Vertrum Albert Lowe was born on April 20, 1933, in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco to William ALBERT Lowe (1901-1985) and Annie Estell Curry (1910-1979).

His siblings included…

• Iva Alice (1935)
• Alton Roland
• Leonard Augustus

In December 1956, Vertrum married Cynthia Sylvia Curry (1940-2002). She is the daughter of Theodore Cromwell Curry (1901-1974) and Jerlene Emily Saunders (1901-1976).

Their children included…

• Raymond Vertrum
• Trina
• Johnny

Amanda Diedrick in her article A Death in the Family – Abaco Sun recalls…

As children often do, Vertrum and his friends they sometimes resorted to less productive pastimes. “We used to set one another to fight,” he told me. “I’ve been in more fights than you can think of. But Daddy didn’t say anything about it. Boys fight.”

Occasionally, Vert’s mischief got him into trouble. “There was a man called Mr. Jimmy,” he said. “He walked barefoot all the time. We used to blow these hogberry seeds through pawpaw (papaya) quills, so that he would walk on them. One day, he was coming up the road and stepped on one. He blamed Milton and me for it, but we didn’t do it. Still, he walked right down and told Daddy that I shot hogberry seeds and caused him to hurt his foot. Daddy called me. I told him I didn’t do it. He still took off his belt and I got a cut backside.”

Kelsi Farrington in her interview with Vertrum notes…

Why did you start building model boats?

“My father died about 28 years ago and he used to build them. I had never made one before but I decided to give it a try…I wanted to see if I was up to the challenge.”

How many ships have you built?

“I’ve built over 600. The largest one was 7 feet long and a four-masted schooner.”

Where do you get your material from for making the ships?

“I get my materials from the US, the wood in the Bahamas is so hard which means it is difficult to carve.”

See full article at Island Life: Vertrum Lowe – Frais Magazine

Vertrum Albert Lowe passed away on May 21, 2017 (age 84) in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco.