The Lowe Family Tree

Born in Aarestrup, Denmark, Ane was the daughter of local farmer Christen Jensen Ræbild. Ane married Peter Nielsen Munkholm at 29 and the two of them raised their children and grandchildren in Aalborg. The couple immigrated to America at the age of 59, following their children who immigrated in the years prior. They spent a couple years in Racine, Wisconsin, before they ultimately decided to move up into Alberta, Canada where Ane passed away in 1909.

Born on the Orhuus farm in 1828 in Sande, Vestfold, Norway to parents Christen Johnsen and Dorthe Olsdatter, Christoffer lost his father by age 5 and spent his childhood on Kvisle farm with his mother and step-father. After confirmation he relocated from Sande to Svelvik and traded a life on the farm for one at sea. Christoffer married Mathea Gulliksdatter Loe and had 3 children. He died at sea of yellow fever aboard the ship Chatham at the age of 50 and was buried at sea on the Atlantic.