I hope this helps. I don't know where my link is, as I said previosly it was written along time ago probably the 40's or earlier I'm not sure. I didn't have it in gedcom it is words so I'll put it here for all to see.

If anyone knows any of these people I would love to hear from them

Sarah

HISTORY OF THE LOWE FAMILY

The name Lowe appears to have two distinct origins.

One is a “place name” applied to people who lived by the hill or low as it was known. The other is of Anglo Saxon origin and was spelled Loewe or Lowe which means lion. The actual spelling is immaterial. Lowe was used in old Saxon to indicate courage and strength; for instance the famous Duke of Saxony and Bavaria Heinrich der Lowe 1159-1180. It is also a well known name in Normandy.

In the 18th century the continental Jews had by necessity, and in some countries by law, to adopt Surnames and those tribes of Judah adopted the equivalent of Lion in the language of the country of residence, the Lion being the the animal of the tribe. See Genesis Chapter 49, Verses 8 to 15 but as our name antedates the Jewish adoption by centuries, it will be obvious that the Anglo Saxon Lowe or Loewe had no Jewish Foundation or influence. The crest of our family is a mythical Eagle half bird half animal with eagle claws outstretched in fighting attitude and wings half outspread. There are also animal legs supporting the body and a long animal tail.
The whole of the Crest is enclosed in a shield surrounded by crossed stalks of grain. Underneath is a Scroll enclosing the words in Latin:

Suavitor on mode
Fortitor in Re
Translation: Gentle in manners, but resolute in deed.

The male section of the Lowe family were generally tall and dark and a characteristic was known as the “Lowe’s nose”
generous and prominent. I have seen this on a numerous occasions during my 75 years both in England and Australia. My grandfather hereinafter referred to as John Lowe No. 3 (born May 16 1812) was once attending Nantwich fair. There were six cousins present all named Lowe and my grandfather who measured 6ft 2 ½ inches was the shortest of the 6. During a game of bowls they were persuaded to lie down head to heel and they measured 13 yards or an average of 6ft 6ins, and boots off. My grandfather’s brother Joseph, I believe was not there. He measured 6ft 8ins.

I, Stephen Alexander Lowe of 2 Glenmore Crescent Blackrock, Born October 25, 1877, arrived in Australia 1921 have brought the following records up to date and in many instances have been able to verify in Australia what was told to me by my father and his sister Ellen, the latter in particular being well versed in family history. I wish to acknowledge assistance and details from the following members
of the “Clan” Lowe:
Mr. Lawrence Wm. Lowe, Launceston, Tas died 1951 Age 83.
Memorials of Thos Lowe of Rushdale England by
Rev. Edward. Strutt, printed in 1892
Mr Rupert Lowe, The Avenue, Blackburn, Victoria
Mr Wm. Edwards Lowe, 13 Princes Ave, East Caulfield, Victoria
Doctor Ronald Francis Lowe, M.B.B.S., D.O (Melb) F.R.A.C.S., D.O.M.S (Lond) F.R.C.S (Eng) 82 Collins St, Melbourne.
Mrs Mary C. Jacob, Payne Street, Surrey Hills, Victoria
Mr Herbert N. Lowe, Repatriation Hospital, Bundoora, Victoria
The late Thomas Lowe of Rusholme compiled a family chronicle and sought the assistance of my father who was a good penman and who wrote three copies, one of them was sent to William Lowe, the third son of the original Joseph Lowe, and is more probably in existence somewhere in Western Australia in my “dear old Dad’s” sloping copperplate style of those days. The typewriter as we know it then only in its infancy.

1066 The earliest residence we know of was at St. Le in Normandy whence came Thomas and William Loewe of that town when t
hey joined William of Normandy in his expedition of Hastings when Harold of England was killed and William assumed the throne.

1190 The next mention is of William and Edward Loewe as members of the third crusade under Richard Coeur de Leon in 1190
as Aides de Camp and remained with the King during his imprisonment by Leopold, Duke of Austria until the ransom of 150,000
marks was paid in 1194.

