George ROWLES

Abt 1790 - 1862  (72 years)

• Name	George ROWLES  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1790	Clonteen, Doon, Limerick, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1862	Chester, Dodge County, Wisconsin   [1]
  Burial	Springvale Cemetery, Dodge Co., Wisconsin   [1]
  Notes	Excerpt from "Descendants of George Rowles" by Ann Moloney Lamb: George Rowles and Sarah Griffin came to America from the townland of Cloonteen which was located at that time in the civil parish of Doon, which lies in the northeast corner of County Limerick, Ireland, right next to the Tipperary border...... George and Sarah came on a Norwegian ship from Dublin to New York in the fall of 1852 with their son John and daughter Margaret, and joined their sons Luke and George who had come there earlier with their wives. They were living and working on farms in Easton township, Washington County, which lies along the Hudson River near to the town of Schuylerville and about 35 miles north of Albany. Sarah died about three months after they arrived and in buried near some friends who also came from Cappamore with her. The rest of the Rowles family lived in New York about three and half years more before moving to Waupun, Wisconsin in about early 1856. Only one Rowles family was left in Doon after they left, that of Michael Rowles and his wife Bridget Ryan. Michael and Bridget had 7 children between 1845 and 1861, named William, Edward, John, Mary, Alice, George and Bridget but since the family did not emigrate with the others and cannot be traced, we have no idea what became of them. All of Rowles family moved to Wisconsin, probably at or near the same time. The most likely route would have been west along the Erie Canal from Albany to Buffalo. The Canal was built in about 1825 under Governor DeWitt Clinton and was called familiarly "Clinton's Ditch". From Burfalo they probably went by boat through the Great Lakes to Wisconsin. [1]
  Person ID	I47482	Main Tree
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2013

  
  

  Family	Sarah GRIFFIN,   b. Abt 1795, Doon, Limerick, Ireland d. Abt Sep 1852, Easton, Washington County, New York (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1814  [1]
  Children	1. George R. ROWLES,   b. Feb 1823, Cloonteen, Doon, Limerick, Ireland d. 04 Mar 1911, Belle Creek, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 88 years)  [Natural]   2. Margaret ROWLES,   b. Apr 1832, Cloonteen, Cappamore County, Limerick, Ireland d. 17 Oct 1902, Waupun, Dodge County, Wisconsin (Age 70 years)   3. John ROWLES,   b. 24 Jun 1831, Cloonteen, Cappamore County, Limerick, Ireland d. 08 May 1908, Belle Creek, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 76 years)  [Birth]   4. Luke ROWLES,   b. 10 May 1815, County Limerick, Ireland d. 16 Nov 1884, Chester, Dodge County, Wisconsin (Age 69 years)   5. Mary ROWLES,   b. Abt 1815, Cloonteen, Cappamore, Co. Limerick,Ireland d. 27 Jul 1898, Waupun, Fond Du Lac County,Wisconsin (Age 83 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F17962	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1790 - Clonteen, Doon, Limerick, Ireland Death - 1862 - Chester, Dodge County, Wisconsin Burial - - Springvale Cemetery, Dodge Co., Wisconsin  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S00024] "Descendants of George Rowles" by Ann Moloney Lamb.