Birth: 7 April 1869 Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Father: John Walker c1843-a1871
Mother: Martha ? c1843-a1871
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: July-September 1898 Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, UK
Husband: Gerald William Rowe 1863-1927
Death: 7 November 1953 8 St. Raphael Road, West Worthing, West Sussex, UK
James Walker Rowe 1899
William Stratton Rowe 1902-1985
I cannot find an entry for her in the Register of Births.
In the 1871 census as Jean Walker aged 11 months, born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, and living with her parents (John and Martha), brother (John), sister (Mary), and grandmother (Jean Walker) at 178 Gallougate, Glasgow St Andrew, Lanarkshire.
Marriage of Jean Walker and Gerald William Rowe in FreeBMD in July-September 1898 in Richmond S (2a 857).
Her son was born in Ham, Surrey in 1899.
In the 1901 census as Jean Rowe aged 32, born in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire (Glasgow), Scotland, and living with her husband (Gerald W), son (James W) and a lady's help (Mary Allsopp Warr aged 20, born in Wandsworth, Surrey and single) at 4 Lightfoot Road, Hornsey, Middlesex.
Her son was born in Edmonton in 1902.
In the 1911 census as Jean Rowe aged 41, born in Rutherglen Resident, Lanarkshire, married for twelve years with two children both living, and living with her husband (Gerald William), two sons (James Walker and William Stratton), and a servant (Ethel May Keyho aged 24 born in Guernsey and single) at 14 Lawn Crescent, Kew Gardens, Richmond, Surrey.
Her husband died in Creech Barrow, Church Knowle, Dorset, in 1927, although his residence was 14 Lawn Crescent, Kew Gardens, Surrey, and he left effects of £4213 10s. 10d to Jean Rowe widow.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Jean Rowe born 7 April 1869, widowed, living on private means with with Janet Walker (sister?), and Agnes W Bowie at 4 St Raphael Road, Worthing, Sussex.
Death of Jean Rowe in FreeBMD in October-December 1953 aged 84 in Worthing (5h 559).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Jean Rowe died on 7 November 1953 in West Worthing, probate 15 February 1954 in London. "Rowe Jean of 8 St. Raphael-road West Worthing widow died 7 November 1953 Probate London 15 February to James Walker Rowe chemist and William Stratton Rowe civil servant. Effects £12459 6s 5d."
Entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Jean Walker born in 1870 in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, her marriage to Gerald William Rowe in Ontario, and her two sons.
Jean Walker was the mother of William Stratton Rowe, husband of Margaret Anne Honey, granddaughter of Frederick William Bourne, husband of Adelaide Chalcraft, my fifth cousin three times removed.
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