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Grace Lee (1795-1896)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: John Rowles J. Mark Rowles Rosetta Rowles Herbert Rowles Richard Rowles+ John Rowles+ Thomas Rowles+ George Rowles+ Reuben Rowles Albert Rowles+ Theodore H Rowles Grace Lee 1 2 3 4 Born: 22 Dec 1795, Somersetshire, England 5 6 7 8 9 Marriage: John Rowles on 8 Jun 1821 in Winsford, Somerset, England Died: 9 Jul 1896, Listowell, Perth North, ON. aged 100 10 Buried: Hollen Cemetery, Maryborough, Wellington North   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   Noted events in her life were: • Residence, 1822, Somerset, England. 11 • Residence, 1851, Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario. 12 • Residence, 1861, Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario. 5 • Residence, 1871, Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario. 6 • Residence, 1881, Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario. 7 Grace married John Rowles on 8 Jun 1821 in Winsford, Somerset, England. (John Rowles was born about 1799 in Somersetshire, England,5 6 10 12 died on 8 Aug 1877 in Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario 13 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriages: Spouse: JOHN RAWLE Marriage: 08 JUN 1821 Winsford, Somerset, England -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Messages: Form submitted by a member of the LDS Church. The form lists the submitter's name and address and may include source information. The address may be outdated. Details vary. To find the form, you must know the batch and sheet number. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Batch Number: 7531818 Sheet: 68 Source Call No.: 0884684

1 1861 census, Maryborough, Wellington N, On, National Archives of Canada, 1861 census, film C-1083, Maryborough, Wellington, On. division 1. :
note: age on 1861 are as of their NEXT birthday..

1861 census, Maryborough, Wellington N, Ontario

page 19, line 42
Thomas Rolls, Farmer, birthplace W C (ed note: Canada West (Ontario)), religion W, age 27, male, married
Margret Rolls, birthplace: U S, religion W, age 21, female, married
John K Rolls, birthplace: Kansas, religion W, age 5, male, single
William Rolls, birthplace W C, religion W, age 2, male, single
Mary Rolls, birthplace: W C, religion W, age 8, female, single
John Rolls Senr., Farmer, birthplace England, religion E, age 56, male, married
Grace Rolls, birthplace: England, religion E, age 55, female, married
Albert Rolls, Labourer, birthplace:W C, religion E, age 18, male, single
Theodore Rolls, birthplace W C, religion E, age 17, male, single

page 20 , line 36
John Rolls junr.. Farmer, birthplace: England, religion E, age 29, male, married
Martha Rolls, birthplace: Ireland, religion E, age 21, female, married
Thomas Rolls, birthplace W C, religion E, age 3, male, single
Grace Rolls, birthplace W C, religion E, age 1, female, single
Robert H Price, Labourer, birthplace U S, religion E M, age 51, male, single
Rachael George, birthplace : Ireland, religion E, age 40, female, single
page 20, line 42
Richard Rolls, Farmer, birthplace: England, religion W, age 35, male, married
Hannah Rolls, birthplace W C (Canada West (Ontario)) , age 24, female, married
John Rolls, birthplace W C, age 6, male, single
Margret A Rolls, birthplace W C, age 3, female, single
Marshall Rolls, birthplace W C, age 2, male, single

2 1871 census, Maryborough twp, Wellington N, On, National Archives of Canada, 1871 census, film C-9948, Maryborough divison A-1, Wellington N. Ontario. :

page 16, family 60
Rolls, Albert, male, age 28?, birthplace: Ontario, C of England, English, Farmer, married
", Anne, female, age 19, Ontario, C of England, married
",Ruben Geo. , male, age 3, Ontario
", Grace M M, female, age 10/12, June, Ontario

page 17, family 62
Rowls, John, male, age 73, England, C England, English, Farmer, married
", Grace, female, age 73, C of England, English, married
", Caroline, female, age 12, birthplace: Ontario, C of England, single

page 32, family 110
Rowles, Rich'd, male, age 47, birthplace England, Ch of England, English, Farmer, married
", Annie, female, 35, Ontario, Ch of England, English, married
", John, male, age 15, birthplace Ontario, Ch of England, single
", Margt. Annie, female, age 13, as above
", Marshal, male, age 11, as above
", Rosetta, female, age 9, as above
", Esthmeldrah, female, age 8, as above
", Edward, male, age 6, as above
", Ruben, male, age 2, as above

