When Sarah Jane Rowe was born on 25 March 1850, in Mecca, Trumbull, Ohio, United States, her father, Martin Rowe, was 39 and her mother, Nancy, was 35. She married James Meeker in 1870. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Fowler, Trumbull, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 10 April 1918, in Girard, Liberty Township, Trumbull, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Girard, Liberty Township, Trumbull, Ohio, United States.
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English: from Middle English rowe (Old English rāw) ‘row’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived by a hedgerow or in a row of houses in a street, or habitational, for someone who lived in a place so named. Compare Rawe and Rew .
English (of Norman origin): variant of Rolfe , Ralph , or Rough . Compare Rowson .
East German: habitational name from any of the places called Rowe, Rowa, Rowe(n). Compare Rowen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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