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Researching the Keweenaw Rowes is really confusing. For one thing, there is a lot of duplication of given names.
Can we compare Keweenaw Rowe notes to see if there is any connection?
I have been in contact with Mary Schwoppe (you may have seen her messages on MIHOUGHT) about her Rowe family in Allouez. I am writing you because of your remark in Ancestry.com about your grandfather being from Allouez. Was he a Rowe?
Well, this is what Mary has written:
"My grandmother, MARY ELEANOR ROWE , was born in Allouez to JOHN (a miner
born in England) and MARY ROWE born England) on October 20, 1880. Her
father, John, died (young) in a mining accident, (that is why I was so
excited to find Accident No: 23-1894) and her mother also died (I think)
before my grandmother was married on Christmas day 1900 to DR. (DDS) JAMES
R. WATSON. My grandmother had two sisters (no brothers) who died of TB at a
young age. One of her sisters was NELLIE ROWE, who died at 18 years of age
of TB, at Osceola, 10/26/1901. She is buried in lot 20 at Lake View
Cemetery.
My grandmother raised the son of her other sister, his name was MELVIN ROWE,
and he died of TB in Calumet at age 22 on 08/18/1918, while a student at U
of M. so he was born in 1896, and he is buried in lot 21. . . .on the birth certificate names for Melvin Rowe...seems the sister must have married another Rowe...Father of Melvin was WM ROWE(teamster), mother listed Mary (I think they put my grandmother's name) and the birth was in Fulton, December 14, 1894.
In lot 20 and 21 there are 8 other Rowes buried, besides Nellie and Melvin.
I assume they are all relatives, but I do not know any of the
relationships....none seem to be my missing great grandfather or great
grandmother. Lot 20 was purchased by John Rowe, and Lot 21 was purchased by
Richard Rowe.
The other Rowes in the two cemetery lots are:
Mrs. Grace, 34 Tamarack, 1902
W. J., 1903
William J., 79 Allouez, 1915
Mrs. Annie, 73, Laurium, 1940
Henry C, 61, 1928
James, 66 Mohawk, 1936
Richard, 1901
Richard, Laurium, 1917"
(The above is the family of my ggg-uncle William John Rowe, except for the two Richards--I don't know who they are. And I don't know how William J. would be would be related to Mary's Rowes. I thought I had accounted for all the Rowe from my family when they emigrated from England.)
She continues:
"I have my mother's marriage ( 1932) newspaper articles from the Calumet
papers and "The bride's aunt, MRS. JAMES ROWE, played the piano." I also
know that a related Rowe was on the staff or faculty of MTU at Houghton in
the 1950's, my sister-in-law met him and his wife but remembers nothing
more."
This is what I found on the 1880 census:
Rowe, John Head 37 England
" , Mary Ann Wife 26 "
" , John Son 7 Michigan
" , Jane Dau 3 "
" , Richard Son 1 "
Rowe, Jane Mother 58 England
So, this what I have put together on Mary Schwoppe's family in Allouez:
Descendants of John and Mary Rowe
1 John? Rowe (according to son's death record)
. +Jane b: Abt. 1822 in Cornwall, England
........ 2 John Rowe b: Abt. 1844 in Cornwall, England d: April 28, 1894 (mine accident) in Osceola, Houghton Co., Michigan
............ +Mary d: Bef. 1900
................... 3 John Rowe b: December 25, 1871 in Michigan d: November 13, 1894 in Houghton Co., Michigan
................... 3 Jane Rowe b: Abt. 1877 in Michigan
................... 3 Richard Rowe b: Abt. 1878 in Michigan
................... 3 Mary Eleanor Rowe b: October 20, 1880 in Clifton, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
................... 3 Nellie Rowe b: February 21, 1882 in Keweenaw Co., Michigan d. October 26, 1901 in Osceola, Houghton Co., Michigan
You mention that your grandfather came from Allouez. Was he a Rowe and does he fit in here any way?
You're probably wondering why I have been writing about Mary Schwoppe's Rowe. Below are my Keweenaw Rowes. The families of the afore-mentioned William John Rowe and his brother Henry (my gg-grandfather who is buried in Eagle River Cemetery). I am really confused as to why the Richards are in Wm. John's family's plot, and whether or not there is a connection between any or all these Keweenaw Rowe families. Do you have any info?
William John Rowe b: February 1836 in Marazion, Cornwall, England d: 1915 in Houghton Co., Michigan
+Grace Roskelly b: July 1834 in St. Keverne, Cornwall, England m: Bef. 1861 in Cornwall, England d: May 30, 1902 in Central Mine, Michigan
Elizabeth Rowe b: February 21, 1861 in Marazion, Cornwall, England d: August 16, 1946 in Keweenaw Co., Michigan
+Henry J. Richards b: 1858 m: May 21, 1879 in Keweenaw Co., Michigan d: Unknown
William John (Jr.) Rowe b: 1863 in Marazion, Cornwall, England d: May 28, 1903 in Keweenaw Co., Michigan
+Annie Ford b: 1866 in Tennessee m: 1895 d: 1940
Jane "Jennie" Rowe b: 1867 in Michigan d: Abt. 1921 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan?
+Charles H. Francis b: August 1861 in England m: November 05, 1882 in Central Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan d: Abt. 1938 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan?
Henery C. Rowe b: 1868 in Michigan d: November 08, 1928 in Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
James Rowe b: April 29, 1870 in Michigan d: December 24, 1936 in Keweenaw Co., Michigan
+Unknown
Henry Rowe b: June 03, 1839 in Marazion, Cornwall, England d: June 14, 1911 in Hancock, Michigan
+Mary Jane Arthur b: April 08, 1846 in St. Breock, Cornwall, England m: March 30, 1862 in Marazion, Cornwall, England d: May 03, 1883 in Central Mine, Michigan
William Henry Rowe b: October 22, 1863 in Marazion, Cornwall, England d: January 05, 1943 in Michigan
+Matilda Roberts b: June 21, 1866 in Central Mine, Michigan m: August 21, 1883 in CentralMine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan d: February 14, 1957 in Highland Park, Michigan
Eliza Jane Rowe b: 1866 in Cornwall, England d: February 08, 1940 in Ahmeek Mine, Michigan
+William Henry Collins b: 1863 in Cornwall, England m: October 18, 1884 in Central Mine, Michigan d: August 22, 1946 in Tamarack Mills, Michigan
John Rowe b: December 05, 1869 in Hibernia, Morris Co., New Jersey d: December 17, 1944 in Calumet, Michigan
+Mary Elizabeth (Lily) Thomas b: July 27, 1876 in Allouez, Michigan m: June 22, 1895 in Calumet , Michigan d: February 09, 1929 in Kearsarge, Michigan
Mary Ann Rowe b: November 29, 1874 in East Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey d: February 18, 1935
+William J. Bennetts b: 1873 in Central Mine, Michigan m: January 11, 1896 in Keweenaw Co., Michigan d: February 28, 1951 in Calumet , Michigan
Arthur Rowe b: June 25, 1880 in Central Mine, Michigan d: September 18, 1891 in Central Mine, Michigan
(girl) Rowe b/d?: April 26, 1883 in Central Mine, Michigan
*2nd Wife of Henry Rowe:
+Sarah Manley b: Abt. 1834 in England m: September 06, 1884 in Calumet , Michigan
*3rd Wife of Henry Rowe:
+Jane (Joanna?) Broad b: 1847 in Towednack?, Cornwall, England m: August 11, 1887 in Calumet , Michigan d: January 31, 1906 in Calumet Township, Houghton, Michigan
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