1198 The above William and Edward were present at Cisers where the French were defeated in 1198.

1206 Thomas Loewe was equerry to King John and was fortunate in beings of service to the king by saving him from death by an
enraged boar when the King was thrown from his horse whilst hunting for which service Thomas Loewe was raised to the rank of Knight Templar and granted in fee simple estates of “Westward Ho” and “Shining Gluff” and his heirs for ever.
1248 Richard and William Loewe were members of the seventh crusade.

1346 Edward and Thomas Loewe fought at the battle of Crecy against the French who were defeated, Edward Loewe being slain.

1347 Thomas Loewe above mentioned and William Loewe at the capture of Calais, William being slain.

1356 The above Thomas Loewe at Poietiers.

1415 Richard Loewe at Agincourt.

1417 Richard and Thomas Loewe at the capture of Caen near St Lo their place of origin.

1588 William, Thomas, and Edward Loewe served under Drake at the destruction of the Spanish Armanda.

1642 Charles surrended and Thomas and William Loewe were taken prisoner deprived of rank and property. It was decreed
that they be known as Lowe in the future.
Upon restoration of Charles 11, all Cromwell’s prisoners of War were released. Thomas and William, now known as Lowe,
being still alive among them.

1695 The next mention is of Henry and William Lowe at the capture of Namur in 1695, William being slain.

1707 William, the son of William who was slain at Namur, and Henry served under Marlborough. They were also at Mons. During
the 17th century, a section of the family settled down in the count of Stafford and took up Agriculture. These details are recorded and confirmed
by the Royal College of Heralds, London.

1745 In 1745 John Lowe was at Divine Service in Brereton Church when the Scots under Bonnie Prince Charlie came into the neighbourhood.
This is said to be the only occasion the congregation dispersed without waiting for the Benediction. A day or two late he was accosted by some of
the rebels who tried to take from him a pair of boots he was carrying. However, he was not the type of man or of the stock to surrender easily
and he got away, still in possession of his precious boots.

1762 John Lowe, No2, was born 1762, eldest son of the aforesaid John Lowe, married Martha Nodin – a boy and girl runaway marriage.
They took a small farm of twenty acres near Betley in the county of Stafford and twelve years later put $500 into a larger farm. Later the
war spirit being in evidence and produce at famine prices, he was offered $1,000 for thirty acres of wheat just as it stood in the fields unreaped.
To his later regret, he did not accept the offer. At his death, his estate was valued at $10,000. His issue was James Lowe, born 1781, Joseph 1782.
There was also another son who I believe was named Edmund.

At this point the family divided. James staying in England and Joseph at Christmas 1845 sailed for Australia with his youngest son
Mathew and two daughters to join four of his sons who proceeded him in 1843. The records of the Australian branch will be found further on. James Lowe (1781) married Ellen Twemlow of the well known family of that name Alsager Cheshire and of the Elms Betley in the County of Stafford, who have been generations, and still, the squires of Bentley. As a token of the family connection, James Lowe (1781) was
presented with an engraving of Thomas Twemlow showing the family coat of arms and inscribed “Thomas Twemlow of Alsager Cheshire and of The Elms Betley County of Stafford, Born January 12, 1776, living 1851. Presented by his cousin J. Twemlow of Alsager Esq. Hatherton.” It is one of my most treasured possessions.

Issue John Lowe, No3 born May 16, 1812, at Malmsbury, although their residence was Gousley Green Farm, Wynbanbury. The other sons were Thomas, Mathew and Joseph. Thomas was a bachelor and had two bookselling shops in Liverpool, and at one time a branch at Capetown. He lived to a ripe old age. Mathew was a farmer and lived at Fishpond House Rainhill, Lancashire, and died in the 1890’s.

Joseph was a bachelor and died when a young man. He and John Lowe, No3 are buried in the grounds of the Liverpool Cathedral which at that time was known as Mount Cemetery. The grave and stone are still to be seen.

John Lowe, No3 settled in Liverpool, England and married a Miss Fowler whose issue was one son, Robert Brown Fowler Lowe. Mrs Lowe died shortly afterwards and R.B.F. Lowe died at Millsons Point, Sydney, Australia, without issue, April 15, 1886.

