Original author Tedd Rowley
and wife Anita 
Cherry Valley, California
March, 1996

Cherry Valley, CA.

Original Author of this website and of Jonathan Rowley, Jr. Revisited: The Mott Connection, The Mayflower Quarterly Vol. 63 No. 1, February 1997, pp. 58-62.  

Theodore Weber Rowley
 (24 Feb 1926 - 1 July 2001)


Life’s race well run,
Life’s work well done,
Life’s victory won,
Now cometh rest.

In gratitude for Tedd's contribution to Rowley Genealogy, I offer this poem in memory of Tedd.  It was originally written as the funeral ode for James A. Garfield by Dr Edward H. Parker (1823-1898)

(published by John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919)

Tedd's Credo

To all who may visit this site, whether you be just curious or a serious researcher, I want you to feel that this site is yours to be made use of. A few years back Ernie Spencer published The Rowley Researcher which I found to be very helpful, and others I have referred to him found it and him likewise in filling a real void in the research of our family name. In some small way I hope this can become a cyber version of that bulletin.

Over the years I have collected information along the way and what I have I will share. In addition to straight genealogical data, I hope to publish online stories and data from time to time to "flesh out" those pioneer ancestors of ours. They lived in very exciting times as any of you who have followed the migratory travels of our gr-gr grandparents well know. We, too, are living in exciting times. Computers first, then the internet and the web. . . What tools we have for expanding our genealogical horizons!

I sincerely believe the instant communications and the ability to store vast amounts of information are going to eventually do the trick. It will only work, however, if we continue our research and share the results. Someone, someplace out there knows the answers to the Zelma Rowleys and the Ann and Deborah Fuller Rowleys and the Jabez Rowleys and the James Norfleet Rowleys and the William Henry Rowleys and all the rest. Maybe it's only a clue here and a hint there. Let's put them together, and as a group do what one single person cannot.

 You, too, can help in our effort. There are a number of people who have volunteered to help in one way or another, but there is always room for more hands. The more that participate, the greater the volume of source data will go online.

What do we need? If there is anyone out there who can help with the HTML portion of creating the online documents, they are sorely needed. Not necessarily experts, but someone who can do some formatting. It can be integrated and checked later, but to get it going would be a big help. The gathering of the source documents and getting them to me or to someone else to work on is another task. Until copyright problems are ironed out, only documents from the turn of the century or before are free from potential legal problems. However, source data from court houses and city, county and state offices do not pose a problem. Abstracting of deeds and pension files is another major task. 

That's what this forum is for. I want this to be a clearing house of Rowley information. I can't do it all myself. I will put online what I have, but it is going to be up to you to fill in where I fall short. Send me your family charts bringing the families into the twentieth century. Send me your stories and poems. Even photos. I'm putting everything I find into a database, whether connected or not. For my part, in addition to the thrill of helping someone find a thread, I hope there will be some fallout that will answer some of my vexing questions, too.  Oh, and please be patient!  This work progresses slowly.  Your submissions may not appear immediately, but they all go into the agenda.

To all of you that have allowed your name to be set up as researchers and have listed queries, I thank you. And those who have submitted genealogies, I thank you, thank you.


Tedd Rowley



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