John Francis ROWELLS, Jr.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1910, Living in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
• Occupation: 1910; Cigar Maker
• Census: 1920, Living in Fond Du Lac, Fond Du Lac Co., Wisconsin
• Occupation: 1920; Cigar Maker

Notes:

Excerpt from "Descendants of George Rowles" by Ann Moloney Lamb:
John F. Rowells and his wife Nettie lived in Oklahoma Territory in 1907 and later moved to Chicago and then to Oshkosh, Wisconsin and finally Fond du Lac. He used his "wheel" for day-to-day commuting to his shop in downtown Fond du Lac where he continued to manufacture cigars until 1973. He hand-rolled and sold, through distributors, high-quality cigars from Wisconsin leaf and other blends. He lived to be 86.

Obituary: "City Cigar Maker Dies at Age of 86. John F. Rowells, 86, formerly of 42 W. 12th St., died at 6:50 pm. Monday at St. Agnes Hospital. He was presently a resident of Maple Manor Nursing Home.
He was born June 29, 1883 at Waupun, a son of George and Margaret Shanahan Rowells. He married Nellie Beucus at Oshkosh on Sept. 17, 1906.
For 38 years he was a partner in Martin and Rowells Cigar Manufacturing Co., retiring in 1952. He was a member of the Fond du Lac Horseshoe Club.
Mr. Rowells is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Conrad J. Kreutzberg of Sheboygan and Mrs. Wilfred O. Meyer of the city, and three sisters, Mrs. C.H. Anderson of the city, Mrs. Fritz Groose of Phillips and Mrs. Wayne Gray of Manchester.
He was preceded indeath by his wife on Jul 20, 1942, two sons and three brothers.
Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Friday at Zachherl Funeral Home with the Rev. Raymond L. Fox officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3 to 9 pm Thursday at the Funeral Home." (Unattributed newspaperclipping, probably from Fond du Lac paper, from Larry Rowells, Chicago.)

John married Nettie Christina BEUCUS on 19 Sep 1906 in Oshkash, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Nettie (daughter of Hans BEUCUS and Jennie THOMPSON) was born on 08 Jul 1882 in Waupun, Dodge County, Wisconsin; died on 30 Jul 1942 in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1910, Living with husband in Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1920, living with husband in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin