Person:George Rowe (10)

George Rowe was baptised on 8th November 1818 at Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, son of a lace maker named Susannah Rowe, formerly Perry, and her husband Samuel Rowe, an ironmonger. George was baptised the same day as his brother Samuel, who was presumably his twin.

George married on 25th October 1840, when he was about 22, to Ann Pratt. They had nine children together between 1841 and 1860, although at least two appear to have died young. The 1841 census finds them living next door to his parents on Parrotts Piece in Leighton Buzzard. In the late 1840s they moved across the river Ouzel to the neighbouring parish of Linslade in Buckinghamshire, where at least two of their children were born. They appear in Linslade in the 1851 census at a place called Timber Yard on Leighton Road. In 1851 George and his family were also living with his half-sister Elizabeth (from his father's first marriage - George actually had two half-sisters called Elizabeth as his mother also had a daughter Elizabeth from her first marriage). George was working as a lime burner, whilst Ann was working as a straw plaiter.

In the mid 1850s the family returned to Leighton Buzzard. George's father Samuel died in 1857. The 1861 census finds George, Ann and their children living at Steppingstone Road in Leighton Buzzard, with George working as a stone mason's labourer.

George's mother died in 1864.

By 1871 George and Ann had settled on Back Lane in Leighton Buzzard, where they seem to have lived for the rest of their lives, appearing there together in each census from 1871 to 1891. George died on 28th April 1896 at 6 Back Lane, aged 77. Ann survived him by just over ten years.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Leighton Buzzard (All Saints) Parish Registers, 1562-1981. (Bedford: Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Record Serrvice).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Leighton Buzzard in the County of Bedford in the Year 1818
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   342	Nov[embe]r 8	George son of	Samuel & Susan	Row	Leighton	Labourer	G. Burd

   Baptised same day as brother Samuel. As their parents had only been married six months and they both gave similar ages in the censuses, it is presumed that they were twins.

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 5; Book 21 Part 2; Folio 8; Page 11, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Parrotts Piece, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Geo[rge] Rowe, male, 20 [1816-21], Labourer, born in county
   Ann Rowe, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Ann Rowe, female, 2m [1841], born in county
   ~ next household ~
   Samuell Rowe, male, 55 [1781-6], Labourer, born in county
   Susanna Rowe, female, 50 [1786-91], born in county
   William Rowe, male, 15 [1821-6], born in county
   ~
   Joel Mainmead, male, 20 [1816-21], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1756; Folio 256; Pages 12-13, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Timber Yard, Leighton Road, Linslade, Buckinghamshire
   George Rowe, head, married, male, 32 [1818/9], Lime Burner, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Ann Rowe, wife, married, female, 33 [1817/8], Straw Plaiter, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Ann Rowe, daughter, female, 9 [1841/2], Scholar, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Mary Rowe, daughter, female, 8 [1842/3], Scholar, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Sarah Rowe, daughter, female, 4 [1846/7], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Emma Rowe, daughter, female, 2 [1848/9], b. Linslade, Buckinghamshire
   Elizabeth Rowe, sister, unmarried, female, 36 [1814/5], Straw Plaiter, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Ann Rowe, niece, female, 12 [1838/9], Scholar, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Edward Rowe, nephew, male, 10 [1840/1], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 1006; Folio 33; Page 20, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Steppingstone Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   George Rowe, head, married, male, 42 [1818/19], Labourer Stone Mason, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Ann Rowe, wife, married, female, 43 [1817/18], Labourer Wife, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Mary Rowe, daughter, unmarried, female, 18 [1842/3], Straw Plaiter, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Emma Rowe, daughter, unmarried, female, 12 [1848/9], Scholar, b. Linslade, Buckinghamshire
   Jane Rowe, daughter, unmarried, female, 6 [1854/5], Scholar, b. Linslade, Buckinghamshire
   Geo[rge] Sam[ue]l Rowe, son, male, 3 [1857/8], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Jno. W[illia]m Rowe, son, unmarried, male, 10mo [1860], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1561; Folio 49; Page 26, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Back Lane, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   George Rowe, head, married, male, 52 [1818/19], Mason, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Ann Rowe, wife, married, female, 53 [1817/18], Plaiter, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   George Rowe, son, unmarried, male, 13 [1857/8], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   John Rowe, son, unmarried, male, 10 [1860/1], Plaiter, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire

6. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 1640; Folio 63; Page 16, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Back Lane, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   George Rowe, head, married, male, 62 [1818/19], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Ann Rowe, wife, married, female, 63 [1817/18], Plaiter, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire

7. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 1264; Folio 54; Page 11, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Back Lane, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   4 rooms occupied
   George Rowe, head, married, male, 72 [1818/19], Stone Masons Lab[oure]r, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Ann Rowe, daughter [sic], married, female, 73 [1817/18], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

8. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. George ROWE, June Quarter 1896, Leighton Buzzard Registration District, Volume 3b, page 206, aged 77 [1818/19]

9. ↑ Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette
   Page 8, 5 May 1896.

   DEATHS.
   ROWE.-On the 28th ult., at 6, Back Lane, Leighton Buzzard, George Rowe, aged 77 years.