In the 1881 census Drift Houses, Eltringham, Hexham, Wickley Parish, Northumberland.
Head Charles Lowes, age 39, colliery smith, born Newlands (Bywell), Northumberland.
Wife Jane Lowes ,age 31, born Lanchester, Durham.
Son Walton Lowes, age 12, scholar, born Fairfield, Durham.
Daughter Mary A. Lowes, age 11, scholar, born Lanchester.
Son Thomas A. Lowes, age 9, scholar, born Lanchester.
Daughter Eleanor J. Lowes, age 5, born Lanchester.
Daughter Amelia D. Lowes, age 3, born Lanchester.
Son John Lowes, age 1, born Eltringham, Northumberland.
[Lanchester is about 6 km from Consett.]

This is a probable match, as he doesn’t seem to be in the 1891 census.
In the January to March 1882 death index John Lowes, age 2, died Hexham district, Northumberland, volume 10b, page 162.