59.7 Rowland Summary Tree

Richard Rowland (1796) m Harriet Wood (1804-1839) (and remarried Hannah Allott (1798) - no issue.) See Chapter 20 for their biographies, Chapter 42 for those of their children, and Chapter 53 for those of their grandchildren.

• Mary Rowland (1828-1907)
• See Green (2) tree for their descendants
• Catharine Rowland (1831)
• Richard Rowland (1833-1896) m Hannah Wood (1833-1921)
• Richard Rowland (1858-1938) m Caroline Annie Richardson (1864)
• Richard Rowland (1892-1967) m Olive Louise Watson (1897-1984) in York in 1920. 1911: at home in York, a railway clerk (presumably in the same office as his father). By 1939, he was a master and manager, previously with [only] 17 years' service at the LNER. They lived at Park Gate Dairy, Hunts Pond Road, Fareham, Hampshire. My photos of Fareham are here.

Fareham Railway Viaduct (my photo)

• Sylvia Margaret Rowland (1921-2003)
• Maureen Barbara Rowland (1923)
• Jean O M Rowland (1929)
• All daughters, so no Richard after at least five generations
• During WWI, he volunteered for the 17th (Service) Battalion (North Eastern Railway Pioneers). However, he was found to unfit for service and discharged in November 1914. 2236 men of the NER were killed in WWII.

NER War Memorial (my photo)

• Frank Rowland (1895-1981) m Winifred B White (1891) in York in 1919. He was a farmer, and they lived at Western Court, Bishops Sutton [nr Alresford], Winchester. My pictures of Winchester are here. The farmhouse is now a listed building. He served as a Sergeant with the Royal Engineers in France in WWI, and before that as a depot chemist.

Bishops Sutton Rod, Alresford (my photo)

• Maurice Rowland (1898-1917).
• Served with the 10th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Formed at Pontefract in September 1914 and came under command of 64th Brigade in 21st Division. Moved to Berkhamsted, Halton Park (Tring), Witley. Landed in France, September 1915. Served at the Battle of Loos, The Battles of the Somme, the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line, and the Third Battles of Ypres.
• Died on 4 October 1917, during German counter-attacks (Gegenangriffe) at Passchendaele. He is buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ypres.

• Ernest Rowland (1900-1969) m Marjorie Richardson (1904-1970) at St Helen, Sandal Magna, York in 1930. He was a garage proprietor, and they lived at 2 Crossfields, Knaresborough.
• John R Rowland (1932)
• Two children
• Philip Rowland (1903-1974) m Marjorie Sowden (1910-1982) in York in 1931. He was a railway clerk, and they lived at 19 Holly Road, Ipswich.
• Robert S Rowland (1933)
• One child
• George Rowland (1903-1903). Died in infancy.

• Henry Rowland (1861- bef. 1939) m Susan Wilkinson (1861-1944)
• Ida Susan Rowland (1888-1962) m Thomas H Anthony in York in 1912. She had been a draper's assistant in Scarborough. In 1939, he was a railway clerk, and they lived at 301 Brentwood Road, Romford.
• Mary R Anthony (1912)
• Noel T Anthony (1920)
• Olive Rowland (1890-1979) m Charles E Welburn (1893-1972) in Selby in 1923. In 1911, she was at home in York, assisting in the family grocery business. He served with East Yorkshire Regiment in WWI. In 1939, he was a claims officer at the employment exchange, and they lived in Hexham, Northumberland. My photos of Hexham are here. He would have worked in Wentworth Place, now a car park.

Moot Hall, Hexham (my photo)

• Cecil Henry Rowland (1895-1964) m Dorothy Ethel Bauer (1896-1967) in Malton in 1921. He was clerk, and lived at 99 Coda Avenue, Tadcaster. There are candidate records for service in WWI.
• Doris Rowland (1900) m John D Ford in York, in 1920. Later, they lived in Gosforth nr Newcastle.

• Frederick Rowland (1862-1930) m Alice Robinson Lazenby (1861-1935)
• Mildred Rowland (1888-1975) m Wilfred Rowntree (1887-1960) in Richmond, Yorkshire in 1915. He (probably) volunteered for WWI, and served with the 10th (Prince of Wales' Own Royal) Hussars in WWI. He was a joiner with the railway, and they lived at 129 Bates Avenue, Darlington. In 1952, they went to Australia on the Largs Bay and, again, in 1953, on the SS Esperance Bay (the same ship used by Merlyn Evelyn Cotton in 1931).

Largs Bay (Australian National Maritime Museum)

• Myra Aspinall Rowland (1893-1894). Died in infancy.
• (Arthur) Fred Rowland (1895-1970) m Lily Thompson (1890) in Darlington in 1921. He was a works blacksmith, and the lived at 8 Moorlands Road, Darlington. He had served in WWI as a farrier with the Royal Engineers in France.
• Peter Rowland (1923)
• Leslie Richard Rowland (1898-1967) m Margaret R Raw (1900) in Darlington in 1921. He had served with the RASC in WWI, and discharged with a disability in October 1916. In 1939, he was married but wife absent, living at 360 North Road, Darlington. He was a dealer manager for a bespoke tailor.
• Laura Rowland (1901-1988) m Francis Lynn Wake (1897-1975) in Darlington in 1928. In 1939, he was a road and bridge engineer, and they lived at 21 Buxton Place, Wakefield.

• Annie Rowland (1863-1934)
• Laura Rowland (1865-1895)
• Mary Ann F Rowland (1868-1934)
• Charles M Rowland (1870-1944)
• Amy Rowland (1872-1924) m George Powell (1873-1943)

• Arthur Rowland (1874-1941) m Victoria Crusher (1873)
• William Arthur Rowland (1898-1965) m Doris Franks Douglas (1897-1988) at St George, Hanworth, Middlesex in 1922 (she was local). He was clerk for the NER, and there are candidate records for service in WWI. By 1939, they lived at 65 Rowan Avenue, York, and he was still a railway clerk.

St George Hanworth (John Salmon)

• John A D Rowland (1926-1987)
• One child

• Harold Rowland (1900-1969) m Florence May Johnson (1899-1958) in York in 1929. He was a railway clerk, and they lived at 33 Moorgarth Avenue, York.

• Edith Rowland (1876-1948)

• Joseph Rowland (1836)

More information on these families in Chapter 62.

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