cert. reads: 1882 in the District of New Plymouth on Feb 4, Matthias Rowe, 28, laborer (sic) bachelor born Plymouth, England, s/o William Rowe, farmer and Honor Daw married Caroline Emma Austin Gibson, 26 (really 28), spinster, b. Melbourne, Victoria, d/o William Austin Gibson, laborer, and Emma Clinton. Both resident New Plymouth and signed their names. Wit: Ellen Maria Martin and N Martin Turner (Turner may possibly be occupation not surname. Not known to be any relation or connection)[2]
NB this turns out to be an interesting mix of fact and fiction, as Emma's father was really William Austin and her step-father John Gibson.
↑ Source #S2: Marr. cert. 4 Feb 1882 Matthias s/o William ROWE & Honor DAW; Carline Emma Austin Gibson d/o William Austin Gibson & Emma Clinton, New Plymouth Registry Office, folio #201
Source S1 GRO for England and Wales online birth index
Source S2 New Zealand Marriage certificate Inspection photocopy
Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Lorna Henderson and Living Bennett, her 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are William Rowe and Honor Daw, the great great grandparents of Lorna Henderson and great grandparents of Living Bennett. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 2C1R, based on sharing 91 cM across 7 segments.
WikiTree profile Rowe-756 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson.
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