page 38, family 130
Rowls, John, male, age 37, birthplace: England, Church of England, English, Farmer, married
", Martha, female, age 28, birhplace: Ireland, Church of England, Irish, married
", Thos. Henry, male, age 13, birthplace Ontario, single
", Grace, female, age 10, birthplace Ontario
", W. George, male, age 8, birthplace: Ontario
", Francis, male, age 6, Ontario
", John, male, age 3, Ontario
", Augustus, male, age, 4, Ontario
", Ed. Jo__?, male, age 8/12, (August), Ontario

page 38, family 132
Greenwood, Henry, male, age 42, birthplace: England, Ch of England, English, Farmer, married
", Rosetta, female, age 42, birthplace England, Ch. of England, English, married
", Richard, male, age 19. Ontario, Ch of England, single
", George, male, age 17, as obove
", Henry John, male, age 15, as above
", Grace, female, age 12, as above
", Rosetta, female, age 10, as above
", Isabella, female, age 8, as above
", Wm. D, male, age 6, as above
", Herbert, male, age 1?, as above

3 1881 census, Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario, National Archives of Canada, FHL Film 1375895 NAC C-13259 Dist 153 SubDist A Div 2. :
1881 Census Place:Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario, Canada
Source:FHL Film 1375895 NAC C-13259 Dist 153 SubDist A Div 2 Page 41 Family 165
SexMarrAgeOriginBirthplace
Grace ROLLSFW83EnglishEngland
Religion:Church of England
Maryann PORTUSF33EnglishOntario
Religion:P Methodist
______________________________________________

1881 Census Place:Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario, Canada
Source:FHL Film 1375895 NAC C-13259 Dist 153 SubDist A Div 2 Page 40 Family 160

SexMarrAgeOriginBirthplace

Richard ROLLSMM51EnglishEngland
Occ:FarmerReligion:Church of England
Hanah ROLLSFM43EnglishOntario
Religion:C. Methodist
John ROLLSM22EnglishOntario
Occ:FarmerReligion:C. Methodist
Margret ROLLSF20EnglishOntario
Religion:C. Methodist
Marshal ROLLSM18EnglishOntario
Religion:C. Methodist
Rosetta ROLLSF16EnglishOntario
Religion:C. Methodist
Ella ROLLSF14EnglishOntario
Religion:C. Methodist
Reuben ROLLSM11EnglishOntario
Religion:C. Methodist
Richard ROLLSM8EnglishOntario
Religion:C. Methodist
____________________________________
1881, Census Place:Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario, Canada
Source:FHL Film 1375895 NAC C-13259 Dist 153 SubDist A Div 2 Page 79 Family 340

SexMarrAgeOriginBirthplace

Thomas ROLLSMM49EnglishOntario
Occ:Hotell KeeperReligion:Church of England
Margert ROLLSFM40GermanUSA
Religion:Church of England
John ROLLSM24EnglishUSA
Occ:LabourerReligion:Church of England
Hellen ROLLSF14EnglishOntario
Religion:Church of England
Andrew ROLLSM12EnglishOntario
Religion:Church of England
Henery ROLLSM9EnglishOntario
Religion:Church of England
Mariah ROLLSF7EnglishOntario
Religion:Church of England
Wilsey ROLLSM5EnglishOntario
Religion:Church of England
Emma ROLLSF4EnglishOntario
Religion:Church of England
Bertha ROLLSF<1EnglishOntario
Religion:Church of England
Born:Jan; 5/12
_________________________________________
1881 Census Place:Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario, Canada
Source:FHL Film 1375895 NAC C-13259 Dist 153 SubDist A Div 2 Page 39 Family 159
SexMarrAgeOriginBirthplace

