James Lowe was born in Cortachy, Scotland in 1820. He and his family emigrated to Canada in 1836. In 1867, he and his son James migrated to California, but they returned to Canada the following year. Soon after his return, he moved his family to the United States, where they moved to Iowa and later homesteaded in Minnesota.
Creator:
Lowe, Anne
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University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Portrait of James Rice (l) and Sir Walter Besant (r) by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company Limited. Sir Walter Besant (14 August, 1836 - 9 June, 1901), was a novelist and historian who lived largely in London. James Rice (26 September 1843 - 26 April 1882) was an English novelist who wrote a number of successful novels in collabora...
Creator:
London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.