Show ContentsLöwen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms


United States Löwen migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Löwen Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Richard Lowen, who arrived in Virginia in 1652 1
Löwen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • George Lowen, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1838 1
  • Bemha Lowen, aged 30, who landed in New York, NY in 1874 1
  • Cath Lowen, aged 20, who landed in New York, NY in 1875 1
  • Cornel Lowen, aged 9, who arrived in New York, NY in 1875 1
  • Eliz Lowen, aged 51, who landed in New York, NY in 1875 1
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Canada Löwen migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Löwen Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Michael Lowen, aged 28, a labourer, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship "Edward Reid" in 1833
  • Abraham Lowen, who arrived in Manitoba in 1874
  • Cornelius Lowen, who arrived in Manitoba in 1874
  • Isaac Lowen, who landed in Manitoba in 1874
  • Jacob Lowen, who arrived in Manitoba in 1875
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Australia Löwen migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Löwen Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Contemporary Notables of the name Löwen (post 1700) +

  • William Lowen, American politician, U.S. Collector of Customs, 1881 3
  • Lowen "Lol" Coxhill (b. 1932), English Jazz musician


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2015, January 8) Arab voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1834 with 230 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/arab/1834
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 15) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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