John ROLLSMM40EnglishEngland
Occ:FarmerReligion:Church of England
Martha ROLLSFM41IrishIreland
Religion:Church of England
Thomas H ROLLSM23EnglishOntario
Occ:FarmerReligion:Church of England
George ROLLSM19EnglishOntario
Occ:Farmer SonReligion:Church of England
Francis ROLLSM17EnglishOntario
Occ:Farmer SonReligion:Church of England
James ROLLSM15EnglishOntario
Occ:Farmer SonReligion:Church of England
John W ROLLSM11EnglishOntario
Religion:Church of England
Edman ROLLSM9EnglishOntario
Religion:Church of England
Martha Ann ROLLSF7EnglishOntario
Religion:Church of England
Mark ROLLSM2EnglishOntario
Religion:Church of England
__________________________________
1881 Census Place:Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario, Canada
Source:FHL Film 1375895 NAC C-13259 Dist 153 SubDist A Div 1 Page 88 Family 379
SexMarrAgeOriginBirthplace

George ROLLSMM40EnglishO <Ontario>
Occ:Hotel KeeperReligion:Church of England
Mary ROLLSFM32EnglishO <Ontario>
Religion:Church of England
Wesley ROLLSM11EnglishO <Ontario>
Occ:StudentReligion:Church of England
Eda ROLLSF<1EnglishO <Ontario>
Religion:Church of England
Born:Aug; 7/12

4 Rowles- Greenwood, marriage registration, 1879, Ontario Archives. :
notes by Barbara Sniffen re the marriage registration of Mark Rowles and Margaret Ann (Winch) Greenwood.
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 born 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, Twp. 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.

1879 Marriage Registration Number 10934

His Name: J. Mark Rowles
Age: 42 Years
Residence when Married: County of Wellington
Place of Birth: Somersetshire England
Bachelor or Widower: B
Rank or Profession: Miner
Names of Parents: John Rowles
Grace Lee
Her Name: Margaret Ann Greenwood
Age: 36
Residence when Married: Tp. of Wellesley
Place of Birth: East Gwillimbury Canada
Spinster or Widow: W
Names of Parents: Samuel Winch
Elizabeth Fountain
Names and residences of Witnesses: John Martz
& Isabella Greenwood
Of the Tp. of Wellesley
Date and place of Marriage: 17 Mar 1879
At the Township of Wellesley
Religious Denomination of Bridegroom: Church of England
Religious Denomination of Bride: Methodist
By Whom Married: Rev. Walton Preston
Minister of Methodist Church
By License or Ban: L
Registered 29 May 1879

5 1861 census, Maryborough, Wellington N, On, National Archives of Canada, 1861 census, film C-1083, Maryborough, Wellington, On. division 1.

6 1871 census, Maryborough twp, Wellington N, On, National Archives of Canada, 1871 census, film C-9948, Maryborough divison A-1, Wellington N. Ontario.

7 1881 census, Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario, National Archives of Canada, FHL Film 1375895 NAC C-13259 Dist 153 SubDist A Div 2.

8 1851 census, twp of Maryborough, Canada West. :
page 1, line 29
John Roles, Farmer, England, Ch of England, age 50, male
Grace Roles, England, Ch of England, age 51, female
John Roles, England, Ch of England, age 20, male
Mark Roles ", ", age 19, male
Thos Roles, ", ", age 18, male
George Roles, ", ", age 17, male
Reuben N? Roles, ", ", age 14, male
Albert Roles, ", ". age 8 , male
Theodore Roles, ", ", age 6, male

page 11, line 21,
Wm Greenwood, Farmer, England, Ch of England, age 28
Isabelle Greenwood, Scotland, Presbyterian, age 30, female
Margrite Greenwood, Canada, Presbyterian, age 1, female
Elizabeth Greenwood, Canad, Presbyterian, age 6, female


page 11, line 26
Herbert Rooles, Farmer, England, Ch of England, age 26, male
Caroline Rooles, Canada, Ch of England, age 17, female



Attached are the 1851 Census Documents for John & Grace Rolls that list
most of the kids with them, except for Richard, Herbert and Rosetta.

The 2nd Document, named Herbert Rolls, has him and his wife, living near
Henry & Rosetta (Rolls) Greenwood, William & Isabella (Anderson) Greenwood
and David & Jane (Greenwood) Potter (spelled Potis on the Census), and
their famlies. Henry, William and Jane are George Greenwood's Brothers
and Sister.

Seems as though most of the famlies were living in Maryborough Township at
the time of the Census.

I have not found Richard and Hannah (Winch) Rolls yet in 1851. I am still
working on that one. There is a Richard Rawles, but it is just the
Agricultural Census, and no real data. Have some more digging to do.

Hope this helps.

