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Posted: 21 Apr 2002 12:53AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 27 Apr 2002 11:08PM GMT
searching info on Margaret and Martha Rowles from the Parry Sound area, Margaret married Washington Crowder in 1913, he presumably died of T.B. in the 1920 Thanks

Re: family history

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 8:10AM GMT
Classification: Query
My grandmother is Martha Rowles. Her father is William John Rowles and Clara Ann Hicks. Martha married Robert Johnston and had 5 daughters and 1 son (my dad, Robert Johnston, Jr.)Robert and Martha were married in Canada, then moved to Michigan. Any info you have on William John Rowles would be appreciated. Especially his death date. Thanks

Re: family history

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 7:09PM 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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