Birth: 9 February 1886 Newhaven, Sussex, UK
Father: John Lower (Lomer) 1850-1921
Mother: Mary Ann (Allen) Scammell 1857-1919
Christening: 25 April 1886 Newhaven, Sussex, UK
Marriage: About 1929 Jasper County, Iowa, USA
Wife: Zelda E Molloy 1891-1988
Death: After 1930
Unknown
Birth of Frank Bridger Lower in FreeBMD in January-March 1886 in Lewes (2b 217) which included Newhaven
Christening of Frank Bridger Lower in the IGI on 25 April 1886 in Newhaven, Sussex, parents John and Mary Ann Lower.
In the 1891 census as Frank B Lower aged 5, born in Newhaven, Sussex, and living with his parents (John and Mary A), two brothers (John W and Meol C - sic Niel E), and sister (Ethel M) in four rooms at 16 Railway Road, Newhaven, Sussex.
In the 1901 census as Frank B Lower aged 15, born in Newhaven, Sussex, a railway clerk and living with his married mother (Mary A) and three brothers (John W, Harold, Rich - sic Neil) in four rooms at 16 Railway Road, Newhaven, Sussex. I cannot find an entry for his father.
There is an entry in Ellis Island for Frank Bridger Lower of Newhaven, England, aged 22 and single arriving on 17 May 1908 on board Saint Louis from Southampton.
In the 1910 census as Frank B Lower aged 24, and living with Daniel C Molloy, Minnie A Molloy, Zelda Molloy (his future wife?), and Fred Bussey in Newton, Jasper County, Iowa.
In the 1920 Census as Frank B Lower aged 33, and living with Dan Molloy and Gilda E Molloy in Newton, Jasper County, Iowa.
There are entries in Ellis Island for Frank B Lower a US Citizen of N Nowton, Iowa aged 34 and single on 17 May 1920 on board Baltic from Liverpool, and Frank Lower of Newton, Ohio (sic - this must be a mistake) aged 38 and single on 23 September 1924 on board Majestic from Southampton.
In the 1930 Census as Frank B Lower aged 43, and living with his wife (Zelda E) and father-in-law (Daniel C Malloy) in Newton, Jasper County, Iowa.
Danniel Swickard has an entry for Frank Bridger Lower born on 9 February 1886 in England, his emmigration to the USA in 1908, his marriage to Zelda E Molloy in about 1929. Both were residents of Jasper County IA in 1930.
There is an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Frank B Lower born in 1886 in Newhaven, Sussex, parents John and Mary A Lower.
His second name comes from his grandmother Harriet Bridger.
Frank Bridger Lower was the fourth cousin once removed of Cyril Larby, my second cousin once removed.
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