Ernest Gregor Rowe 1879-1912
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Tin miner in Cornwall. He went to N. America with his brother Thomas. Mined in Mexico, British Colombia and the Yukon before returning to become the foreman of a Cornish Tin Mine. Eventually went to S. Africa and mined gold in Johannesburg. Died young & is buried in Redruth Cemetery.
1879. Ernest Gregor Rowe was born 20/8/1879 at Goon Gumpas, Gwennap Redruth Dec 1879 to James Rowe, tin miner, & Elizabeth Williams . Registered 4/11/1879 by- the mark of- Elizabeth . The name Gregor would have come from his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Hall/Williams who married Thomas Gregor in 1866
Above b.c. obtained in 2007
1881C. Ernest J Rowe, 1, was living Goongumpas, Gwennap, Redruth
| James | Rowe | Head | Married | Male | 48 | 1833 | Carrier Of Tin Ores | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
| Elizabeth | Rowe | Wife | Married | Female | 45 | 1836 | Wife | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
| Autr | Rowe | Son | Single | Male | 23 | 1858 | Tin Miner | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
| Emily | Rowe | Daughtr | Single | Female | 19 | 1862 | Housemaid | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
| Thomas Fred | Rowe | Son | Single | Male | 8 | 1873 | Scholar | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
| Mary E | Rowe | Daughter | Single | Female | 5 | 1876 | Scholar | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
| Ernest J | Rowe | Son | Single | Male | 1 | 1880 | - | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
| Elizabeth | Gregor | Mother In Law | Widow | Female | 74 | 1807 | - | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
1891C. Ernest G Rowe, 12, was living Gwennap, Redruth
| James | Rowe | Head | Married | Male | 57 | 1834 | Farmer | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
| Elizabeth | Rowe | Wife | Married | Female | 54 | 1837 | - | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
| Mary E | Rowe | Daughter | - | Female | 15 | 1876 | Scholar | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
| Ernest G | Rowe | Son | - | Male | 12 | 1879 | Scholar | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
| Elizabeth | Gregor | Mother In Law | Widow | Female | 81 | 1810 | - | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
1901C. Almost certainly abroad
His parents are indeed in the 1901C. James Rowe, 67, farmer, was living Goongumpas, Gwennap, Redruth
| James | Rowe | Head | Married | Male | 67 | 1834 | Farmer | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
| Elizabeth | Rowe | Wife | Married | Female | 64 | 1837 | - | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
| Mary E | Rowe | Daughter | Single | Female | 24 | 1877 | - | Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
Ernest went to N. America with his elder brother Thomas. Mined in Mexico, British Colombia and the Yukon before returning to become the foreman of a Cornish Tin Mine . Eventually went to S. Africa and mined gold in Johannesburg
Searched FMP & Ancestry shipping records for Thomas - one, T F Rowe, correct age, mining engineer, found travelling from Valparaiso, Chile to Liverpool in 1899; another, Thos Rowe, correct age, miner, from N Y to Southampton in 1908. None found travelling with Ernest
1903. E.Rowe, born 1879, miner, travelled from N.Y to Liverpool- maybe him - Ancestry travel
1906 . Ernest G Rowe, 27, miner, married Clara Johns , 19, in Redruth parish church on 8/8/1906 . His father James Rowe, hers Thomas Johns, both miners . His address St Day, hers Trefusis Road, Redruth . Witnesses: John Charkes Legg and Mary Ellen Legg- this Mary E Rowe 1876. - Redruth Sep 1906.( Mary Ellen was Cilla's Great Aunt. She was married to John Legg - Grocer and farmer in St Day. Cilla once stayed with them in flat above the shop)
A Newspaper annoncement- FMP- gives him as of Crofthandy, she of Higher Trefusis
1906/early 1907. Ernest & Clara must have travelled out to the Transvaal, S.A, where Olive was born 7 months after the marriage
1907. Olive Rowe was born Transvaal (Randfontein, Jo'Burg) on 28/3/1907 . Her b.c. is on her page . A quick birth!
No shipping records for Clara or Olive on FMP / Ancestry- records for South Africa poorly covered
1908/1909 . Clara and Olive, and indeed Ernest, must have travelled back to Cornwall
"My mother says that Ernest returned to England from South Africa with Clara , Olive and Wilfred in 1909 ( NO, Wilfred born in Jun 1909 qtr Redruth ) and Ernest worked at the South Crofty mine in Cornwall and they all lived at Raymond Rd " - doesnt quite fit with 1911 census unless Raymond Rd is in South DownsL no, it is not . Suspect Raymond Rd was where her mother, Eliza Johns, lived
1909. Wilfred Rowe was born Redruth Jun 1909, died 1976, became a Government Officer in Bulawayo, 2 daughters
1911 photo of Randfontein Mine, where Ernest must have been working in 1907
1911C. Ernest Rowe, 31, tin miner, was living South Downs, Redruth . Married 5 years, 2 children, both alive. Living in 4 rooms South Downs a road 1-2 k S of Raymond Road
| Ernest | Rowe | Head | - | Male | 31 | 1880 | Tin Miner | Gwenap Cornwall |
| Clara | Rowe | Wife | - | Female | 23 | 1888 | - | Redruth Cornwall |
| Olive | Rowe | Daughter | - | Female | 4 | 1907 | - | Transvaal S Africa |
| Wilfred | Rowe | Son | - | Male | 2 | 1909 | - | Redruth Cornwall |
1912. Ernest Rowe, 33, gold miner, of Raymond Road , Redruth, died 28/12/1912 Redruth Dec 1912. Cause of death: pulmonary tuberculosis and exhaustion. Informant: Alfred Johns, brother in law, in attendance. Probate of £384 to John Charles Legg, provision merchant { this his brother in law, husband of sister Mary Ellen Rowe 1876}
Buried in Redruth Cemetery, St Day Rd ( old place no longer used )
Above d.c. obtained in 2009
Nothing on FMP Newspapers- a visit to Redruth Library to trawl through the local papers would likely give a report of his death
His last child , Ernest Rowe, was born early 16/2/1913, 7 weeks after his death Redruth Mar 1913
Descendants of Ernest 1913-1977 live(d?) in Zimbabwe & South Africa: Lorraine Simpson 1938, David & Elfrida Steyn 1945 ( On Sheets 3 & 4 of Cilla's extended family sheet)