Walter Bernardo Rowsell

1897 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Walter Bernardo Rowsell
  Birth	21 Sep 1897	South West Arm, Nfld.   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I490	Rowsell-Anstey
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Israel Allen Rowsell,   b. 16 May 1869, Rowsell's Island, Nfld. d. Dec 1959 (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Frances Foster,   b. 20 Aug 1876, Shoe Cove, Nfld. d. 14 May 1945, Leading Tickles, Nfld. (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1895	Tilt Cove, Nfld.   [2]
  	Nov 14 1895 Israel A Rowsell, Tilt Cove & Frances Foster, Shoe Cove. At ? Tilt Cove, METH. W: Thomas W Penney, Amelia Boone. Source: Methodist Marriages Tilt Cove & vicinity August 1891 to Nov 1895, (complete) United Church Archives, Elizabeth Avenue, St John's (Aug 2001) (from original parish records)
  Family ID	F68	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Janet Park Wallace,   b. Apr 1895, Ayrshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Elizabeth Rowsell,   b. Oct 1920, Leading Tickles West, Nfld. d. Yes, date unknown   2. Frances G. Rowsell,   b. 1922   d. 2009 ?   3. George Rowsell   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Allan Rowsell   d. 1955 ?   5. Israel Allen Rowsell,   b. 1924   d. 1948 (Age 24 years)   6. Velma Irene Rowsell,   b. 1926   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2004

  
  

  Family 2	Jerrett   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2011

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Walter Bernardo Rowsell (left)
  		Walter Bernardo Rowsell
  		Walter Bernardo Rowsell & Janet Park Wallace - wedding

  
  

• Notes

  Diary of Arthur William Rowsell, entry for April 21, 1917, says that Walter Rowsell was killed in Action during World War I. A record was found at Rooms showing that Walter Bernardo Rowsell enlisted in the First Newfoundland Regiment on Aug 13, 1917, and reported his father was Israel Rowsell. He was 19 years 8 months old at that time. Walter Bernardo Rowsell is listed in the Canadian Great War Project (https://canadiangreatwarproject.com/person.php?pid=130126) where his cause of death is not given, but it is assumed he died in the war. «b»Regimental number: «/b»2533 «b» Final Rank: «/b»Private (1st Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment) «b» Rank detail«/b» Private, 1st Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, Newfoundland Infantry (British Army). Served in war and was wounded in France, lived in Corner Brook at the time of his death. A note in Rowsells of Newfoundland (Facebook group) mentions that he lived on Caribou Road, Corner Brook, where my own Rowsell grandparents lived. Birthday Book says born Sep 23 1896.

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] Diary of Arthur W. Rowsell, Entry for Sept. 20, 1913 says that Walter's birthday is tomorrow. (Reliability: 3). [S39] Methodist Church Records, St. John's Archives / Jill Marshall.