Samuel S. Lowy

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Samuel S. Lowy

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Death: July 11, 1911 (59)
Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States
Immediate Family:

Husband of Louise Lowy
Father of Rosa Wolf; Hannah Bentley; Solomon Lowy; Dora Roth; Bertha Coffman and 1 other

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About Samuel S. Lowy

Born in Budapest in 1852. Born Jewish he travelled To Kane county Illinois

Samuel's Headstone reads:

Dear and honorable father אבינו היקר והנכבד Schmua son of Jazar Levi died שמוא בר יעזר ר לוי נפטר

Jazar = Ieizer and is likely Lazar or Lajos in German/Hungarian.

Lowy is a predominant Jewish surname in the small region triangled by Matterburg, Austria (Formerly Mattersdorf), Budapest, Hungary and Kittsee, Bratislava (Formerly Köpcsény)

Löwy, a priestly clan, was formerly Schysha, Schishi, etc. before about 1833 in Austro-Hungarian Empire. (As in "Yom Shshi," which means "Friday" the day sabbath prayers begin, for the number 6 "shesh")

(Löwy is used by descendants of David Schischa) In epitaphs it is written as לוי "Levi," "Levin" or H'Levi" in Hebrew.
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Samuel S. Lowy's Timeline

1852
June 15, 1852
Budapest, Hungary
1876
August 1876
Illinois, United States
1878
March 16, 1878
Illinois, United States
1880
1880
Polo, Illinois, United States
1881
1881
Polo, Ogle, Illinois, United States
1884
July 1884
Polo, Illinois, United States
1887
December 25, 1887
Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, United States
1911
July 11, 1911
Age 59
Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States