Emma (Amy)

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• Name	Emma (Amy)
  Gender	Female
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I457	Rowsell-Anstey
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2023

  
  

  Family	John Joseph Rowsell,   b. 1773, Change Islands, Nfld. d. 4 Nov 1861, Leading Tickles, Nfld. (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	8 Sep 1798  [1]
  Children	1. Thomas Rowsell,   b. 31 Oct 1799   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Jane Rowsell,   b. 24 Feb 1801   d. Yes, date unknown   3. George Rowsell,   b. 26 Nov 1802   d. Yes, date unknown   4. John Rowsell,   b. 16 Mar 1805   d. Yes, date unknown   5. William R. Rowsell,   b. 31 Dec 1806, Hall's Bay, Nfld. d. 17 Apr 1893, Leading Tickles, Nfld. (Age 86 years)   6. Joseph Rowsell,   b. 18 Jan 1808   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Mary Rowsell,   b. 28 Feb 1811   d. 1817 (Age 5 years)   8. Henry Rowsell,   b. 8 Jul 1813   d. Yes, date unknown   9. James Rowsell,   b. 8 Jul 1813   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Sarah Rowsell,   b. 13 Jul 1816   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Mary Rowsell,   b. 14 Oct 1818   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  BW: Another Emma Rowsell bc 1844 married Albert Forsey in 1870. Her parents are unknown. She did name two sons John and Mark though. There have been undocumented reports that Emma, also known as Amy, was dark-skinned. Perhaps Beothuk. Some say a "negro" woman may have arrived from England. Erin Carver (in group Rowsells of Newfoundland on Facebook) wrote Dec 2021: 5th great grandmother was Emma aka Amy (negro born 1779 in Leading Tickles, Nfld) married John Rowsell Sr (born 1776 in South Brook, Nfld). Their son John Rowsell Jr married Ann Ryan. Their son John Rowsell married Agnes Smith. Their son Absolom Rowsell married Elizabeth Gardiner. Their daughter Ceceilia Rowsell married James O'Neill. Their daughter Margaret O'Neill married James Power. We want to know who Emma aka Amy was. There are no records of her last name or heritage other than she was born in 1779 in Leading Tickles. The assumption is she was Indigenous (called negro at the time). A notebook of Reginald Rowsell has a note that John Rowsell married Emma Ball. That John died in 1850. Their sons were Robert, Ed, Simeon [spelling?] and William.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Lloyd Rowsell's Bible.