Katherine (Armour) Reed (1856 - 1928)

Born 16 Sep 1856 in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Grosvenor Porter Lowrey Sr — married 16 Sep 1880 in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada

Wife of Hayter Reed — married 16 Jun 1894 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Died 18 Sep 1928 at age 72 in London, England

Biography

Kate Armour, daughter of John Douglas Armour (1830-1903), who was a lawyer and judge; Kate’s mother was Eliza Cory Clench (1834-1881). ^[1]

(Kate was a sister of Douglas Armour (1860-1927), a lawyer who lived at 875 Chilco Street in 1917 and 1918, and at 1898 Robson Street in 1920.)

Kate married Grosvenor Porter Lowrey in 1880 in Cobourg, Ontario.^[2] They had a daughter, Grace Armour (Lowery) Daly.

On June 16, 1894, in Ottawa, Ontario, Kate Lowrey married Hayter Reed (1849-1936), who served for a time as the Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, and who also worked for Canadian Pacific Railway hotels. According to Reed's biographer, "she was a connoisseur of antiques and paintings, and collected shoes as a hobby. Brilliant, popular, and well connected socially, she counted among her friends Lady Aberdeen [Marjoribanks], the wife of the governor general. The Reeds’ marriage was a happy one and the couple had a son, Gordon, who was born in September 1895."^[3]

She died in 1928 in London, England.^[4]

Burial:Mount Royal Cemetery
Montréal (city), Montréal Region, Québec, Canada.

Inscribed on the plaque on the basin-stone of her gravestone, are the names of her children;

•Gracey Armour (Lowrey) Daly .

•John Douglas Lowrey (d.Oct.23,1945)

• ?

FindAGrave Memorial link^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47S-221 : 11 March 2018), Kate Armour in household of John D Armour, Cobourg, West Northumberland, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 53, line 9; Library and Archives Canada film number C-9983, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,622.
2. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMN5-KDN : 11 March 2018), Grosvenor Porter Lowrey and Kate Armour, 16 Sep 1880; citing registration , Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,508.
3. ↑ E. Brian Titley, “REED, HAYTER,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 16, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed June 12, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/reed_hayter_16E.html.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV4B-8BKG : 4 September 2014), Kate Reed, 1928; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, St. Martin, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #109005644