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Annie/Polly and Jack Rowley (carpenter) - Hamilton

Annie/Polly and Jack Rowley (carpenter) - Hamilton

Posted: 2 Oct 2008 9:32PM GMT
Classification: Query
Please Help - I have been trying to figure out who the great aunt was that my mum's twin sisters went to visit in Hamilton, Ontario in 1954. This aunt, who they called Auntie Polly but I think was actually, Annie Vernon Harper was born in 1880 in St Helens, Lancashire and was the daughter of Robert and Esther Harper (nee Dixon). Annie/Polly was married to a Jack Rowley who was a carpenter and may have had his own business making furniture. It is beleived that they both died in the 1960s.

I have no idea how she got to Canada or where and when she married Jack Rowley. Are there any trade directories for the 40' and 50' for Hamilton - if so would that help?

I have some photographs taken when the twin aunts were out there visiting but I can get no clue as to where about they were taken.

Another strange thing is that her parents Robert and Esther Haprer had a daugher named Anne born in 1868 and then another daughter vorn in 1870 but Annie Vernon was not born until 1880 when her mother was 35. The rest of the family appear onthe census right up to 1901 but I only have Annie Vernon Harper on the 1881 census>

All in all a puzzle - can anyone help or make suggestions as I am realy at a brick wall with this and I have no-one in the family to ask as they have all died.

Thanks for any help.

Kay

Re: Annie/Polly and Jack Rowley (carpenter) - Hamilton

Posted: 3 Oct 2008 12:38AM GMT
Classification: Query
Maybe she belong to Annie? and was a granddaughter of Robert and Esther? Sometimes cousins and nieces were entered as daughters.


Here is something from the Home Children site
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/0...

HARPER
Given Name: Annie
Age: 10
Sex: F
Ship: Sardinian
Year of Arrival: 1888
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 13 April 1888
Arrival Port: Halifax
Arrival Date: 21 April 1888
Party: Miss Rye's
Destination: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
Comments: Miss Rye's Party of 113 females to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Mrs.Heath & Mrs.Soffe were matrons.
Source: Library and Archives CanadaReference: RG76 C 1 bMicrofilm: C-4513 /4Type of Record: Passenger Lists Group of Children Traveling Together

I don't see a marriage for Jack/John Rowley to anyone named Annie who fits.

Cannot find any birth with them listed as parents.

Death site to 1934
Marriages to 1924
Births 1909

Re: Annie/Polly and Jack Rowley (carpenter) - Hamilton

Posted: 3 Oct 2008 3:52PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hamilton Library - Special
Collections might help you out.

email:speccol@tpl.ca

Re: Annie/Polly and Jack Rowley (carpenter) - Hamilton

Posted: 4 Oct 2008 10:18PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Harper, Dixon, Rowley
Thank you so much for looking into this puzzle for me. I also thought that perhaps she was the daughter of Annie rather than Robert and Esther and I may order her birth certificate to make sure. I wondered though why she would be sent off as a Home Child when the grandparents, mother/sisters were available to take care of her? I was also considering that her surname may be Vernon rather than Harper?

I will keep hunting. Thanks again for your help I shall try and get info on the Home Children again.

Kay

Re: Annie/Polly and Jack Rowley (carpenter) - Hamilton

Posted: 4 Oct 2008 10:19PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Harper, Dixon, Rowley, Vernon
Thanks for the suggestion. I have sent them an e-mail.

Kay

Re: Annie/Polly and Jack Rowley (carpenter) - Hamilton

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 9:36AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Kay
John (Jack) Rowley is my great uncle.My dad visited them during WW2 when he was stationed in Canada. I live near St Helens so if you need any help over here let me know.
Michelle Middlehurst

I'm the granddaughter of John's sister Elizabeth.
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