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Lawrence Hollie LOWTHER

Lawrence Hollie LOWTHER

Male 1907 - 1990  (82 years)


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  • Name Lawrence Hollie LOWTHER
    Birth 16 Dec 1907  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1940  Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [3] 
    carpenter on bridge work 
    Residence 1940  Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1950  Green District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1950  [5] 
    railroad track foreman 
    Residence 1952  New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 17 Sep 1990  [1] 
    Burial IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Person ID I39657  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Oct 2025

    Father Daniel Rexroad LOWTHER,   b. 4 Oct 1860   d. 14 Oct 1935, Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Mother Catherine L. "Kate" LAYFIELD,   b. 20 Apr 1867, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1939, Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F15846  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Opal Virginia BIRCHER,   b. 4 Oct 1907   d. 4 Oct 1970 (Age 63 years)  [4, 8, 9]
    Marriage 17 Nov 1928  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    >1. Donald Harold LOWTHER,   b. 1 May 1929, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 2017, New Manchester, Hancock Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    +2. Betty Jean LOWTHER,   b. 12 Jul 1931, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Paul Ernest LOWTHER,   b. 1 Dec 1932, Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 2020, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    >4. Eileen LOWTHER,   b. 18 May 1934, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 2015, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     5. Edward Eugene LOWTHER,   b. 14 Aug 1938   d. 9 Feb 1940, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    >6. Emma Lou LOWTHER,   b. 15 Dec 1939, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 2025, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    +7. Ronald Duane LOWTHER,   b. 13 Nov 1945, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 2012, Waterford, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F15845  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1769] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998)).

    3. [S2641] 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV.

    4. [S1604] Death record of son.

    5. [S308] 1950 Census, Wetzel County, WV.

    6. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother.

    9. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.