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ROWLEY, Mary Ann Caroline
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Name ROWLEY, Mary Ann Caroline Birth 1819 Staffordshire, England
Christening 3 Oct 1819 Staffordshire, England
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
(Age 75 years) Relationship natural Mother .........., Sarah, b. Abt 1776 d. 1835, Walsall, Staffordshire
(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
(Age 74 years) Marriage 14 Sep 1841 Walsall, Staffordshire
Children 1. DICKENSON, Rosa, b. 20 Sep 1842, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. DICKENSON, Caroline, b. 29 Apr 1844, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
d. Yes, date unknown3. DICKENSON, Henry, b. 24 Jan 1846, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
d. Yes, date unknown4. DICKENSON, John Henry, b. 11 Sep 1848, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
d. 6 May 1930, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
(Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1536 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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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)

