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Re: family history

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 12:09PM GMT
Classification: Query
I am not related and really didn't answer your questions but here's what I did find:

Clara Hicks married 3 times (Mar 19, 1889; Oct 12 1896; & Aug 18 1897) and named herself as Widowed on the marriage to Thomas Herbert Smith, she was not a Widow since her 2nd husband, Leopold, was still alive, so I assume she was actually divorced when she married Herbert.

If William John Rowles died, & wasn't actually divorced, he would have died sometime between conceiving his daughter in the summer of 1894, i.e. Margaret (b. Apr. 1895). & Clara's second marriage in Oct. 1896. However, I did not find a death register for him nor any other record. I checked the Northern Gravemarkers site as well as the Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid (OCFA).

I see some people have Washington Crowder's death about 1920 but I think I found him & Margaret & children living in Hamilton, Ontario on the 1921 census, but I could be wrong. I did not find him on the OCFA. If this is the right family, there is a Roy Crowder, Dairyman, living in 1935 at 775 King St. W., Hamilton, ON, per the Voter's List & there is a burial for Roy Crowder in the Woodland Cemetery.

Name: Clara Ann Hicks
Date of Birth: 1 Feb 1874
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Humphrey Tp., Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
Father's Name: Edward Hicks

Name: Washington Columbus Crowder
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 14 Jul 1880
Birthplace: Gravenhurst, Muskoka, Ontario
Father's Name: Jacob Crowder
Mother's Name: Catherine Rynes

Name: William John Rowles
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1865
Birth Place: West Flamboro
Marriage Date: 18 Mar 1889
Marriage Location: Humphrey Tp., Parry Sound District
Marriage County or District: Parry Sound
Father: John Rowles
Mother: -
Spouse: Clara Hicks
Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse Birth Date: abt 1872
Spouse Birth Place: Tp Humphrey
Spouse Father: Edward Hicks
Spouse Mother: Ann Hicks

Name: Martha Rowles
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 01 Sep 1892
Event Place: Humphrey, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Female
Father's Name: William John Rowles
Mother's Name: Clara Ann Hicks

Name: Margret Rowles
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 23 Apr 1895
Event Place: Parry Sound, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Female
Father's Name: W. J. Rowles
Mother's Name: Clarie Hicks

Marriage - 007306-1896 (Leeds Co) Leopold EDWARDS, 21, Fireman, born Wolford, res. same, s/o Thomas & Mary EDWARDS, married Clara ROWLES, 22, Widow, born Humphrey - Parry Sound Dist, residence same, d/o Edward & Annie HICKSON, witn: James F. ELLIS, Jennie P. ELLIS, of Brockville, 12 Oct 1896 at Brockville

Marriage -
Name: Clara Rowles
Age: 23, Widow (but she wasn't)
Birth Date: abt 1874
Marriage Date: 18 Aug 1897
Marriage Location: Parry Sound District
Marriage County or District: Parry Sound
Father: Edward Hicks
Mother: Annie Lawson
Spouse: Thomas Herbert Smith
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse Birth Date: abt 1876
Spouse Father: James Smith
Spouse Mother: Sarah Gardiner

1901 Census of Canada District: ON MUSKOKA & PARRY SOUND (#91)
Subdistrict: Humphrey U-2 Page 2
2 8 13 Smith Thomas H. M Head M Sep 15 1876 25 b. Ontario
2 9 13 Smith Clara A. F Wife M Feb 6 1874 27 b. Ontario
2 10 13 Rolls Martha A. F Step Daughter S Sep 1 1892 8 b. Ontario
2 11 13 Rolls Margaret A. F Step Daughter S Apr 22 1895 5 b. Ontario
2 12 13 Smith John T. M Son S Feb 9 1899 2 b. Ontario

Name: Leopold Edwards
Age: 30
Birth Date: abt 1876
Birth Place: Augusta Tp.
Marriage Date: 28 Mar 1906
Marriage County or District: Grenville
Father: Thomas Edwards
Mother: Mary Langtry
Spouse: Charlotte Davis
Spouse's Age: 35
Spouse Birth Date: abt 1871
Spouse Birth Place: Elizabethtown
Spouse Father: Joseph Davis
Spouse Mother: Dorthy Foyston

Name: Clarence Smith
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 14 Aug 1908
Event Place: Humphrey, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
Registration Year: 1908
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Herbert Smith
Mother's Name: Clara Rowles Hicks