After the death of his first wife, John Lowe, No 5 married Mary Ann Pardy, (born St. Giles, London, May 21, 1812) on Dec 25, 1845.
Issue Ellen Lowe, born Liverpool Nov 29, 1848 died Jan 8, 1920. Issue one son, Alex Stephen Whitson-Fay. Commodore Engineer Harrison Line.
Stephen Pardy Lowe, Born Liverpool May 23, 1850 died Liverpool May 28, 1924. Married Jean Ann Dougall, born April 14, 1856, on August 25,
1875. At Holy Trinity Church, Anfield Liverpool. Issue
Stephen Alexander, Born Everton, Liverpool October 25, 1877.
Thomas Whitson, “ “ “ June 11, 1880.
Jessie Grace “ “ “ November 5, 1882 died in infancy.
John Andrew “ “ “ June 14, 1887.

Stephen Alex married Emily Robina Pearce, Born Isle of Mann, November 4, 1878 at Kirk Lonan, Isle of Mann, April 24, 1905.
Issue Edna Grace, born Stoney Croft, Liverpool, June 28, 1906, who is now (1952) Senior Captain, Salvation Army, Melb, Australia.Thomas Stephen, born premature, May 22, 1907 died two days later.

Thomas Whitson Lowe, married Amy Gertrude, Hodgins, Liverpool, 1905. Issue Sidney John Lowe, born Stoney Croft, Liverpool, England.

John Andrew Lowe married Annie Rodwell at Melbourne, Australia. Issue Nancy Jean born Melbourne.

For the sake of posterity, I now place record information that might otherwise sink in to oblivion.

Robert Brown Fowler Lowe showed keen interest from childhood in Art painting and took lessons in Liverpool. He chose, however to got to sea and was an apprentice in sail when his ship arrived in Calcutta during ti Indian Mutiny. Lowe and a fellow apprentice named Francis left their ship and joined up with the Army. Francis was killed but Lowe survived and eventually became a professional artist and while living in Cape Town he had as a sitter, Captain Semmons of the famous Confederate privateer “Alabama”. The portrait was sent to America. R.B.F. Lowe settled eventually in Sydney where he died without issue.

It is also of interest to know that that R.B.F. Lowe’s father, John Lowe No 5, along with Mr Barnett engaged the crew that took the “Alabama” to undergo her speed trials after being launched at Birkenhead. Instead of returning to the River Mersey, the ship went straight to the seas and she picked up another of her crew from the Southern States of U.S.A.

When Captain Semmens later took command, he had the Liverpool crew drawn up on deck and explained his real mission, and said “Now if any man wants to go back, he can so by the supply ship because I don’t want any cowards.” Not one went back. As a matter of fact, they all knew, quite unofficially of course, what the job was before they sailed down the Mersey.

Captain Semmens at a subsequent Meeting with my Grandfather said, “Well John, you sent me rough and tough men,
but everyone was 10 per cent man. The “Alabama” sank shipping of the Federal States to the value of four million dollars and England as ordered by the Geneva Conference, paid $3,230,000 as compensation for breach of neutrality in not taking sufficient precautions to ensure the ship could proceed to sea.

In Justice to Lowe, I may explain that there was a strong bond between the Confederate States and Lancashire namely the trade of cotton, in fact England’s neutrality was very lukewarm and from what I have learned of the subject, those persons high up in the politics and diplomacy knew quite enough of the “290” as the ship was known in the builders yard, to justify its destination if they had really wished to do so.

I now place on record such data etc, as I have been able to gather of the descendents of Joseph Lowe born 1782 and who arrived in Sydney in the Australian Autumn of 1844, and died Nov 24, 1863, aged 81. Joseph Lowe had been for many years suffering from asthma and at 60 years was a prematurely old man and the four sons who were already settled in Australia urged him to come in the hope that the warmer climate may at any rate ease his suffering for what appeared to be his few declining years.

It is on record that it was only by determined pressure that the Captain agreed to allow him to proceed on the voyage with the final remark, “Well we can bury you at sea as easily as on land.” As a reader will see by the dates, he lived 19 years, practically free from Asthma.

