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ROWLEY, Charlotte
1813 - 1880 (66 years) Has 2 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.
1771 - 1845 (75 years)-
Name ROWLEY, Charlotte Birth 12 Apr 1813 Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England 
Gender Female Death 1880 New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia Person ID I3073 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 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 DICKENSON, John, b. 1805, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England d. 23 Aug 1894, Cypress Grove, South Bridgewater, Tasmania, Australia (Age 89 years) Marriage 1841 Walsall Registration District, Staffordshire Children 1. DICKENSON, Marianne Emily, b. 7 Nov 1844, Walsall, Staffordshire d. 1849, Walsall Registration District, Staffordshire (Age 4 years)2. DICKENSON, John Henry, b. 1848, Walsall Registration District, Staffordshire d. Aft 1928, Tasmania, Australia (Age > 81 years)3. DICKENSON, Frank, b. 1851, Walsall Registration District, Staffordshire, England d. Aft 1928 (Age > 78 years)4. DICKENSON, Alfred Rowley, b. 30 Jul 1854, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia d. 26 May 1938, Tasmania, Australia (Age 83 years)Family ID F1535 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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CHARLOTTE DICKENSON nee ROWLEY 1813-
Charlotte, daughter of Thomas and Sarah ROWLEY, was born on 12 April 1813 and was baptised at the Wesleyan Chapel, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, on 10 November 1813.
She was unmarried at the time of the 1841 census and in August 1841 when Jesse EDGOOSE married her sister Eliza.
From the 1841 census returns for Stafford Street, Walsall, Staffordshire:
Thomas ROWLEY, aged 70, saddlers' ironmonger, not born in Staffordshire;
George ROWLEY, aged 30, cl., born in Staffordshire;
Eliza ROWLEY, aged 25, born in Staffordshire;
*Charlotte ROWLEY, aged 25, born in Staffordshire;
Mary ROWLEY, aged 20, born in Staffordshire;
Jesse EDGOOSE, aged 25, Wesleyan minister, not born in Staffordshire;
Christiana HATTON, aged 15, female servant, not born in Staffordshire.
(HO107/983/13/9/11)
The marriages of Charlotte ROWLEY to John DICKENSON and Mary Ann Caroline ROWLEY to Henry DICKENSON were registered in 1841.
(GRO September Q 1841 Walsall 17 220)
Mariann Emily, daughter of John and Charlotte DICKENSON of Walsall, was born on 7 November 1844 and baptised at Ablewell Street Wesletyan Methodist Chapel on 15 December 1844.
(FreeReg)
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 death of Mariann Emily DICKENSON was registered in 1849.
(GRO June Q 1849 Walsall 17 197)
The 1851 census of Belle Vue, Walsall, Staffordshire:
John DICKENSON (sic), head, aged 44, merchant ironmomgery & saddlery, born in Birmingham, Warwickshire;
*Charlotte DICKENSON, wife, aged 37, born at Walsall, Staffordshire;
John H. DICKENSON, son, aged 2, born at Walsall;
Frank DICKINSON (sic), aged 1 month, born at Walsall;
Jane MOSELEY, servant, aged 24, born at Walsall;
Selina WHOELEY, servant, aged 31, born at Walsall.
(HO107/2023/59/47)
Charlotte and John DICKENSON arrived in Tasmania at some time between the date of the 1851 census of England & Wales and the birth of their son Alfred Rowley DICKENSON at Hobart in 1854.
She died at New Norfolk, Tasmania, in 1880.
(Tasmanian Archives)
(revised 11.11.2019)