John Rolls Sr.
(Abt 1802-1877)
Grace Lee
(1795-1896)
Thomas Rolls
(Abt 1834-)
Margaret Smucker
(Abt 1840-)
Henry Rolls
(1871-1937)

 

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Henry Rolls

  • Born: 6 Jul 1871, Ontario, Canada 1
  • Died: 1937 at age 66 2
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: 1881 Canadian: Maryborough Township, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. 3


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Sources


1 Dinton Women's Institute, <i>Gladys and Dinton Through the Years. A History of the Gladys and Dinton Districts and the Biographies of the Men and Women Who Pioneered the area</i>, Page 129. The Rowles Family, contributed by Winnie Peckham

Thomas Rowles, born 1828, married Margaret Smucker, age fifteen. She was the only daughter of Aaron Smucker and Saray (Vsn Slyke) Smuker. Granny Smucker lived with her daughter to the age of 106 when she died in 1926 and is buried in the Okotoks Cemetery. Thomas and Margaret were married in April 1855, in Hollins County, Ontario. They moved to Kansas where John was born, and he always went by the name Kans. When he was very young they moved back to Ontario and operated a hotel, and eleven more children were born. In 1880, Thomas and Kans came west and two years later the rest of the family came by oxcart, arriving in Okotoks May 24th, 1882 and stayed at Hans Clark's place until Thomas had the log house complete on their farm three miles east of town W 24, 20-29-W4. Another daughter was born in 1885, this was Ida Florence. Thomas built and operated the Royal Hotel near the east end of town and they also had a farm E. 28, 20-28-W4, near Droppo and Carrol. Mrs. Rowles and the younger children lived here for a while and William did the farming. He and his wife lived there for many years and had four sons, Albert the eldest married Alice Adams; Clarence lives in B. C.; Emanuel died very young and Edmund was the other son. Many of this big family married into families associated with the history of Gladys, so I will include a thumbnail sketch of the family:

<u>Name of the Child</u> <u>Born</u> <u>Died</u> <u>Married</u> <u>Children</u>
John Kansas Rowles April 9, 1857 1932 Ann Bescoby 7
William Aaron January 21, 1860 ? Kathy Lamb 4
Lucinda April 14, 1863 ? Tom Rowles (cousin) 3
Andrew Alexander June 7, 1865 1967 ------ -
Ella Elizabeth January 17, 1867 ? William Greenwood 7
Andrew Ruben February 5, 1869 1948 Sarah Wills 1
Henry July 6, 1871 1937 Minnie Lawrence 5
Maria Grace Graxita September 6, 1873 195- Frank Hamilton 0
Wesley George January 13, 1876 1951 Mary Bolton (Amos's daughter) 1
Emaline (Emma) June 8, 1879 1927 Jack Bolton (Amos' brother) 3
Bertha Eliza January 22, 1881 1964 Charles Wakeford 4
Lilly May 23, 1883 1964 George Hoadley 3
Ida Florence April 24, 1885 1919 Noah Wakeford 3

2 Dinton Women's Institute, <i>Gladys and Dinton Through the Years. A History of the Gladys and Dinton Districts and the Biographies of the Men and Women Who Pioneered the area</i>, Page 129.

3 <i>1881 Census of Canada</i> (Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.).


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