Rowley-Family Archived Messages

 (March 2002)

Date:                         March 13
Contact Full Name: Lewis Townsend
Contact Email:        

Message:
Interested in Rowley in Idaho married to Townsend who came from SD.
I see ID census pages for 1870 and would like to see possible connection.

Thanks
Lew

From: Judy Bramlage
To: Lewis Townsend

With so little information, it is difficult to respond. What were the Rowley and Townsend first names and what dates?

1. In 1880 Idaho census (Township 40, Nez Perce), Emma Rowley is the stepdaughter of Hezekiah Townsend. That implies that his wife Rachael (from NY) was first married to a Rowley prior to her marriage to Townsend. Emma was born in WI.

2. a Joan Townsend is referenced in the database provided to me by the late Tedd Rowley from his research. I suspect that she was connected with a Rowley or with Tedd's mother's family and isn't now only because of a database error. The reference associated with her says "Joseph Brown Turner Genealogical Collection on LDS Film 0006,284 under "Hanson."" I have no other information concerned with her.

So I'm sorry, but I have no information to help you.

Judy

To:     Judy Bramlage
From: Lewis Townsend

Judy

Your 1. is my line. Hezekiah is my gggrandfather and Rachel Rowley is his third wife (I descend from the first wife).. She was apparently a Philips from NY and a widow in Union Co., SD. Emma is a step-daughter and there are a couple of other Rowley boys.

I'll include what I have from my FTM file at the bottom. Much of the Rowley and Philips information that I have I stubbled onto from others. But I would be interested in finding descendants of Rowleys and Townsends, particularly since when Hezekiah and Rachel went west from SD it was with his, hers and their children. That is with some of the children from Hezekiah's second marriage and one from his first spent time in ID with the others.

Joan Townsend rings no bells, but I'll try and track that source you mention.

I do have a Luther Burton Townsend a Hezekiah son from 2nd that went to ID and OR and I've now found he died in Gilliam Co OR, but have no other information.

How large is your Rowley Society? I'm President of the Townsend Society of American with 550 members at www.townsendsociety.org

Thanks
Lew

Descendants of ? Phillips

Generation No. 1

1. ?1 PHILLIPS

Children of ? PHILLIPS are:

2. i. RACHEL JANETTE2 PHILLIPS, b. December 26, 1831, Fabius, Onondaga Co., NY; d. June 29, 1926, Moscow, Latah Co., ID.

ii. JAMES W. PHILLIPS, b. October 16, 1827, near Syracuse, NY; d. Aft. October 17, 1917.

Generation No. 2

2. RACHEL JANETTE2 PHILLIPS 1,2,3 was born December 26, 1831 in Fabius, Onondaga Co., NY, and died June 29, 1926 in Moscow, Latah Co., ID. She married (1) ? ROWLEY. She married (2) HEZEKIAH TOWNSEND4,5 May 12, 1869 in Elk Point, Union Co., South Dakota, son of ELIJAH TOWNSEND and SALLY GORE. He was born July 02, 1818 in Penn Yan, Yates Co., New York, and died March 30, 1904 in Elk Point, Union Co., South Dakota.

Notes for RACHEL JANETTE PHILLIPS:
Listed in 1900 census as divorced and 1910 as widow. Hezekiah had returned to SD by 1900 and died in 1903.
Burial: Moscow Idaho Cemetery, Old Section, block 7, row 1
Census: 1910 Census in household of daughter Emma Edmondson
Fact: Widow of Rowley
Occupation: School Teacher

Notes for HEZEKIAH TOWNSEND:
Sorting out Hezekiah's travel and children. Last update March 2002
Travel
1847 - Bradford Co., PA (Bryron born)
1850 Bradford Co., PA census with second wife and first child by her.
Child born PA 1851, one NY 1854 (error?), one PA 1857 Wisconsin
1859 - Steele Co., Minnesota - Owatonna sawmill
1861 - child born MN
1862 - Elk Point, South Dakota
1866 - child born SD
1875- Oregon, Idaho, Washington
Returns to Elk Point, Union Co., SD leaving 3rd wife and several children and step children in ID.
1904 - Dies and is buried in Elk Point

(Original information from Ida Townsend's notebooks inherited by Lewis Townsend; Then data from Betty Young Heinrichs including full Pond family history; Hezekiah's obit; Byron's obit; Lewis Townsend has copies of military and pension records.)

