Elizabeth Theresa Blowe (neé Sullivan)
- Born
- 1857-06-01 12:00:00
- Died
- 1934-06-18 12:00:00
- Gender
- Female
- Place of migration
- Migrated to/Born in USA
Elizabeth Theresa Sullivan, daughter of Timothy Sullivan and Ellen/Helen Hartnett Sullivan, was born in Kilworth, County Cork in 1857 or 1858. She immigrated to western Massachusetts with her parents and five sisters in the mid 1860s. In the 1870 Federal Census the Sullivan family was living in Great Barrington and 13yo Lizzie was working in a woolen mill.
Elizabeth married Frank Alfred Blow, a blacksmith, in 1879. Frank's father, Pierre Peter Blow (Bleau), had immigrated from Quebec and married Mary Moran, an Irish lass from Kiltoom, County Roscommon. Frank and Lizzie built up a blacksmithing business in Lee, Massachusetts and had seven children: Elizabeth (Bessie), Frank, Charlie, Ted, Mary Agnes, Lillian, and Mildred.
In 1901 Frank Sr. died at age 48 of pneumonia. Lizzie was still raising the children so she kept the business running with the boys pitching in. By 1910 the boys were working other jobs and the family had moved to Pittsfield. Lizzie lived the remainder of her life at 96 Elm Street with her son Frank and daughter Agnes. She died in 1934 at age 77.
