Person:Matthias Rowe (1)

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Matthias Rowe
b.16 Sep 1852
m. 26 Sep 1850
  1. Matthias Rowe1852 - 1901
m. 4 Feb 1882
  1. Honor Rowe1886 - 1971
Facts and Events
Name Matthias Rowe
Gender Male
Birth[1] 16 Sep 1852
Alt Birth[7][8][9][10][11][16] 9 Oct 1852 Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
Alt Birth[12][17] Abt 1853
Immigration[13][18] Abt 1855 Taranaki, New Zealand
Marriage 4 Feb 1882 New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealandto Caroline Emma Austin
Death[2][3][4][14] 28 Dec 1901 Huirangi, nr Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand, -39.054385,174.248915
Burial[5][2][6][15] Huirangi Cem., nr Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand, -39.0488,174.251103
References
  1. ROWE/DAWE Letters & Photos in possession of Marion MORRIS nee ROWE. ROWE/DAWE Letters Photos - Marion's, Recipient: photographed by Lorna Henderson (1), Author Address: Pukekohe,. (Apr 2008)
    ROWE Family birth dates, 1852-1865, copy taken Apr 2008.
  2. 2.0 2.1 DCC: ROWE, Matthias, 28 Dec 1901, Huirangi, Taranaki, New Zealand, Record Type: Certified copy of death, Name. (28 Dec 1901)
    P/copy of certified copy dated Sep 1985, rcvd Aug 1993 from Marie C, Edgecombe.
  3. PapersPast - digitized New Zealand Newspapers
    Dth 28 Dec 1901 Matthew ROWE, Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7352, 30 December 1901, Page 2, extracted Apr 2008.
  4. PapersPast - digitized New Zealand Newspapers
    Dth 28 Dec 1901 Matthew ROWE, Evening Post, Volume LXII, Issue 156, 31 December 1901, Page 5, extracted Apr 2008.
  5. DC ROWE, Emma nee GIBSON or AUSTIN, Jan 1899 Taranaki, New Zealand, Record Type: Death cert, Name Of Person: C. (21 Jan 1899)
    Illegible inspection p/copy dated Aug 1993 held, as is a p/copy of a certified copy taken Waitara Dec 1985, rcvd Aug 1993 from Marie C, Edgecombe.
  6. CEM: Huirangi, Taranaki, New Zealand; transcription, Record Type: Cemetery transcriptions, Name Of Person: Var. (various)
    H/stone Matthias and Caroline Emma Austin ROWE, photo taken Jun 2005.
  7. Craig & Irene KIVELL. Craig Irene KIVELL , Interviews, Corres etc, Interviewer: Lorna Henderson, Informant Address: Midhurst, Tarana.
  8. DCC: ROWE, Matthias, 28 Dec 1901, Huirangi, Taranaki, New Zealand, Record Type: Certified copy of death, Name. (28 Dec 1901).
  9. BC ROWE Clara, 5 Apr 1892, Huirangi, Taranaki, New Zealand, Record Type: Birth, Name Of Person: Clara ROWE. (05 Apr 1892)
    age 40 in 1892.
  10. BTH INDEX: St Caths. (PRO, London, England)
    Stoke Damerel,1852 Q4, vol 5b p 320 Page number not entirely clear.
  11. Pat NICHOLS nee BAKER (20707). LETTER: DAWE/ROWE correspondence ex Pat N, Recipient: L Henderson (1), Author Address: Mawneys, Romford, Essex
    rcvd Feb 2000.
  12. DC: ROWE, Honor (DAW), 6 Jun 1897, Huirangi, Taranaki, New Zealand, Record Type: Certified copy of death certi. (06 Jun 1897).
  13. DCC: ROWE, Matthias, 28 Dec 1901, Huirangi, Taranaki, New Zealand, Record Type: Certified copy of death, Name. (28 Dec 1901)
    "in New Zealand 46 yrs".
  14. Buried in quarry accident (family knowledge). Cause: Stone fell on him. Reported in the newspapers of the time (Hawera & Normanby Star, and Auckland Star) as Matthew Rowe.
    Accidents and Fatalities (per Press Association.) New Plymouth, December 28. A man named Matthew Rowe was buried through a fall of stone in a quarry near Waitara". The Evening Star of 20th Dec reported: "Matthew Rowe, of Huirangi, Taranaki, was buried under a large stone and the debris which fell with it, in a gravel pit, on Saturday morning. A large team had to be procured to remove the huge stone which caused the accident. The unfortunate man, who was a widower with a small family, was the County Council's foreman for Waitara West. His wife was a daughter of Captain Gibson."
  15. Emma buried 23 Jan 1899, Matt 30 Dec 1901, grave is next door to Matt's parents. The h/stone has been cleaned between 1993ish and 2005
  16. 40 in 1892 on Clara's birth cert, A Veta's b'day book Mathew ROWE 9 Oct 1852.
    Mrs Pat Nichols agrees this is Matthias, but if so, why is there a scrap of paper with Rowe birthdates on it for the family, that has 16 Sep 1852?
  17. age given as 44 on mother's death cert
  18. from Devon, England