Nellie R Lowe

1875 - 1962  (~ 86 years)

• Name	Nellie R Lowe
  Birth	Aug 1875	Pittsford, Hillsdale, MI
  Gender	Female
  Census	26 Jun 1880	Pittsford, Hillsdale, MI ; Alla, age 4, born MI, living with parents
  Census	9 Jun 1900	Van Wert, Van Wert, OH ; age 24, born Aug 1875 in MI, marr 0 yrs, 0 children, parents born MI/MI
  Census	28 Apr 1910	Van Wert, Van Wert, OH ; age 35, born MI, marr 11 yrs, 0 children, parents born MI/MI
  Census	13 Jan 1920	Columbus, Franklin, OH ; age 44, born MI, parents born MI/MI
  Census	10 Apr 1940	Hudson, Lenawee, MI ; age 74, born MI, widowed, gr8 ed, residing here in 1935, living with nephew Clarence Brown's family
  Death	8 Mar 1962	Hudson, Lenawee, MI
  Person ID	I1743	Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	Charles Y Lowe,   b. 30 Nov 1837, Monroe Co, MI d. 11 May 1912, Hudson, Lenawee, MI (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Orcelia Rice,   b. 18 Dec 1843, Medina, Lenawee, MI d. 21 Mar 1914, Pittsford, Hillsdale, MI (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	18 Feb 1865	Branch Co, MI
  Family ID	F449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert E. Bronson,   b. 14 Dec 1871, Hudson, Lenawee, MI d. 16 Jan 1940, Columbus, Franklin, OH (Age 68 years)  [1]
  Marriage	30 Nov 1899	Pittsford, Hillsdale, MI
  Family ID	F451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2016

  
  

• Notes

  residing Van Wert OH on 26 Mar 1914 per mother's probate from "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006" (familysearch.org) Newspaper obituary not identified Mrs. Nellie R. Bronson passed away at the age of 86 years in the Tuttle Nursing Home, Hudson, where she had been a patient tow weeks, Thursday, March 8, 1962. Nellie was born August 15, 1875, to Charles Y. and Orcelia Rice Lowe two miles south of Hudson in a house located on the property known for years as "Lowes Mill." The grist mill having been built by her grandfather and his brother, when Hudson was jsut a village. She was the youngest of four children, all of whom with the parents preceded her in death. Guerney C. Lowe in 1933, Mrs. Maude S. Brown in 1934 and Mrs. Minnie Corser in 1937. On Thanksgiving Day in 1897, she was married to Robert E. Bronson, also of near Hudson. Following the wedding they made their home in Van Wert, Ohio, until 1915. At that time Robert was employed with the Home Guards, a Fraternal Insurance Company that merged with another company to form the American Insurance Union of America, with the main office in Columbus, Ohio. With others of the Home Guards office staff, Robert was transferred to Columbus, where they remained until his death in January of 1940. Following his death, she returned to Judson wher she made her home with a nephew, Clarence L. Brown for three years. In Jan. of 1941 she moved to her present home at 205 Seward and remained there until three weeks prior to her death. During her life she was an active member of the Van Wert lodge of Pythian sisters and a past chief of that lodge. On her return to Hudson, she continued her interest in the Pythian Order with Vista Temple Lodge No. 24. She also was an active member of Lenawee Chapter No. 174 OES, the Golden Shrine, the Hudson Women's Club and the First Congregational church. In addition to her nephew Clarence Brown, she was curvived by a neice, Mrs. Ione Greenbaun of Birmingham, Mich. and a nephew George C. Lowe of Indianapolis.

  
  

• Sources

  [S100] Reynolds, Elon G., Compendium of history and biography of Hillsdale County, Michigan, (A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, 1903), pg 164.