Mary ROWLES

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living in Waupun, Dodge Co., Wisconsin

Notes:

Excerpt from "Descendants of George Rowles" by Ann Moloney Lamb:

Mary's marriage to Thomas Carey/Cary took place before the Cappamore records began. She immigrated to America after her husband's death, probably after 1852 when her paretns and siblings emigrated, with her children John and Conn. (Cappamore, Co. Limerick, parish records show 5 Carys born to the same parents, two named Thomas. It is likely the second Thomas was born after the first one died.) Lizzie Rowles family history only mentions two boys and that Thomas Carey died and was buried in Ireland

Family/Spouse: Thomas CAREY. Thomas died between 1852 and 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas CAREY was born before 07 Feb 1847 in Bilboa, Doon, Limerick, Ireland.
2. Cornelius CAREY was born in Jan 1842 in Ireland; died on 18 Jan 1916 in Juneau, Dodge County, Wisconsin.
3. Thomas CAREY was born about 1851 in Bilboa, Doon, Limerick, Ireland.
4. George CAREY was born before 11 Apr 1846 in Bilboa, Doon, Limerick, Ireland.
5. John CAREY was born on 20 Dec 1843; died on 24 Sep 1924 in Darnen Twp., Stevens Co., Minnesota; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Morris, Stevens Co., MN.

Mary married John BENTON on 18 Jan 1859 in Fox Lake, (near Waupun) Dodge Co., Wisconsin. John was born about 1820 in Ireland; died before 1875 in Waupun, Fond Du Lac County,Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George BENTON was born about 1860 in Wisconsin; died on 17 Nov 1895 in Dodge, Wisconsin; was buried in Calvery Cemetery, Waupun, Fond Du Lac Co., Wisconsin.
2. William C. BENTON was born in Feb 1861 in Wisconsin; died before 1945.
3. Thomas BENTON was born on 26 Apr 1864 in Waupun, Fond Du Lac County,Wisconsin.

Notes:

Excerpt from "Descendants of George Rowles" by Ann Moloney Lamb:

George Rowles and Sarah Griffin came to America from the townland of Cloonteen which was located at that time in the civil parish of Doon, which lies in the northeast corner of County Limerick, Ireland, right next to the Tipperary border......

George and Sarah came on a Norwegian ship from Dublin to New York in the fall of 1852 with their son John and daughter Margaret, and joined their sons Luke and George who had come there earlier with their wives. They were living and working on farms in Easton township, Washington County, which lies along the Hudson River near to the town of Schuylerville and about 35 miles north of Albany. Sarah died about three months after they arrived and in buried near some friends who also came from Cappamore with her. The rest of the Rowles family lived in New York about three and half years more before moving to Waupun, Wisconsin in about early 1856.

Only one Rowles family was left in Doon after they left, that of Michael Rowles and his wife Bridget Ryan. Michael and Bridget had 7 children between 1845 and 1861, named William, Edward, John, Mary, Alice, George and Bridget but since the family did not emigrate with the others and cannot be traced, we have no idea what became of them.

All of Rowles family moved to Wisconsin, probably at or near the same time. The most likely route would have been west along the Erie Canal from Albany to Buffalo. The Canal was built in about 1825 under Governor DeWitt Clinton and was called familiarly "Clinton's Ditch". From Burfalo they probably went by boat through the Great Lakes to Wisconsin.

George married Sarah GRIFFIN about 1814. Sarah was born about 1795 in Doon, Limerick, Ireland; died about Sep 1852 in Easton, Washington County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In June of 182 George and Sarah immigrated. She died at Luke's house in Easton, Washington Co., about three months after landing in American (abt. Sept 1852).

She is buried in Schuylerville, New York,near Eliza Bourk (sic) Benton and John Maher, with whom she came to America. Unfortunately ,the church is Schuylerville does not have information for that period.