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ROWER, Harriet Elizabeth
1831 - 1901 (50 years) Has 2 ancestors and 14 descendants in this family tree.
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Name ROWER, Harriet Elizabeth Birth 1831 Wigtoft, Lincolnshire, England 
Christening 16 Apr 1831 Wigtoft, Lincolnshire, England Gender Female Death Between 1881 and 1901 Person ID I4278 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father ROWER, William d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Mother REDDING, Elizabeth d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Marriage 15 May 1821 Swineshead, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F1904 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BREWSTER, John, b. 1826, Frieston, Lincolnshire d. 1901, Bracebridge, Lincolnshire (Age 75 years) Marriage 1854 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire Children 1. BREWSTER, Elizabeth Ann, b. 1857, Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England d. 13 Mar 1915, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England (Age 58 years)2. BREWSTER, Mary Ann, b. 1864, Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England d. 1942, Derby Registration District, Derbyshire (Age 78 years)3. BREWSTER, John William, b. 1867, Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England d. Aft 1881 (Age > 15 years)4. BREWSTER, Thomas, b. Between 1870 and 1871, Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England d. Aft 1911 (Age > 42 years)Family ID F1883 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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HARRIET ELIZABETH BREWSTER née ROWER(?) 1831-
Harriet Elizabeth, daughter of William ROWER, labourer, and Elizabeth his wife of Wigtoft, Lincolnshire, was baptised at Wigtoft on 16 April 1831.
(FreeReg)
John BREWSTER married a Harriet Elizabeth ROWER in 1854.
(GRO June Q 1854 Boston 7a 687)
From the 1871 census of Dowdyke Road North, Sutterton, Lincolnshire:
John BREWSTER, head, aged 42, agricultural labourer, born at Frieston, Lincolnshire;
*Harriet Elizabeth BREWSTER, wife, aged 38, agricultural labourer's wife, born at Wigtoft, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth Ann BREWSTER, aged 14, labourer's daughter at home, born at Sutterton;
Mary Ann BREWSTER, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Sutterton;
John William BREWSTER, son, aged 3, labourer's son at home, born at Sutterton.
(RG10/3334/74/7)
The 1881 census of Dowdyke Hall, Roman Bank, Sutterton, Lincolnshire:
John BREWSTER, head, married, aged 53, farmer (sic), born at Frieston, Lincolnshire;
*Elizabeth (sic) BREWSTER, wife, aged 50, born at Wigtoft, Lincolnshire;
William BREWSTER, son, aged 14, born at Sutterton;
Thomas BREWSTER, son, aged 10, born at Sutterton.
(RG11/3213/87/9)
Untraced in England & Wales after 1881.
NOTES & QUERIES:
A Harriet BREWSTER of Sutterton was buried at Sutterton, Lincolnshire, on 17 April 1867 aged 34. i.e. born in 1832 or 1833.
The death of a Harriet BREWSTER aged 34 was registered in 1867.
(GRO June Q 1867 Boston 7a 229)
Who was she?
George BREWSTER married Harriet Hollingworth CASTELL in 1853.
(GRO June Q 1853 7a 702)
Was she the Harriet BREWSTER whose death aged 63 was registered in 1894?
(GRO March Q 1894 Wandsworth 1d 372)
If so, where was she in 1891?
(revised 22.02.2011)