Arthur William Rowsell

1880 - 1969  (89 years)

• Name	Arthur William Rowsell
  Birth	14 Feb 1880	Leading Tickles, Nfld.
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Oct 1969	Corner Brook, Nfld.
  Burial	14 Oct 1969	Corner Brook, Nfld.
  Person ID	I53	Rowsell-Anstey
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Mark Rowsell,   b. 9 Jan 1837, Leading Tickles, Nfld. d. 9 Apr 1913, Leading Tickles, Nfld. (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Penney,   b. 13 Aug 1841, Seldom Come By, Nfld. d. 28 May 1904, Leading Tickles, Nfld. (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	4 Oct 1870	Leading Tickles, Nfld.   [1]
  	Their original date of marriage was probably Nov 11 1865. BW: These persons were previously united by the Lay Reader but were on the 4th of October, 1870 properly married by me, Walter R. Smith (From Anglican Church Records, Botwood). Married by Rev. Walter Redfern Smith, Church of St. Nicholas, Leading Tickles.
  Family ID	F30	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Blanche Anstey,   b. 27 Feb 1890, Little Bay, Nfld. d. 5 Aug 1972, Corner Brook, Nfld. (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1908
  	From Arthur Rowsell's diary for November 11, 1908: «b»Nov 11 (Wednesday)«/b»: Wind Northern. Very moderate. Fine. Issuing invitations &tc. Every thing being ready @ 5 p.m. We were escorted to the church where we B & I were united together as man & wife after which we partook of a splendid tea. Brides boys were [illegible] Israel, Willis Spencer & George Rowsell. Brides maids Anna [illegible], Minnie & Lucy Rowsell.
  Children	+ 1. Rev. Reginald Norman Rowsell,   b. 28 Oct 1909, Leading Tickles, Nfld. d. 5 Jul 1983, St. John's, Nfld. (Age 73 years)   2. Baxter Allan Rowsell,   b. 12 Nov 1911, Leading Tickles, Nfld. d. 9 Nov 1991, Hamilton, Ont. (Age 79 years)   3. William Henry Maccauly Rowsell,   b. 31 May 1914, Leading Tickles, Nfld. d. 12 Aug 1993, Barrie, Ont. (Age 79 years)   4. Joseph Augustus Rowsell,   b. 7 Jan 1917, Guy's Point, Pilley's Island, Nfld. d. 2 May 1981, Corner Brook, Nfld. (Age 64 years)   5. Arthur Harold Rowsell,   b. 23 Oct 1919, Pilley's Island, Nfld. d. 18 Apr 1987, Pasadena, Nfld. (Age 67 years)   6. Gilbert (Bert) Edward Mark Rowsell,   b. 26 Feb 1923, Boot Harbour, Nfld. d. 1995 (Age 71 years)   7. Mary Louise Rowsell,   b. 14 Feb 1926, Curling, Nfld. d. 16 Jun 2008, Corner Brook, Nfld. (Age 82 years)   8. Benjamin Hoover Rowsell,   b. 6 Nov 1929, Corner Brook, Nfld. d. 28 Oct 2022, Corner Brook, Nfld. (Age 92 years)   9. Ruth Anstey Rowsell,   b. 11 Nov 1931, Corner Brook, Nfld. d. 1 Sep 2010, Springdale, Nfld. (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F28	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2023

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Arthur William Rowsell
  		Arthur William Rowsell
  		Blanche and Arthur Rowsell
  		Arthur & Blanche At 86 Caribou Road, Corner Brook
  		Arthur & Blanche
  		Arthur & Blanche
  		Arthur, Blanche, Mary (left), Ruth (right)
  		Arthur & Blanche The younger, harder years.
  		The whole family, except Reg. Note the photo on the wall behind them. It is a photo of the whole family taken years earlier in which Reg has been added later by the photographic shop.

  
  

• Notes

  Headstone of Arthur and Blanche on Stonepics: NF091 : CNB03 ROWSELL, Arthur William (1969) & Blanche & others - 1 photo NF091 : CNB03 ROWSELL, Arthur William (1969) - 1 photo Arthur was born 1880 on Rowsell's Island. He was a fisiherman and cooper. He lived in Leading Tickles, Boot Harbour, Hall's Bay, Mansfield's Bight, Curling, Corner Brook and worked at the C.B. mill. When they lived in Corner Brook, across the street from where they ended up at 86 Caribou Road, they had horses Dan and Jack, that lived in the 'basement'. The horses belonged to G.F. Anstey and Baxter Rowsell. When they moved to #86, Ben was given the job of bringing the pisspot from the old to the new house. He was "out to the ice" 1904, 1905, 1905, but cannot remember ever seeing a foreign vessel" - RnRowsell He, on a trip to St. John's, bought "Wellington" boots at Perlin's - two brothers.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] Anglican Church Records - Botwood.