Kevin Hackett, May 5, 2007

9 Rolls, Mrs Grace Lee, obituary, 1896, Listowel Banner, July 9, 1896. :
A Centenarian Pioneer
At the residence of her son, Mr. T. H. Rolls at the Grand Central Hotel. Listowel on Thursday evening last. The 9^th inst., Grace Rolls, died at the patriarchal age of100 years and 8 months. Since the death of her husband 19 years ago. Mrs. Rolls has lived for the most part with her son Richard in Maryboro, spending, however, most of the past winter with Theodore in town. She as during all her long life enjoyed remarkably good health and was active and able to be about almost until the day of her death. For her great age she was a remarkably young looking woman fresh and smart, and did not look to be more than 60 or 70 years old. The history of her life covers the period of the pioneer days of more than one section of Ontario. Her family were the first settlers in the township of Maryboro and four of her sons own farms at the present time in the township. The deceased Grace Lee, was born in Sommersetshire, England on the 22^nd day of December 1795. She was married to John Rolls who was a farmer and a native of the same shire. Five of their nine children were born in England and all survive except one son. Mark the eldest son is 78 and is living at Dunseith, Dakota. And although he himself has gone nearly ten years beyond the three score and ten, he is still young looking and an active man. He wrote a letter to his mother which she received a few days before her death in which he enclosed a lock of his hair. showing that he has not yet a gray hair in his head. The next child was the only daughter of the family, Rosetta, Mrs. Henry Greenwood of Moorefield, Ont. The next three son's, Herbert of Moorefield, and Richard and John are well know farmers in the township of Maryboro. Thomas was the first son born after the family emigrated to Canada, 58 years ago, was born near Aurora in the county of York, where the family first settled. He is at present living in Calgary, N.W.T.. The next son, George, is living in Michigan, the next son was Reuben, deceased, then Albert, a farmer living on the 6^th line Maryboro, and the youngest son Theodore H. of the Grand Central, Listowel,. The family moved up to Maryboro 48 years ago and homesteaded the first lot on the 4^th line of Maryboro, then on the edge of the wilderness. The farm lies on the banks of the Conestoga and in those days both that river and the spring creek were well stocked with trout, and the boys well recollect many a fine string of trout they pulled from their clear waters in the early days. They sold this farm to Aschel Edmunds and bought a farm four miles further up the fourth, owned now by Wm. Cherry. The sons afterwards purchased farms of their own in the township and after the death of her husband in 1877 the old lady kept house on the homestead for some six years. To the last her hearing and sight were good and only the day before her death was talking about the old times in England and in Canada. The funeral took place on Saturday morning last and the remains were interred by the side of her deceased husband at Hollen, six of her grandsons were pall bearers. They were ---- Greenwood, Albert Rolls, --- Rolls, Frances Rolls, Reuben Rolls, Johnson W. Rolls. The service was conducted by the Rev. W. Cooper. Before her death there were five generations of her family, children, grandchildren great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, there are over------ in all living. The deceased was an adherent of the Church of England in religion and was of and amiable and industrious character. She belonged to an era long since gone a link connecting the present with the past. She was a grown woman before there was a railway built in the country and was a grandmother before era of trains with its telegraphs, telephones, and automobile power and after coming to Canada she witnessed one of the most remarkable transformations in the history of any country, the turning of a wilderness into a land of fields, substantial residences----populations, towns.
Listowel Banner July 9, 1896

[Unfortunately parts of this obituary is not completely legible , due to the fact it is next to the binding and not completely visible on microfilm shown with dashes above.]

10 Rolls, Mrs Grace Lee, obituary, 1896, Listowel Banner, July 9, 1896.

11 Rowles- Greenwood, marriage registration, 1879, Ontario Archives.

12 1851 census, twp of Maryborough, Canada West.

13 Rowles, John, death registration, 1877, Maryborough, Wellington, Ontario. :
Schedule C, Deaths, page 59
County of Wellington, Division of Maryborough
Name of deceased: Roles, John
When died: 8th August 1877
Sex: Male
Age : 80 years
Profession: Farmer
Where born: England
Cause of death: Diarreha, 2 days
Physician: Dr. Mandesley
Informant: Rev Wm Snell, Maryborough
When registered: 17 August, 1877
Religious denomination: Church of England
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