LOWE, Basil Ambrose (1896-1966)

LOWE, Basil Ambrose (1896-1966)

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Basil Ambrose Lowe was born September 26, 1896, in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco to Edwin Jerome Lowe (1871-1932) and Alice Missouri Roberts (1878-1946).

His siblings included…

On September 26, 1916 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Basil married Muriel Rose Roberts (1898-19??) from Green Turtle Cay, Abaco. She is the daughter of Horton Roberts and Nellie Lowe.

Their children included…

  • Ernest Deweese (1917)
  • Karl Sidney (1919)
  • Lillian Josephine (1922)
  • Alice Annette (1925)
  • Basil Owen (1926)
  • Kenneth (1929)
  • Bert (1930)

On May 24, 1934, Basil married Minnie Lee Jarrett Cunningham (1885-1985) from North Carolina. The couple divorced in September 1942.

Basil, along with his brothers Cecil, Harold, Charlie and Floyd, established the first successful commercial shark fishery in the Bahamas.

On September 6, 1932, two of their sons, Deweese (age 16) and his younger brother Bert (age 2), were tragically killed during the Cat 5 hurricane that ravaged the island.

In 1939, he became a citizen of the United States and operated a successful charter boat company in Clearwater, Florida.

Basil Ambrose Lowe passed away September 10, 1966 (age 69) in Homestead, Florida.

Pictured are Basil Ambrose Lowe, wife Rosa Muriel and four surviving children after the hurricane.
Source: The Miami News, September 13, 1932
Photo courtesy of Jim Moffitt
Photo courtesy of Jim Moffitt
Photo courtesy of Jim Moffitt
L to R: Siblings – Basil Ambrose Lowe, Cecil Albert Lowe, Harold Jerome Lowe, Charles Francis Lowe and Floyd Orazia Lowe
Photo courtesy of Myriam Munoz

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