THE ROWE FAMILY
James
Rowe married Mary around 1733 (A Mary Rowe was buried on 17 December 1756 in St Buryan) |
I have identified three children
Name | Date and place Christened | Any other information |
Martin Rowe | 9 January 1734 in St Buryan | Married Alice Tonkin in 1757 |
James Rowe | 11 June 1736 in St Buryan | None |
Mary Rowe | 7 May 1738 in St Buryan | Possible marriage to George Guy on 24 June 1760 in St Buryan |
I have identified four children
Name | Date and place Christened | Any other information |
Alice Rowe | 16
May 1761 St Buryan | Died between 1761 and 1771 |
Alice Row | 23
June 1771 Sancreed | None |
Mary Row | 5 June 1775 Sancreed | None |
Martin Row | 22
June 1777 Sancreed | Married Elizabeth Harvey in Sancreed in 1798 |
I have identified fourteen children
Name | Date and place Christened | Any other information |
Elizabeth Rowe | 2 June 1800 in Sancreed | Died between June 1800 and May 1802 |
Elizabeth Rowe | 1 June 1802 in Sancreed | Possible marriage to either Mark Jenkin in 1824 or John Tonkin in 1826 |
Martin Rowe | 1 June 1802 in Sancreed | Died between June 1802 and February 1805 |
Mary Rowe | 21 August 1803 in Sancreed | Possible marriage to John Warren on 19July
1823 in Sancreed Possible marriage to Richard Trudgen on 24 September 1826 in Sancreed |
Martin Rowe | 3 March 1805 in Sancreed | Married Mary ? around 1830 |
Catharine Rowe | 1 January 1807 in Sancreed | Married Thomas Richards on 4 August 1832 in Paul. |
Grace Rowe | 2 August 1807 in Sancreed | Married Thomas Reseigh in 1833 |
Peter Harvey Rowe | 25 September 1808 in Sancreed | Married Ann Francis Weymouth on 19 March 1832 in Paul |
Ann Rowe | 18 February 1810 in Sancreed | Married John Colins Paul on 31 December 1836
in Paul. In 1841 Ann is aged 30. John, a Husbandman, is 25. They are living with Ann's father in Madron |
Thomas Rowe | 9 August 1812 in Sancreed | In 1841 Thomas is aged 25 and a Husbandman,
living with his father in Madron Married Mary Hannah Johns in Madron on 25 March 1848 |
James Rowe | 6 March 1814 in Sancreed | Died in 1815 |
Margaret Harvey Rowe | 23 July 1815 in Sancreed | Died aged three months. Buried in St Buryan |
John Rowe | Born around 1817 29 December 1827 in Sancreed |
Married Mary Jane Bodinnar in Madron in 1839 |
Joanna Rowe | 24 March 1822 in Sancreed | Married Thomas James in Madron on 29 May
1841 In 1841 Johanna is aged 20. Thomas, a Husbandman, is aged 20. They are living with Joanna's father in Madron |
John Rowe married Mary
Jane Bodinnar in Madron on 30 MAR 1839
(In 1841 Mary is aged 25. John is not at home. The family are living in Portland Place, Madron) (John died around 1849. Mary remarried Elias Cock on 15 June 1850 in Madron.). ( In 1871 Mary, her son Elias Cock (born in 1852), Thomas and Martin are living in Paul) (In 1881 Mary is aged 64 and living in Lower Green Street, Paul, with her widowed son John and his four children and son Martin) (In 1891 Mary is aged 74 and a Nurse. She and her son John and his children are living in Lower Green Street, Paul) (Mary Jane was buried in Paul on 22 FEB 1899 aged 82) |
Name | Date and place Christened | Any other information |
John Rowe | 13 OCT 1839 in Paul | In
1841 John is at home aged 3 In 1851 he was aged 12 and a Scholar living with his Aunt Ann and husband John Paul in Tolcarne, Madron Married Anna Strick in Paul on 14 JAN 1865 |
James Francis Rowe | Born on 12 JAN 1840 Christened on 2 AUG 1840 in Madron |
In 1841 he is
at home aged 2 In 1851 he was aged 11 and a Scholar living with his Aunt Ann and husband John Paul in Tolcarne, Madron Married Rosezillia Pezzack in 1863 |