Children
Children 1-4 first wife Sally Struble, 5-14 second wife, Mary Jane Randolph, and 15 third wife Rachel Philips Rowley

Sally Struble

1 Alvin Henry, nothing known about him

2 Orpha Ann, looking into possibility that she went to CA (Diane Pierson)

3 Alice Priscilla, listed as Priscilla in 1850 census twice, second time living with aunt (mothers sister md to Merrill), md E. Prynne, Volmer (now Troy), Idaho died after 1904, descendant contact Diane Pierson

4 Byron, Lewis Townsend's great grandfather

Mary Jane Randolph

5 Charles Elmer, nothing known

6 Sally Ann, married Parker, York, Nebraska, see TSA Spring/Summer 1990 newsletter page 3, Beck

7 Pluma Adell (Dell) married Pond, Elk Point and Hot Springs, SD, Lewis Townsend in contact with 2 descendents, Betty Young Hendricks and Erin Bartlett.

8 Luther Burt, nothing known, note born in PA. Did family return from WI or is PA an error?

9 Matilda (Tillie), married Rodinett, Creswell, Oregon

10 Emma Jane (Jenny), Moscow, Idaho, md Charles Towne, Lewis Townsend in contact with descendent Harold Steinhoff in January 1999

11 Mary (Mae), Spokane, Washington married Sutherland

Rachel Phillips Rowley

12 Nancy, nothing known

13 Emma Janet Rowley, daughter of Rachel Phillips Rowley a widow, who also has two other children not in the Townsend household

Clarence and Milo, nothing known, Note born in Wisconsin, Whose children are these? Did Samuel Gore Townsend have two wifes and these are his children who stayed with Hezekiah when S. G. return to PA?

More About HEZEKIAH TOWNSEND:
Burial: Elk Point Cemetery, Elk Point, Union Co., SD
Census: 1860 census has Hanna age 9 born NY in household
Children: William Joiner's March 6, 1991 letter mentions Alice
Military service: Was in Indian War, Capt. Tripps Co B, First Dakota Calvary
Occupation: Farmer

More About HEZEKIAH TOWNSEND and RACHEL PHILLIPS:
Marriage: May 12, 1869, Elk Point, Union Co., South Dakota

i. CLARENCE3 ROWLEY, b. 1855, WI or NY.

ii. CHARLES MILO ROWLEY, b. 1856, WI or NY; m. ELLA A. BEALS, January 01, 1885, Nez Perce Co., ID.

Children of RACHEL PHILLIPS and HEZEKIAH TOWNSEND are:

3. iii. EMMA JANET3 ROWLEY, b. December 10, 1858, NY; d. June 20, 1930, Moscow, Latah Co., ID.

iv. NANCY TOWNSEND, b. 1869; d. Bef. 1880. And appeared on 1870 SD census

Generation No. 3

3. EMMA JANET3 ROWLEY (RACHEL JANETTE2 PHILLIPS, ?1) was born December 10, 1858 in NY, and died June 20, 1930 in Moscow, Latah Co., ID. She married (1) THOMAS S. EDMUNDSON Abt. 1885. He was born November 03, 1854, and died August 09, 1898 in Moscow, Latah Co., ID. She married (2) CARLOS CLEVELAND CALL June 03, 1903 in Lewiston, Nez Perce, ID6.

More About EMMA JANET ROWLEY:
Date born 2: Daughter of Rachel Phillips from marriage to Rowley
Burial: Moscow Cemetery, Blk 7, Old Section
Census: In SD 1870, in Latah Co., ID 1910
Name (Facts Pg): Emma Jane per record of second marriage

Children of EMMA ROWLEY and THOMAS EDMUNDSON are:

i. CLARENCE L.4 EDMUNDSON, b. August 1886, ID; Stepchild.

4. ii. WILBUR CLIFFORD EDMUNDSON, b. June 1888; Stepchild.

iii. EMMA WINIFRED EDMUNDSON, b. January 1895; Stepchild.

