John Rowley

Brief Life History of John

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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Family Time Line

John Rowley
1841–1893
Mary Ann Gadd
1848–1924
Marriage: 10 September 1864
Eliza Jane Rowley
1865–1928
Sarah Ann Rowley
1866–1866
John Sylvester Rowley
1867–1949
Zina Cordelia Rowley
1870–1890
Amy Elizabeth Rowley
1872–1918
Jesse Noah Thomas Rowley
1874–1966
Heber Charles Rowley
1876–1928
James Albert Rowley
1879–1948
Samuel Isaac Rowley
1881–1897
Jacob Leslie Rowley
1884–1888
Wilford Marion Rowley
1886–1963
Mary Luella Rowley
1888–1965

Sources (163)

  • John Rowley, "United States Census, 1880"
  • John Rowley, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1842

Santa Anna retires to his hacienda and leaves government to Nicolás Bravo.

1851

Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1852: Juab, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Juab, Utah, United States

1855

Santa Anna resigns in August. Juárez Law ends fueros (privileges) enjoyed by military and clergy.

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.

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John Rowley (1841-1893)

Story 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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