Person:Samuel Rowe (10)

Samuel 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. Samuel was baptised the same day as his brother George, who was presumably his twin.

On Christmas Day 1839, aged 21, Samuel married Mary Scott. They would go on to have at least six children together. They appear together in the 1841 census living at Bell Pightle in Leighton Buzzard. Samuel gave his occupation as 'army'.

By 1851 Samuel and Mary were living with three children at Brompton near Chatham in Kent, with Samuel described as a corporal in the Royal Marines. Samuel was away from home on the night of the 1861 census, serving on the HMS Trafalgar, which was in the North Atlantic ocean, about 75 miles west of Brittany.

By 1871 Samuel had left the armed forces and moved about 300 miles north to Sunderland, where he found work as a glassmaker. The 1871 census finds Samuel and Mary living at 14 St Cuthbert's Terrace in the town.

Samuel died at the age of 60. He was buried on 30th July 1879 at Sunderland's Bishopwearmouth Cemetery. Mary survived him by nearly six 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
   341	Nov[embe]r 8th	Samuel son of	Samuel & Susan	Row	Leighton	Labourer	G. Burd

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 4; Folio 10; Page 15, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Bell Pightle, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Samuel Rowe, male, 20 [1816-21], Army, born in county
   Mary Rowe, female, 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 1611; Folio 566; Page 37, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: 16 Middle Street, Brompton, Gillingham, Kent
   Samuel Rowe, head, married, male, 32 [1818/9], Soldier Corporal Royal Marines, b. Leyton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Mary Rowe, wife, married, female, 29 [1821/2], Straw Bonnet Maker, b. Leyton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   William Rowe, son, male, 9 [1841/2], Scholar, b. Chatham, Kent
   Francis Rowe, son, male, 5 [1845/6], Scholar, b. Leyton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Mary A. Rowe, daughter, female, 2mo [1850/1], b. Brompton, Kent

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 4439; Folio 157; Page 37, 7 Apr 1861.

   HMS Trafalgar, position: At Sea Lat 48°36'N Long 6°23'W, North Atlantic
   [many officers, crew and marines, including:]
   Sam[ue]l Rowe, Private R.M., married, 42½ [1818], 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 5001; Folio 67; Page 23, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 14 St Cuthberts Terrace, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham
   Samuel Rowe, head, married, male, 52 [1818/19], Manager of Glass House Room, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Mary Rowe, wife, married, female, 47 [1823/4], b Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

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

   d. Samuel ROWE, September Quarter 1879, Sunderland Registration District, Volume 10a, page 252, aged 60 [1818/19]

7. ↑ Durham Records Online.

   bur. 30 Jul 1879, Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Sunderland, Durham: Samuel Rowe of 14 St Cuthbert's Terrace, aged 60 [1818/19], labourer