Vik-Thor's Journal

 Today's birthday is one of my Lowery relatives: Gilbert Humphrey Lowery (12 May 1908) is my 1st cousin twice removed. (My Great great grandparents are his grandparents) He was born in Tunnel Hill Township, in Johnson County, Illinois, like a lot of relatives on my Mom's line. I'm linking to his Family Search Memories page, as there are quite a few photos of him and his family on there. His father, Sanfrancis Heedren Lowery (and I hope to find the story behind THAT name sometime! It is one of the more unusual names I have come across.) was brother of Green Lewis Lowery, my Grandpa Lowery's father.

Heed and Green Lewis were the last two siblings (of 9) born of Green Lowery and Lucinda Charlotte Smith. Heed had 4 kids, all of whom had several kids. Lewis only had 2 kids, Paul Lowery (my Grandpa, who had a large family himself, 9 kids lived to adulthood) and Fred Lowery, who never married. Fred died when I was almost 5, so I may have actually met him. I don't remember if I ever did.

(edited to add his birthdate)