Mildred Eliza Lowe was born on June 22, 1896, in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco to William Irwin Lowe (1873-1951) and Alice Lowe (1873-1932).
Her siblings included…
Alice Ruby (1898)
William Albert (1901)
Hilma Lenora (1906)
Inez Louise (1910)
On March 4, 1916, at Green Turtle Cay, Mildred married Ralph Howell Lowe (1985-1960) from Green Turtle Cay, Abaco. He is the son of Gideon Lowe and Esther Ann Lowe.
Their children included…
Ruby Hester (1916)
After Ralph’s death, she married Joseph ‘Joe’ Reginald Curry.
Gregory Cates recalls…
Aunt Mildred showed me how to make a whistle out of coconut leaves!
Randy Curry recalls…
I remember Ms. Mildred very well…especially her laugh!
Danny Sawyer recalls…
I remember Mr. Joe and Ms. Mildred used to skull from Green Turtle Cay to Munjack in his dingy – fish and farm – then skull back home!
Oswald Hall recalls…
I remember auntie going out by herself to get conchs on the banks towards No Name.
Estella Roberts Lowe recalls…
I remember Ms. Mildred fondly. She lived next door to my grandfather Harry after she married the second time to Uncle Joe – my Godfather. Their yards connected. On summer afternoons, they would all sit outside. Ms. Mildred was a jolly, happy person and loved to laugh. I loved her dearly!
Mildred Eliza Lowe passed away in 1978 in Nassau, New Providence and is buried in the Green Turtle Cay Public Cemetery.