Extract from family chronicle – “ He travelled thousands of miles in the colonies of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, and once went overland from Sydney to Melbourne in eight weeks and seemed no worse at the end of the journey though sometimes put to a great straits for want of water. He embraced every opportunity that presented itself to preaching the Lord Jesus to his fellow men.”

Family record is as follows:-
Joseph Lowe, born 1788, died 1865 married 1810, June Bernard born? Died 1887.
Issue
Henry born Rusholme, Lancashire, Nov 25, 1836
Alfred “ “ “ Nov 15, 1838 Died 1840
Ellen “ “ “ Mar 13, 1843
Ann “ Parramatta, N.S.W Feb 2, 1847
Married Geo Mitchell M. Hitchcock, of Geelong
Edwin “ Parramatta, N.S.W. May 18, 1847
Emma “ Ryde, N.S.W Aug 29, 1849

Rupert Lowe (present day 1952) residing at The Avenue, Blackburn. Veteran of the Boer War and First World War is a son
of Edwin Lowe.

Thomas the second son of Joseph Lowe, Born May 17, 1815 remained in England and became founder of the Wesleyan Chapel in Rusholme, Manchester and his life and work is recorded in a book I possess ‘Memorials of Mr Thomas Lowe by the ReverendEdward Strutt, published in 1892. He followed in his fathers footsteps. After earning his daily bread, his life was bound up with the Chapel of the “Master whom I serve”. His primary education was by the hard work and long hours on the farm, very modest but he was blessed with a wonderful brain and was always studying in his spare time. His pet subject was Astronomy and in 1884 was able to cross verbal words with Dr Dallinger Fellow of the Royal Society on the subject of the straight lines of Mars. Rev E.Strutt says “It’s impossible to deal fully with so wide a subject as Mr Lowe’s intellectual pursuits.” He gave a lecture at Portadown in Ireland on “The Missing Planet” and was amazed later to find it had been repeated in full in the American paper “Nation”, certainly a tribute to the farm boy who had no “school tie”. When his powers were on the wane he was learning Greek. I remember my Father talking to me to see him when cousin Thomas, as my father always called, was an old man. I can see him as I write, although I was only a small boy, probably seven or eight years, long frock coat, blue ribbon in lapel and such a loving benevolent face and a calm quiet manner of speech. I never forgot him, or his uncanny influence, a sort of magnetism. He seemed to come down to my own age. His final remark as we parted was “God bless you Alex and always live up to the high standard of your moral elevation”. I never forgot those last words although I did not know their meaning then. My father had to explain it to me later on and was amazed that I had remembered them. His son, Tom Lowe died Altrincham 1904.

William, the third son of Joseph Lowe, became the first ordained minister for the Wesleyan Church at Geelong. He subsequently went to Western Australia. Unfortunately I have no further record.

Joseph, the fourth son of Joseph Lowe, was born Wybunbury, April 15, 1812 died Carlton, Victoria, married Elizabeth Cotterell, born Fendlebury, England, June 14, 1824 died at Preston, Victoria.

Issue
1. Joseph Edward Born Jan 26, 1844 Parramatta, died Mordialloc, Victoria 1990

2. Geo. Barnard “ Feb 20, 1846, “ died Mar 1, 1846
3. Elizabeth “ July 1, 1847 “ died Collingwood, Dec 26, 1849

4. Geo. Barnard 2nd “ Aug 12, 1849 Collingwood died Brighton
5. David Samuel “ Nov 14, 1851 “ died Surrey Hills

6. Elizabeth Cotterell “ Dec 15, 1856 “ died Melbourne
7. Matthew Arthur “ Jul 3, 1856 “ “
8. Robert Newton “ Aug 12, 1858 “ “
9. Frederick. Herbert “ Aug 17, 1860 Fitzroy “
10. Roda Amy “ Jun 4, 1862 “ died “ July, 1863
11. Roda Amy 2nd “ Aug 3, 1864 “
12. Edgar Ernest “ Jul 1, 1866 Carlton died Lidcombe, N.S.W, Sept 28, 1927


Note David Samuel ordained Minister of the Wesleyan Church. He became the father of eight children, one of whom is Mrs Mary Cottwell Jacob of 5 Payne Street, Surrey Hills, Victoria. Some of his sons went to Beach Forest.

