Fonds F1182 - Fred Charles Lowes fonds

Fred Charles Lowes, 1880-1950, was born in Brampton, Ontario and came to Calgary in 1902 as a salesman for the Canada Life Assurance Company. In 1906 he set up his own development firm, F.C. Lowes and Company which quickly established branches through Alberta and offices in major North American centres. He married Florence Adele Burnham in 1910. By the middle of First World War his real estate empire had crumbled and he survived the next fifteen years on occasional real estate deals. His health deteriorated after 1930 and he spent most of his remaining years in hospital. For further information see Max Foran's article "Fred Lowes, Booster Extraordinaire" in Alberta History. - vol. 37, no. 2 (Spring, 1989).