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Blanche Anstey

Blanche Anstey

Female 1890 - 1972  (82 years)

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  • Name Blanche Anstey 
    Birth 27 Feb 1890  Little Bay, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 26 Mar 1890  Little Bay, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 5 Aug 1972  Corner Brook, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I54  Rowsell-Anstey
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2023 

    Father Henry Charles Anstey,   b. 23 Jun 1866, Little Bay Islands, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1936, Pilley's Island, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Mary Alice Taylor,   b. 1 Mar 1868, Burnt Head, Cupids, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1941, Corner Brook, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 25 Apr 1889  Boot Harbour, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Married By Rev. H. Hatcher
      At Boot Hr, METH. WIT: Martha Wiseman, George Jones.
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Arthur William Rowsell,   b. 14 Feb 1880, Leading Tickles, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1969, Corner Brook, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 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. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1983, St. John's, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     2. Baxter Allan Rowsell,   b. 12 Nov 1911, Leading Tickles, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1991, Hamilton, Ont. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     3. William Henry Maccauly Rowsell,   b. 31 May 1914, Leading Tickles, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1993, Barrie, Ont. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     4. Joseph Augustus Rowsell,   b. 7 Jan 1917, Guy's Point, Pilley's Island, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1981, Corner Brook, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     5. Arthur Harold Rowsell,   b. 23 Oct 1919, Pilley's Island, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1987, Pasadena, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     6. Gilbert (Bert) Edward Mark Rowsell,   b. 26 Feb 1923, Boot Harbour, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1995 (Age 71 years)
     7. Mary Louise Rowsell,   b. 14 Feb 1926, Curling, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 2008, Corner Brook, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     8. Benjamin Hoover Rowsell,   b. 6 Nov 1929, Corner Brook, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 2022, Corner Brook, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     9. Ruth Anstey Rowsell,   b. 11 Nov 1931, Corner Brook, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 2010, Springdale, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F28  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2023 

  • Photos
    Blanche (Anstey) Rowsell    		Blanche (Anstey) Rowsell
    Blanche (right) and her two sisters, Victoria and Lillian.     		Blanche (right) and her two sisters, Victoria and Lillian.
    No idea which is Vic and which is Lil.
    Arthur & Blanche    		Arthur & Blanche
    At 86 Caribou Road, Corner Brook
    Arthur & Blanche    		Arthur & Blanche
    Arthur & Blanche    		Arthur & Blanche
    Arthur, Blanche, Mary (left), Ruth (right)    		Arthur, Blanche, Mary (left), Ruth (right)
    Arthur & Blanche    		Arthur & Blanche
    The younger, harder years.
    The whole family, except Reg.    		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 
    • Born Feb 27, 1890 in Little Bay, Green Bay. She was the oldest daughter.
      Little Bay was a mining town In Green Bay, Notre Dame Bay, NFLD.
      She moved to Pilley's Island. At some point Blanche went to live with her brother, Jacob Taylor, at Boot Harbour.
      After marriage she moved to Curling then Corner Brook.

      Headstone on Stonepics:
      NF091 : CNB03 ROWSELL, Blanche (1972) - 1 photo
      A note in a book belonging to Ruby Rowsell gives her DOB as Feb 27 1890

  • Sources 
    1. [S35] Amalie Tuffin.


 

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