More About EMMA WINIFRED EDMUNDSON:
Name (Facts Pg): Winifred in 1910 Census Latah Co., ID
Occupation: English teacher

Generation No. 4

4. WILBUR CLIFFORD4 EDMUNDSON (EMMA JANET3 ROWLEY, RACHEL JANETTE2 PHILLIPS, ?1) was born June 1888. He married ALTA ?.
Name (Facts Pg): Clifford in 1910 Census Latah Co., ID

Child of WILBUR EDMUNDSON and ALTA ? is:
i. WILBUR WINFIELD5 EDMUNDSON, d. March 10, 1916.

Endnotes
1. Census 1880, Nez Perce Co., Twp Forty,, p. 594 (321, 321) 22 June.
2. Ida Townsend notebooks.
3. Census 1900 Latah Co., ID, 205 B 69-73, 6 June.
4. Ida Townsend note books.
5. Letter Bill Joiner to Martha Burke April 16, 1987.
6. Ricks College, Family History Center, Vital Records volume 2, page 315.

Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 07:28:36 -0500
From: Judy Bramlage
To: Rowley List

Shows what can come of such in innocuous message. His #1 refers to my message. He added additional information on the connection along with sources. I'll post as soon on the website as soon as I can.

Hm. reminds me that the queries aren't being posted. Anyone want to volunteer to convert them to HTML so I can get them up?

Judy

Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 13:35:44 -0500
To: Lewis Townsend

We don't have a society per se.. I inherited the Rowley website and files from Tedd Rowley who died recently (we shared an ancestor... 13 generations back). Tedd had received the original set from Ernie Spencer who did much of the original research work.

Ernie started by collecting all ROWLEY data in New York and expanded from there in trying to identify his ancestors. He identified them by immigrant ancestor and organized them by 'branches'... hence our numbering system. Each group gets a branch and each branch is designated by their relationship to the immigrant. The immigrant is assigned BR#-1.01 and his children are numbered as generation two. So one might be 1-2.003. Full explanation.

I did find a few other relevant Townsends that might help me with identifications. It seems your Townsends kept rooming houses or hotels where my Rowleys were caught on the censuses. Easiest way to find them is to go to the search screen and enter TOWNSEND. Response will be a list of all files containing TOWNSEND on the site.  As soon as I figure out who the people are, I enter their 'Spencer number' on the data sheet.

1. Albert Rowley was on the 1850 census in Greece, Monroe Co, NY in the household of Jesse Townsend, pedler

2. Emma Rowley is a domestic in the household of George and Charlotte Townsend in Solon, Cortland Co., NY in 1860

3. Edward Rowley from VT is in the household of Henry C and Jennie Townsend (she from VT) in Bluffton, Wells, IN in 1880

So ... another three 'odd and ends" connections. Thank you very much for what you provided and thanks for listening..

Judy (..Rowley) Bramlage
 

From: "Lewis Townsend"
To: "Judy Bramlage"
References: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

Summary: descendants of ? Rowley

1. ?1 ROWLEY He married RACHEL JANETTE PHILLIPS1,2,3, daughter of ? PHILLIPS. She was born December 26, 1831 in Fabius, Onondaga Co., NY, and died June 29, 1926 in Moscow, Latah Co., ID.

Notes for RACHEL JANETTE PHILLIPS:
Listed in 1900 census as divorced and 1910 as widow. Hezekiah had returned to SD by 1900 and died in 1903.
Burial: Moscow Idaho Cemetery, Old Section, block 7, row 1
Census: 1910 Census in household of daughter Emma Edmondson
Fact: Widow of Rowley
Occupation: School Teacher

Children of ? ROWLEY and RACHEL PHILLIPS are:

i. CLARENCE2 ROWLEY, b. 1855, WI or NY.

ii. CHARLES MILO ROWLEY, b. 1856, WI or NY; m. ELLA A. BEALS, January 01, 1885, Nez Perce Co., ID.

Endnotes
1. Census 1880, Nez Perce Co., Twp Forty, p. 594 (321, 321) 22 June.
2. Ida Townsend notebooks.
3. Census 1900 Latah Co., ID, 205 B 69-73, 6 June.

Judy
A very interesting website and approach. I've shared with a couple of others for ideas.

Thanks
lew

From: "Lewis Townsend"

Per this census looks like Rachel and 3 brothers? and two children, but note one year old is Phillips but later is Rowley.

Rachel would be in Union Co SD 1870 census

And I have an apparent older brother for Rachel in my DB.

Lew