- Born: Abt 1822, Somerset, England 304,451,465,466
- Marriage: Margaret Ann Winch on 17 Mar 1879 in Wellesley twp, Waterloo North, Ontario 304
 General Notes:
1881 Census Place: Wellesley, Waterloo North, Ontario, Canada
Source: FHL Film 1375901 NAC C-13265 Dist 162 SubDist B Div 3 Page 12 Family 61
Sex Marr Age Origin Birthplace
Mark ROLLS M M 60 English England
Occ: Farmer
Margaret A ROLLS F M 45 English O <Ontario>
Religion: Methodist
George GREENWOOD M 17 English O <Ontario>
Religion: Methodist
Elizabeth A GREENWOOD F 14 English O <Ontario>
Religion: Methodist
Mary GREENWOOD F 12 English O <Ontario>
Religion: Methodist
Victoria GREENWOOD F 9 English O <Ontario>
Religion: Methodist
Andrew R GREENWOOD M 6 English O <Ontario>
Religion: Methodist
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1900 census, Rolette County, Currie Township, ED 154
Mark Rolls was also found in 1900 census, ND, Rolette County, Currie Township. ED 154, sheet 12, image 23 of 28
Margaret's second husband had settled in Rolla, ND, and lo! I found him in BLM index & land grants: Rolette County, 2/28/1895, MT State office, Doc #1296, NDMTAA 022099
Mark Rolls was also found in 1900 census, ND, Rolette County, Currie Township. ED 154, sheet 12, image 23 of 28. Census taken 29 June, 1900. Both parents born in England, as he was; age 70; says he's married, has been for 28 years [not likely--George Greenwood d. in 1875]; also says in US since 1857, been here for 45 years and is naturalized. It could be that he came to US earlier and went back to Canada, but in any event he is in 1881 ON census, married to Margaret Ann Winch Greenwood.
It is very possible that he came to the US about 1855, though he is slippery about numbers, went back to ON (maybe on a visit) and met the Widow Greenwood, moving onto her farm.
Barbara Sniffen, Oshkosh, WI, March 2003
Noted events in his life were:
• Residence, 1851, Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario. 466
• Residence, 1881, Wellesley, Waterloo North, Ontario. 451
• Residence, 1896, Dunseith, North Dakota. 468
• Residence, 1900, Currie twp, Rolette County, ND.
J. married Margaret Ann Winch, daughter of Samuel Winch and Elizabeth Monteney, on 17 Mar 1879 in Wellesley twp, Waterloo North, Ontario.304 (Margaret Ann Winch was born on 5 Apr 1833 in New Market, Ontario,303,440,443,450,451,467,469 died on 8 May 1917 in Port Huron, Michigan 303,440,443,467,470 and was buried on 10 May 1917 in Croswell, Michigan 303.). The cause of her death was pneumonia.
Marriage Notes:
Mark, or J. Mark Rowles, as he is named on his marriage record (17 March 1879:) to Margaret Ann Greenwood, widow, is definitely the son of John Rowles and Grace Lee, per the marriage info. He is listed as b. in Somersetshire, England, he says he's 42, a bachelor, occupation a miner. She says she's 36 (but she has a 27-year-old married son). Residence when married, Tp. of Wellesley, born East Gwillimbury, Canada, parents Samuel Winch and Elizabeth Fountain (another spelling!). Place of marriage, at the township of Wellesley. [Witnesses are John Martz (Mertz) and Isabella Greenwood, who were probably married about the same time, as they are married on the 1881 census.] He's church of England, she's Methodist. The Rev. Walton Preston, minister of Methodist Church.
notes by Barbara Sniffen, Oskosh, WI, March, 2003
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