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ROWLEY, William
1795 - 1858 (63 years) Has 2 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
Abt 1776 - 1835 (59 years)-
Name ROWLEY, William Birth 1795 Walsall, Staffordshire 
Gender Male Death 1858 Lambeth, Greater London, England Person ID I2122 Edgoose Last Modified 7 Feb 2026
Father ROWLEY, Thomas, b. Between 1770 and 1771 d. 1845, Walsall, Staffordshire (Age 75 years) Mother .........., Sarah, b. Abt 1776 d. 1835, Walsall, Staffordshire (Age 59 years) Marriage Bef 1795 Family ID F255 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 TRUSLER, Elizabeth (Widow), b. Between 1800 and 1801, Hoxton, Middlesex d. 1877, St. Saviour Registration District, London (Age 77 years) Marriage 21 Mar 1824 Newington, Surrey, England Children 1. ROWLEY, Eliza, b. 1825, Great Queen Street, Middlesex d. 1828, Covent Garden, Middlesex, England (Age 3 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. ROWLEY, William, b. 1826, Great Queen Street, Middlesex d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. ROWLEY, Henry Thomas, b. 1828, Covent Garden, Middlesex, England d. 15 Oct 1885, Camberwell, Surrey (Age 57 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. ROWLEY, Thomas Daniel, b. 1830, Covent Garden, Middlesex, England d. 4 Jan 1902, Southwark Registration District, London (Age 72 years)Family ID F878 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 MILBOURNE, Mary Ann d. Between 1821 and 1824 Marriage 1 Dec 1818 St. Mary, Lambeth, Surrey Children 1. ROWLEY, Marianne Milbourne, b. 1821, Holborn, Greater London, England (from 01.04.1889) d. 5 Nov 1895, Islington Registration District, London (Age 74 years)Family ID F1118 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM ROWLEY 1795-1858
A William, son of Thomas and Sarah ROWLEY, was baptised at St. Matthew, Walsall, on 5 July 1795. There is no proof that he was the father of Marianne Milbourne ROWLEY.
(IGI)
William ROWLEY of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, widower, married Mary Ann MILBOURNE of Lambeth, spinster, at Lambeth St. Mary on 1 December 1818 by licence. Witnesses were James MILBOURNE and James Longman GAWLER.
(PR)
Marianne Milborne ROWLEY, daughter of William and Marianne ROWLEY of 52 Great Queen Street, Middlesex, was baptised at St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, on 22 October 1821. William ROWLEY was described as a saddler's ironmonger.
(PR)
A William ROWLEY widower married Elizabeth TRUSLER widow at St. Mary Newington, Surrey, on 21 March 1824. Witnesses were Thomas CATORS and Dinah DUNT.
(PR)
Eliza, daughter of William and Elizabeth ROWLEY of Great Queen Street, was baptised at St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, on 8 June 1825.
(PR)
An Index to the Will of Thomas ROWLEY (circa 1770-1845), gentleman, made on 4 April 1843. Probate was granted at London on 9 July 1845.
01*Thomas ROWLEY, the Testator
Beneficiaries:
02 Patience Sarah DUNNING, daughter of the Testator
03 Mary Ann Caroline DICKENSON, daughter of the Testator, wife of Henry DICKENSON.
04 Henry DICKENSON, joint executor
05 Charlotte DICKENSON, daughter of the Testator, wife of John DICKENSON.
06 John DICKENSON, joint executor
07 Eliza EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator, wife of the Reverend Jesse EDGOOSE
08 Reverend Jesse EDGOOSE, joint executor
09*William ROWLEY, son of the Testator
10 Thomas ROWLEY, son of the Testator
11 George ROWLEY, son of the Testator
Others:
12 William TOTTY, tenant
13 LEADBEATER, tenant
14 COX, tenant
15 OSBOURN, tenant
16 WEBSTER, tenant
17 BLACKAMORE, tenant
18 HOROBRIDGE, tenant
19 ALLEN, tenant
20 HUNNE, tenant
21 WILKINSON, tenant
22 George GALLOWAY, joint executor, gentleman, of Edmonton, London.
23 Saml. WILKINSON, clerk to Mr. FORSTER, solicitor, Walsall
24 Thomas MARLOW, clerk to Mr. FORSTER, solicitor, Walsall
25 Mr. FORSTER, solicitor, Walsall.
(Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will PROB 11/2021/0783)
The 1851 census of Great Union Street, Southwark:
*William ROWLEY, head, aged 55, commercial traveller and carrier, born at Walsall, Staffordshire;
Elizabeth ROWLEY, wife, aged 50, born at Hoxton, Middlesex;
Henry ROWLEY, son, aged 23, unemployed, born at St. Giles, Southwark;
Thomas ROWLEY, son, aged 21, clerk to wine merchant, born at St. Giles, Southwark;
Elizabeth BARRY, visitor, aged 56, married, Eltham, Kent;
(HO107/1565/19/30)
The death of a William ROWLEY was registered in 1858.
(GRO March Q 1858 Lambeth 1d 258)
NOTES & QUERIES:
The indications that William ROWLEY was a son of Thomas ROWLEY are as follows:
1) Both William and Thomas were saddlers' ironmongers.
2) Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE, daughter of the Jesse EDGOOSE who married Thomas ROWLEY's daughter Eliza, was described as the cousin of Marrianne (sic) MILBOURNE, widow, in the 1871 census return for Bexley, Kent.
(RG10/879/90/43)
3) Marianne Milbourne ROWLEY, a spinster of full age of 4 Tereza Terrace, Hammersmith, London, and daughter of William ROWLEY, a saddlers' ironmonger, married James MILBOURNE in the Parish of St. Clement Danes, Middlesex, on 25 February 1845. James MILBOURNE junior was a bachelor of full age of 195 Strand, London, a carver and guilder, and son of James MILBOURNE, a carver and guilder. Witnesses were Maria MILBOURNE and Thomas MILBORNE.
(GRO March Q 1845 Strand 1 312)
Is the following 1841 census enumeration significant?
Burn Street, Marylebone, Middlesex:
William ROWLEY, aged 45, labourer, NOT born in Middlesex;
Elizabeth ROWLEY, aged 31 (sic), born in Middlesex;
Wm ROWLEY, aged 14, born in Middlesex;
Thomas ROWLEY, aged 1, born in Middlesex;
Mary Ann ROWLEY, aged 20, born in Middlesex;
Thomas ROWLEY, aged 9, born in Middlesex.
(HO107/677/2/10/12)
(revised 11.11.2019)