1911 Census/ Ontario / Parry Sound / 17 Humphrey Township / page 4
43 39 Smith Herbert M Head M Sep 1877 33 Links
44 39 Smith Clara F Wife M Feb 1876 35 Links
45 39 Smith Thomas M Son S Feb 1899 12 Links
46 39 Smith Mary F Daughter S Apr 1901 10
47 39 Smith Walter M Son S Jul 1903 7
48 39 Smith Gordon M Son S Jun 1905 5
49 39 Smith Clarence M Son S Aug 1908 2
50 39 Smith Herbert M Son S Sep 1910 9/12
1 39 Rolls Martha F Stepdaughter S Sep 1892 18
2 39 Rolls Maggie F Stepdaughter S Apr 1895 16

Name: Washington Crowder
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 05 Nov 1913
Event Place: Rosseau, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
Age: 32
Birth Year (Estimated): 1881
Father's Name: Jacob Crowder
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Rhiness?
Spouse's Name: Margaret Rowles
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1895
Spouse's Father's Name: John Rowles
Spouse's Mother's Name: Sarah Hicks

1920 US Census Battle Creek Ward 15, Calhoun, Michigan
Daniel Nicewander Head M 62 Pennsylvania
Louise Nicewander Wife F 49 Michigan
Robert Johnson Head M 39 Ireland
Martha A Johnson Wife F 28 Canada
Francis A Johnson Daughter F 3 Michigan

1921 Ontario Census 88 - Hamilton West City, 27 - Ward No. 4, Paradise Rd.
Washington Crowder 39
Margaret Crowder 25
Roy Crowder 7
Blanch Crowder 4
Irene Crowder 9/12

1921 Ontario Census 114 - Parry Sound District, 19 - Humphrey Tp.
H Herbert Smith 43
Anne Clara Smith 43
May Elizabeth Smith 20
Malter Smith 18
Gordon Smith 15
Clarence Smith 12
Roy Smith 8
Herald Gerold Smith 3

Death -
Name: Clara Ann Smith, married
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1876
Age at Death: 45
Death Date: Oct 13 1921
Death Place: Rousseau, Humphrey Tp., Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
informant: husband - Herbert Smith
father: Edward Hicks b. England
mother: Annie Hicks b. Scotland

1930 US Census Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan
Robert Johnson Head M 41 Ireland
Martha Johnson Wife F 38 Canada immigrated 1916
Francis A Johnson Daughter F 14 Michigan
Elizabeth D Johnson Daughter F 11 Michigan
Alberta L Johnson Daughter F 4 Michigan
Margerett J Johnson Daughter F 2 Michigan
Robert Johnson Jr. Son M 7 Michigan

Name: Ardyn Dempsey
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 26 Oct 1936
Event Place: Calhoun, Michigan
Age: 22
Birth Year (Estimated): 1914
Father's Name: Neil Dempsey
Mother's Name: Isabel Guile
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Johnston
Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1919
Spouse's Father's Name: Robert Johnston
Spouse's Mother's Name: Martha Rowles

1940 US Census Ross Township, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Robert H Johanson Head M 54 Ireland
Martha A Johanson Wife F 49 Canada
Robert R Johanson Son M 15 Michigan
Alberta R Johnson Daughter F 13 Michigan
Margaret J Johnson Daughter F 11 Michigan
Marion J Johnson Daughter F 9 Michigan

Name: Stanley F Strait
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 19 Nov 1949
Event Place: , Steuben, Indiana
Registration Place: , Steuben, Indiana, United States
Marriage License Date: 19 Nov 1949
Residence Place: Battle Creek, , Michigan
Gender: Male
Age (Estimated): 27
Birth Date: 07 Jan 1922
Birthplace: Kalamazoo, , Michigan
Father's Name: Stanley F Strait
Mother's Name: Mable Shupp
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Dempsey
Spouse's Residence Place: Battle Creek, , Michigan
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age (Estimated): 30
Spouse's Birth Date: 07 Feb 1919
Spouse's Birthplace: Battle Creek, , Michigan
Spouse's Father's Name: Robert H Johnston
Spouse's Mother's Name: Martha Rowels
Officiator's Name: Harvey E Shoup

Given Name: Martha
Surname: Johnston
Birth Date: 1 September 1892
Social Security Number: 373-20-9283
State: Michigan
Last Place of Residence: Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan
Previous Residence Postal Code: 49017
Event Date: August 1968
Age: 76
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