Elizabeth Rowley

29 May 1748–
Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Rowley was born on 29 May 1748, in Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Aaron Rowley, was 43 and her mother, Katharine Ward, was 28. She had at least 1 son.

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Elizabeth Rowley
1748–
William Rowley
1786–

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World Events (6)

1801 · The Act of Union
Age 53
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 60
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
Age 67
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from one or more of various places called Rowley or Rowly, such as Rowley Regis (Staffordshire), Rowley (Devon, Durham), Rowleygreen Farm (Hertfordshire), Rowly (Surrey), Rowley (East Yorkshire), Rowley, near Bardsey (Yorkshire), Rowley in Lepton (Yorkshire), and Rowley Hill (Essex). The placenames probably all derive from Old English rūh ‘rough’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, though the East Yorkshire place may have been named with hlāw ‘mound, hill’ as the second element.Irish: from Ó Roghallaigh, a variant of Ó Raghailligh. See Riley and O'Reilly .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Rowlee
Roley
Rollie
Riley
Rolley

Sources (5)

  • Elizabeth, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Elizabeth Rowley, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"

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