John Rowles ^{304,468,812,960}

  General Notes:

These are likely the burial places of this couple, John and Grace Rowles (Rolls) as per the Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid. jca
ROLLS John, Hollen Cemetery, Wellington Co., Maryborough twp, WW-4335
ROLLS Grace Hollen Cemetery, Wellington Co., Maryborough twp, WW-4335

  Research Notes:

The following account helps to explain the sibling relationship between J. Mark Rowles and Richard Rowles . Two of the daughters of Samuel Winch and Elizabeth Mounteney went on to marry a Rowles. (Hannah married Richard Rowles and Margaret Ann Winch married J. Mark Rowles as her second husband. ) The note below points out that they were brothers. note by jca

Notes for George Greenwood and Margaret Ann Winch:

According to Beatrice Greenwood Ross, in a letter dated June 10, 1969, she was the daughter of John Greenwood, eldest son of George Greenwood and Margaret Winch. [Mrs Lincoln Ross, 17 Alma Street, St. Thomas, Ontario] In a letter dated July 22, l969, she told more about the family. She stated that George and Margaret 's children were born on a farm two miles from Wellesley Village, Ontario. She listed the children as John, Jennie Witt, Belle Mertz, James Greenwood, Mary Sproule and her twin sister Myra who died in infancy, William Greenwood, Lillian Hackett, George, Richard and Victoria Mortimer Willcox.

Margaret had her first child at age 19 and last at age 41. She was a widow for 41 years, not counting her unsuccessful second marriage.

She said her father built a stone house from rocks gathered from his own land "over l00 years ago." The 1861 census lists him living in a log house, built in 1859. She said the owner of the property in 1969 still lived in the stone house. The house was built on a hill which "today...still carried the name "Greenwood's Hill". Beatrice recalled that as a child she was so frightened that the horse pulling the buggy with "Dad and myself would never get us to the top". She noted that today, with all the improvements on roads for cars, the old hill does not look very steep. Her grandfather George, aged 46 years, died 6 September 1875, and is buried in Rush's Cemetery, a few miles from Wellesley. She stated that "Grandma Greenwood" (Margaret Winch), died at age 83, and is buried in Croswell, Michigan. She did not know the date, but it was "more than fifty years ago." It would seem she died about 1916. Beatrice said that "Aunt Vic's daughter" was only 53, and didn't remember. She hopes to find "Grandm's" Bible which has marriages, births and deaths recorded. Beatrice said "Aunt Vic prized it so much"; Eleanor (Vic's daughter], remembered the Bible being in her mother's possession. [Aunt Vic by this time was 98 years old, and her memory had apparently gone. ] Beatrice described Vic as a very "ambitious, energetic, loveable person, and done so much for others."


Beatrice went on to say that Grandma Greenwood went to the Western States (exact place unknown to her) after Grandpa's death;. Later she married her sister's brother-in-law, a Mr. Rowles. [Other sources refer to Rolles]

"This union was not a success and she returned east and settled in Michigan. I am wondering if your dad [ James Greenwood, who according to the census records of Beauliew Township, North Dakota of l890 or 1900 immigrated to US in l882] I believe Aunt Jennie Witt did, also Rich and Vic Grandma, I believe, always went by the name "Greenwood" after she returned from the west. "

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Farmer, 1851, Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario. ⁴⁶⁶

• Residence: Farmer, 1861, Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario. ⁸¹²

• Residence: Farmer, 1871, Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario. ⁹⁶⁰

John married Grace Lee on 8 Jun 1821 in Winsford, Somerset, England. (Grace Lee was born on 22 Dec 1795 in Somersetshire, England,^{466,468,613,812,960} died on 9 Jul 1896 in Listowell, Perth North, ON. ⁴⁶⁸ and was buried in Hollen Cemetery, Maryborough, Wellington North.)

  Marriage Notes:

(this would appear to be the correct marriage record. found on the LDS IGI files as a patron submission.. jca)

GRACE LEIGH
Female
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Marriages:
Spouse: JOHN RAWLE
Marriage: 08 JUN 1821 Winsford, Somerset, England
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