LOWE, Sidney Carl (1919-1999)

LOWE, Sidney Carl (1919-1999)

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Sidney Carl Lowe was born on February 28, 1919 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco to Basil Ambrose Lowe (1896-1966) and Rosa Muriel Roberts (1898-19??).

His siblings include Ernest Deweese (1917), Lillian Josephine (1922), Alice Anette (1925), Basil Owen ‘Red’ (1926), Kenneth (1929), Bert (1930).

In September 1942, Sidney married Libby Malvena Saunders (1922-19??), daughter of Benjamin James Saunders (1879-1953) and Olive Sawyer (1903-1965).

Sidney cut timber on the mainland of Abaco for boat building. He also went to sea for many years as an engineer and captain. In later years, he was a caretaker of private homes. He also established Sid’s Food Store in 1962.

On February 9, 1999 after he returned from fishing for a couple hours, he passed away peacefully in his home at Green Turtle Cay, Abaco.

Sidney is pictured with daughter Martha in front of the family grocery store on Green Turtle Cay, Abaco.
Photo courtesy of Jim Moffitt
Left to Right – Sidney Carl Lowe, Pauline Alice Lowe, Basil Ambrose Lowe, Lillian Josephine Lowe
Photo courtesy of Jim Moffitt
Siblings Ernest Deweese (back), Sidney Carl (front left) and Lillian Josephine (front right).
Photo courtesy of Jim Moffitt
Basil Ambrose Lowe, wife Rosa Muriel and four surviving children after the 1932 hurricane.

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