When John Rowley was born on 14 July 1841, in Suckley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Jewell, was 121 and his mother, Alice Smith, was 120. He married Frances Banks on 30 December 1859, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States in 1870 and Arizona, United States in 1888. He died on 7 October 1893, in Colonia Pacheco, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, at the age of 52, and was buried in Colonia Pacheco, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Santa Anna retires to his hacienda and leaves government to Nicolás Bravo.
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1852: Juab, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Juab, Utah, United States
Santa Anna resigns in August. Juárez Law ends fueros (privileges) enjoyed by military and clergy.
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 NamesStory of John Rowley (1841-1893) Author unknown but obviously a daughter In far away England, in a humble little home at Suckley Mars Hill, Worcestershire, England, lived William and Ann Jewell Rowley …
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