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Nellie R Lowe

Female 1875 - 1962  (86 years)


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  • Name Nellie R Lowe 
    Birth Aug 1875  Pittsford, Hillsdale, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 26 Jun 1880  Pittsford, Hillsdale, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Alla, age 4, born MI, living with parents 
    Census 9 Jun 1900  Van Wert, Van Wert, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 24, born Aug 1875 in MI, marr 0 yrs, 0 children, parents born MI/MI 
    Census 28 Apr 1910  Van Wert, Van Wert, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 35, born MI, marr 11 yrs, 0 children, parents born MI/MI 
    Census 13 Jan 1920  Columbus, Franklin, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 44, born MI, parents born MI/MI 
    Census 10 Apr 1940  Hudson, Lenawee, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 74, born MI, widowed, gr8 ed, residing here in 1935, living with nephew Clarence Brown's family 
    Death 8 Mar 1962  Hudson, Lenawee, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1743  Family Tree
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2016 

    Father Charles Y Lowe,   b. 30 Nov 1837, Monroe Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1912, Hudson, Lenawee, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Orcelia Rice,   b. 18 Dec 1843, Medina, Lenawee, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1914, Pittsford, Hillsdale, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 18 Feb 1865  Branch Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F449  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert E. Bronson,   b. 14 Dec 1871, Hudson, Lenawee, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1940, Columbus, Franklin, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [1
    Marriage 30 Nov 1899  Pittsford, Hillsdale, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F451  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2016 

  • Notes 
    • residing Van Wert OH on 26 Mar 1914 per mother's probate
    • from "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006" (familysearch.org)
      Newspaper obituary not identified
      Mrs. Nellie R. Bronson passed away at the age of 86 years in the Tuttle Nursing Home, Hudson, where she had been a patient tow weeks, Thursday, March 8, 1962. Nellie was born August 15, 1875, to Charles Y. and Orcelia Rice Lowe two miles south of Hudson in a house located on the property known for years as "Lowes Mill." The grist mill having been built by her grandfather and his brother, when Hudson was jsut a village. She was the youngest of four children, all of whom with the parents preceded her in death. Guerney C. Lowe in 1933, Mrs. Maude S. Brown in 1934 and Mrs. Minnie Corser in 1937. On Thanksgiving Day in 1897, she was married to Robert E. Bronson, also of near Hudson. Following the wedding they made their home in Van Wert, Ohio, until 1915. At that time Robert was employed with the Home Guards, a Fraternal Insurance Company that merged with another company to form the American Insurance Union of America, with the main office in Columbus, Ohio. With others of the Home Guards office staff, Robert was transferred to Columbus, where they remained until his death in January of 1940. Following his death, she returned to Judson wher she made her home with a nephew, Clarence L. Brown for three years. In Jan. of 1941 she moved to her present home at 205 Seward and remained there until three weeks prior to her death. During her life she was an active member of the Van Wert lodge of Pythian sisters and a past chief of that lodge. On her return to Hudson, she continued her interest in the Pythian Order with Vista Temple Lodge No. 24. She also was an active member of Lenawee Chapter No. 174 OES, the Golden Shrine, the Hudson Women's Club and the First Congregational church. In addition to her nephew Clarence Brown, she was curvived by a neice, Mrs. Ione Greenbaun of Birmingham, Mich. and a nephew George C. Lowe of Indianapolis.

  • Sources 
    1. [S100] Reynolds, Elon G., Compendium of history and biography of Hillsdale County, Michigan, (A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, 1903), pg 164.