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ROWLEY, Mary Ann Caroline

ROWLEY, Mary Ann Caroline

Female 1819 - Yes, date unknown   Has 2 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name ROWLEY, Mary Ann Caroline 
    Birth 1819  Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 3 Oct 1819  Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I3074  Edgoose
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Father ROWLEY, Thomas,   b. Between 1770 and 1771   d. 1845, Walsall, Staffordshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother .........., Sarah,   b. Abt 1776   d. 1835, Walsall, Staffordshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Bef 1795 
    Family ID F255  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family DICKENSON, Henry,   b. 1802   d. 29 Oct 1876, Lahaina, Hawaii Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 14 Sep 1841  Walsall, Staffordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. DICKENSON, Rosa,   b. 20 Sep 1842, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. DICKENSON, Caroline,   b. 29 Apr 1844, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. DICKENSON, Henry,   b. 24 Jan 1846, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. DICKENSON, John Henry,   b. 11 Sep 1848, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1930, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1536  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

  • Notes 

    • MARY ANN CAROLINE ROWLEY 1819-

      Mary Ann Caroline, daughter of Thomas and Sarah ROWLEY, was baptised at the Wesleyan Chapel, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, on 3 October 1819.

      From the 1841 census returns for Stafford Street, Walsall, Staffordshire:
      Thomas ROWLEY, aged 70, saddlers' ironmonger, not born in Staffordshire;
      George ROWLEY, aged 30, cl., born in Staffordshire;
      Eliza ROWLEY, aged 25, born in Staffordshire;
      Charlotte ROWLEY, aged 25, born in Staffordshire;
      *Mary ROWLEY, aged 20, born in Staffordshire;
      Jesse EDGOOSE, aged 25, Wesleyan minister, not born in Staffordshire;
      Christiana HATTON, aged 15, female servant, not born in Staffordshire.
      (HO107/983/13/9/11)

      The marriages of Charlotte ROWLEY to John DICKENSON and Mary Ann Caroline ROWLEY to Henry DICKENSON were registered in 1841.
      (GRO September Q 1841 Walsall 17 220)

      Mary Ann Caroline ROWLEY married Henry DICKENSON at St. Matthew's Church, Walsall, Staffordshire, on 14 September 1841. Henry DICKENSON was a Walsall bachelor of full age, a merchant, and son of Henry DICKENSON, a factor. Mary Ann Caroline ROWLEY was described as a Walsall spinster of full age and daughter of Thomas ROWLEY, a factor.
      Witnesses were Thos. ROWLEY and Charlotte ROWLEY.
      (GRO September Q 1841 Walsall 17 220)

      They arrived in Tasmania at some time between their marriage at Walsall in September 1841 and the birth of their first child Rosa in 1842.

      An Index to the Will of Thomas ROWLEY (circa 1770-1845), gentleman, made on 4 April 1843. Probate was granted at London on 9 July 1845.
      01*Thomas ROWLEY, the Testator
      Beneficiaries:
      02 Patience Sarah DUNNING, daughter of the Testator
      03*Mary Ann Caroline DICKENSON, daughter of the Testator, wife of Henry DICKENSON.
      04 Henry DICKENSON, joint executor
      05 Charlotte DICKENSON, daughter of the Testator, wife of John DICKENSON.
      06 John DICKENSON, joint executor
      07 Eliza EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator, wife of the Reverend Jesse EDGOOSE
      08 Reverend Jesse EDGOOSE, joint executor
      09 William ROWLEY, son of the Testator
      10 Thomas ROWLEY, son of the Testator
      11 George ROWLEY, son of the Testator
      Others:
      12 William TOTTY, tenant
      13 LEADBEATER, tenant
      14 COX, tenant
      15 OSBOURN, tenant
      16 WEBSTER, tenant
      17 BLACKAMORE, tenant
      18 HOROBRIDGE, tenant
      19 ALLEN, tenant
      20 HUNNE, tenant
      21 WILKINSON, tenant
      22 George GALLOWAY, joint executor, gentleman, of Edmonton, London.
      23 Saml. WILKINSON, clerk to Mr. FORSTER, solicitor, Walsall
      24 Thomas MARLOW, clerk to Mr. FORSTER, solicitor, Walsall
      25 Mr. FORSTER, solicitor, Walsall.
      (Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will PROB 11/2021/0783)

      NOTES & QUERIES:
      WHEN and WHERE did Mary Ann Caroline DICKENSON formerly ROWLEY die?

      A Henry DICKENSON, labourer, died of natural causes at Launceston, Tasmania, on 14 July 1859 aged 68.
      (Tasmanian Archives RGD35/1/28 No. 439)

      A Mary DICKINSON [sic] widow married a mariner Stephen BOX at Melbourn Street, Hobarton, Tasmania, on 2 August 1864 by licence according to the rites of the Congregationalists. Both bride and groom were described as of full age. Witnesses were Mary Ann HIGGINS and H. ALLOTT.

      (revised 11.11.2019)