Elizabeth Rowe | Born around 1840/1 | In 1841 she is aged 4 mths |
Thomas Badinae Rowe | 7 SEP 1843 in Paul | None |
Thomas Bodinnar Rowe | 10 AUG 1845 in Madron | In 1851 he was aged
6 and a Scholar living with his Aunt Ann and husband John Paul in Tolcarne, Madron In 1871, aged 25. a Fisherman living in Paul. Married Sarah Oats in 1873 |
Martin Rowe | 6 DEC 1846 in Paul | None |
Martin Rowe | 18 JUN 1848 in Madron | In 1851 he was aged
3 and a Scholar living with his Aunt Ann and husband John Paul in Tolcarne, Madron In 1871, aged 23, a Fisherman living in Paul In 1881 he is living at home, aged 33 and a Fisherman Martin was buried in Paul on 14 NOV 1883 aged 35. |
Elizabeth Harvey Rowe |
1 AUG 1849 in Paul | None |
Thomas Bordinnar Rowe married
Sarah Jane
Oats on 19 FEB 1873 in Paul
(In 1881 Thomas is aged 37 and a Fisherman. Sarah is 37. The family are living in Lower Green Street, Paul) (In 1891 Thomas is aged 46 and a Fisherman. Sarah is aged 47 and a Dressmaker. The family are living in Church Lane, Florence Terrace, in the civil parish of Paul) (In 1901 Thomas is aged 55 and a Fisherman. Sarah is 56. The family are living in the civil parish of Paul) (In 1911 Thomas is aged 65 and a Fisherman. Sarah Jane is aged 66. They are living in St Peter's Square, St Peter's Hill, Newlyn) (Sarah died in the JUN quarter 1907 aged 62 - Penzance 5c 162) |
Name | Date of Birth | Any other information |
William Oats Rowe | 21 NOV 1873 in Newlyn | In 1881 William is at home aged 7 and a Scholar In 1891 he is living at home, aged 17 and a Fisherman In 1901 he is living at home aged 27 and a Fisherman Married Mary Mann in 1901 |
Mary J.B. Rowe | Born in the JUN quarter 1876 in Newlyn (Penzance 5c 308) | In
1881 Mary is at home aged 4 and a Scholar In 1891 she is living at home, aged 14 Married Stephen Hichens on 11 JUL 1897 in St Peter, Newlyn |
Thomas Bodinar Rowe | 1881 in Newlyn | In 1881 Thomas is 3 months old Thomas was buried in Paul on 29 MAR 1882 aged 1 year and 3 months. |
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William Oats Rowe married Mary
Annie Mann on 28 APR 1901 in Paul
(In 1911 William is aged 35 and a Fisherman. Mary is aged 37. The family is living in St Peter's Hill, Newlyn) (In DEC 1911, William was one of the Oarsman in the Newlyn Lifeboat that helped rescue the crew of the Saluto. For the full story click here) (Mary Annie died on 24 NOV 1943 aged 70. Buried in Paul) (William died on 10 SEP 1959, aged 85 years. Buried in Paul) |
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William Oats Rowe
and Mary Annie | The
final resting place of William and Mary Annie in Paul |
They had two children
Name | Date of Birth | Any other information |
Sarah Jane Rowe | Born in the MAR quarter 1902 (Penzance 5c 220) |
In 1911 she is at home aged 9 and a Scholar Married William Harvey Gendall. |
William Oats Rowe | Born in Boase Street, Newlyn on 28 NOV 1911. | Married Claudine Grace Alfreda Lane in 1939 |
William Oats Rowe married
Claudine Grace Alfreda Lane on
22 APR 1939 in St Blazey
(Uncle Billy was a Baker. They are now retired and living in Hayle) (Billy died from a heart attack following an operation to repair a broken hip, at Truro Hospital on 26 AUG 2005) (Claudine died on 18 JUL 2013 at Millpond View Nursing Home, Hayle aged 94 ) |
They had two children
Name | Date of Birth | Any other information |
Anthony Rowe | 7 JAN 1940 at Par Farm | Married Norah James in the Foundry Methodist Chapel, Hayle on 22 JUN 1963 |
Mary Rowe | 14 JAN 1948 | Married Derek Trevarthen. They had a daughter called Diane who married Richard Angwin. They all live in Hayle |