Fredk. Robert Lowe spent most of his life at Clifton Hill, his son, Herbert N. Lowe served in the first World War and is at present (1952) a patient at Repatriation Hospital, Bundoora.

Issue of Joseph Edward Lowe, 1844 – 1890
1. William Edward, born 1875, Married Hinds at Johannesburg
2. Ellen, married Chas. Coleman. No 3 issue.
3. David Charles Married, died. No issue.
4. Elizabeth May, Married Chas. Cooper, Issue 4 boys, died Frankston
5. Albert Ernest, Married, died No Issue
6. Louisa Maud, Married, Chas. Butcher, died ? children
7. Amy Florence, Married Joseph Dickens, died ? children

Issue of William Edward Lowe, 1875.
1. Edward William Geo. Hinde, 1906 Married Ethel Edwards, 1 son, 1 daughter.
Pharmaceutical Chemist, 75 Packington St, Kew
2. Leslie Richard, 1910, married Francis McGeorge. 4 sons
Water Purification Engineer, 3 Munro Avenue, Ashburton
3. Ronald Francis 1914, Married Lois Evans, 1 son Richard Wentworth 1945
Qualified Pharmaceutical Chemist. Later graduated in Medicine (Melb Univ) Served overseas 2nd A.I.F.
Fellow of Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England and Australasia. Visiting Eye Specialist to Victorian Eye and
Ear Hospital. Surgeon Oculist practising, 82 Collins St, Melbourne.
4. Rupert Oliver 1915, Married Pamela King, 2 daughters. Jamie and Loryn, well known equestrians.
Proptr. Dandenong Ice Works, Dandenong.

Geo. Barnard Lowe 1849, was married, 3 sons, Geo Reginald, Frank Lowe, 5 William Street, North Brighton, S.5.

Robert Newton Lowe, 1858, Draughtsman, Titles Office, married twice, 2 sons by first wife, 1 son by second wife.

Matthew Arthur, 156, married Katie Kinsman, daughter of Rev. Kinsman, 2 sons, 1 daughter.

Frank Herbert 1860, 2 sons, One Fredrick Herbert spent all his working life with insurance office of Australia Died Parkdale, Victoria.

Herbert N. Repat Hospital, Bundoora.

Roda Amy, 1864 Spinster

James, the fifth son of Joseph Lowe. The only record I have is that the one son James born March 19, 1848. Glebe Sydney, became an ordained Minister of the Wesleyan Church and died Camberwell, Victoria, February 19, 1952, after a Ministry of 58 years. I met him in 1925 and was immediately impressed by this amazing resemblance to my own father, Stephen Pardy Lowe.

Probably some of the Australian branch of the family may wonder why their ancestors left England. I can only repeat what my father told me. They were a farming family and the corn laws were hampering the man on the land. On top of this, they suffered a tremendous loss by an outbreak of “Redwater” among the cattle and lost every beast. The graveyard of their stock which of course, represented a large amount of their capital, was still to be seen in the shape of a large mound at Consley Green Farm near Betley when I was there nearly a century later. About this time, there was a great exodus from the country to the towns and some of Joseph Lowe’s sons settled down in Lancashire where certain of their relations had preceded them. The call of the land was, however, still strong and as already shown John William Joseph and James turned their course to the Southern Cross and I venture to say Australia was the better for their coming.

At last my self imposed task is finished, at no small effort, plenty of correspondence and a lot of pleasure and a certain measure of personal satisfaction. I only hope that those who follow will add their quote and not allow their descendents to become wandering units “lost in the empire’s mass” totally unaware of their distant and I venture to say, mostly honourable progenitors and to remember the saintly old man Joseph Lowe, born 1782, died 1863, who was the founder branch of our family, for without him YOU, your father, and your children would not have inherited that vital spark of life which makes you for good or evil, a member of the brotherhood of man. So with the reminder that our deeds, good or evil, live after us. I trust his life may be an object lessen worthy of emulation.
Finally I ask you to read the 12th Chapter of Ecclesiastes, verses 1 to 7.

To my Kinsman – Mr Rupert Lowe
With Compliments from:
STEPHEN ALEX Lowe,
Blackrock, - 28/1/1953