John Lowe Founder of Lowe Farm
John Lowe was born February 20, 1824, in Warrington England, son of James Lowe and Anne Clarke. After studying in a private school, he set sail for Montreal in 1841, where on arriving found employment a fur trading – house. He soon discovered that he preferred literature to business and began a lifelong habit of reading for five or six hours every evening. In 1848, he put his interest to work as a reporter and assistant editor of the Montreal Gazette. In 1851, he left for Toronto to become editor of the British Colonist, the first daily newspaper published in Canada. On August 16, 1852, John Lowe married Almira Chamberlin in Frehligsburg, Lower Canada (Quebec). Within this marriage were born four children, two sons and two daughters.
On November 1, 1853, Lowe along with his brother in-law, Brown Chamberlin, joined with a co-owner of the Gazette, James Moir Ferres, in buying out the other partner, John Milne. On April 1, 1854, Lowe and Chamberlin, with financing from Lowe’s father-in-law, bought out Ferres and became owners and co-editors of the paper.
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