John Estwick ‘Ekkie’ Lowe was born on May 20, 1913, in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco to John Aquilla Lowe (1858-1925) and Mildred Elizabeth Pearce (1881?-1956).
His siblings included…
- Ashlin Lowe (1918)
- James Homer (1919)
- Iris Isabell (1923)
His half-siblings included…
In Dade County, Florida on 26 July 1948, Ekkie married Maud Edith Knowles (1913-2007) from Nassau, New Providence. She is the daughter of John Henry ‘Harry’ Knowles (1879-1964) and Charlotte Rebecca Fernander (1884-1919). The couple had no children.
Ekkie was a clerk at John S. George and Co. in Nassau, New Providence.
John Estwick Lowe passed away on January 21, 1995 (age 81) in Nassau, New Providence and is buried in the Ebenezer Church cemetery.
2-Mira Lowe Roberts (1890-1979)
3-Harrison Russell ?
4-William R Franks
5-John Aquilla Lowe (1858-1925)
6-Howard Lowe (1898-1927)
7-Carl M Padgett
8-Margaret Mizpah Roberts White (1913-2007)
9-Osgood Joseph Lowe (1886-1970)
10-Mrs. William R Franks ?
11-Mildred Elizabeth Pearce (1880-1956)
12-John Estwick ‘Ekkie’ Lowe (1913-1995)
Bottom Row L-R: Durward Randolph Knowles, Irma Elaine (Pinder) Knowles, John Henry “Harry” Knowles Jr.
Photo courtesy of David Weech
Photo courtesy of Janis Saunders
Kneeling L – R: John Estwick ‘Ekkie’ Lowe (1913-1995), Freeman Alexander Smith (1917-1996), Herbert Young, Stuart Black
Photo courtesy of Lynn Thackray
A=Durward Randolph Knowles
E=Freddie Smith
H=John Estwick “Ekkie” Lowe (1913-1995)
I=Anton Brown
J=Roy Newbold
K=Daniel Alfred OSWALD Moseley
6 – Durward Randolph Knowles ?
8 – James HOMER Lowe
19 – Duke of Windsor
Middle L-R: unknown, Larry Lane Forsythe
Back L-R: unknown, Freeman A Smith, Basil McKinney, John Maura, Leonard Roberts, Freddie Smith Photo courtesy of Lynn Thackray
Photo courtesy of David Weech
#17 – John Estwick ‘Ekkie’ Lowe
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