pontiac, Michigan.
Donavon Dearing is Don Dearing’s son by a previous marriage. |
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