Dorothy Lowe1904–
- Name
- Dorothy Lowe
- Given names
- Dorothy
- Surname
- Lowe
 Birth | January 8, 1904 29 23 |
 Birth of a brother | Wilkes Estes Lowe Jr August 17, 1911 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 11 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 12 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 13 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 25 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Dora Elizabeth Shemwell August 13, 1935 (Age 31 years) Note: Says father was Thomas |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Julius Kerr Harris May 21, 1939 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a mother | Margaret L “Maggie” Harris February 28, 1954 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a brother | Wilkes Estes Lowe Jr February 26, 1990 (Age 86 years) |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Wilkes Estes Lowe Sr Birth: January 15, 1874 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
| mother |
Margaret L “Maggie” Harris Birth: December 20, 1880 23 18 — Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: February 28, 1954 — Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: December 20, 1900 — Randolph, North Carolina, United States |
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19 months elder sister |
Elizabeth Harris Lowe Birth: August 1, 1902 28 21 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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17 months herself |
Dorothy Lowe Birth: January 8, 1904 29 23 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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8 years younger brother |
Wilkes Estes Lowe Jr Birth: August 17, 1911 37 30 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 26, 1990 — Elon College, Alamance, North Carolina, United States |