Charles Seville Rowe (1842 - 1900)

Born 1842 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Died 12 Jun 1900 at about age 58 in Townsville, Colony of Queensland

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Pioneer of Townsville, Rowes Bay named after him

Biography

Charles Rowe has English ancestors.

Charles Rowe was born in Gloucestershire, England.

Charles Rowe is Notable.

Charles Rowe was an Australian explorer.

Charles Seville Rowe was born in 1842, the son of George Rowe and Philippa Curtis, and was baptised at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire on the 13th of May that year. ^[1][2]

Charles explored Cleveland Bay where Townsville was later surveyed.

He built the Eureka Hotel, north of Townsville in 1865, now known as the Hervey's Range Heritage Tea Rooms.

Eureka Hotel

Charles married Catherine O'Brien on the 7th of September 1867.^[3]

They had:

1. Ada Constance. b 1869, d 1885.^[4]
2. Emily Phillippa. b 1871. d 1944.^[5][6][7]
3. Alice Farrnet/Vignette. b 1872. d 1943.^[8][9][10]

Catherine Rowe died in 1873.^[11]

He applied for, and was granted 640 acres of pastoral land near Mt Elliot in 1875.^[12]

Charles married Fredricka Sophia Wilhemina Grimmann on the 25th of May 1881.^[13]

They had:

1. Mary Dora. b 1882, d 1896.^[14]
2. Florence Evelyn. b 1884.^[15][16]
3. Gertrude Violet. b 1886, d 1896.^[17]
4. Ruby Mabel. b 1887.^[18]

Charles later ran the Alexandra Hotel in Townsville, built in 1886 by his father-in-law, Charles Grimmann.

Charles Rowe passed away at Townsville, in the Colony of Queensland, on the 12th of June 1900, and was buried in the West End Cemetery.^[19][20]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, England; Reference Numbers: GDR/V1/398 Ancestry Record 5066 #12884886
2. ↑ UK GRO Birth Index: Name: ROWE, CHARLES SEVILLE; Mother's Maiden Name: CURTIS; GRO Ref: 1842, J Qtr, THE CHELTENHAM UNION Vol. 11, Pg. 219
3. ↑ Qld BMD Marriage registration: Name: Charles Seville Rowe; Marriage date:07/09/1867; Spouse's name:Catherine O'Brien; Registration details:1867/C/563.
4. ↑ Qld BMD Birth registration: Name: Ada Constance Rowe; Birth date:18/11/1869; Mother's name:Catherine O'Brien; Father/parent's name:Charles Seville Rowe; Registration details:1869/C/129.
5. ↑ Qld BMD Birth registration: Name: Emily Philippa Rowe; Birth date:09/06/1871; Mother's name:Catherine O'Brien; Father/parent's name:Charles Seville Rowe; Registration details:1871/C/3320.
6. ↑ Qld BMD Marriage registration: Name: Emily Phillipa Rowe; Marriage date:19/07/1894; Spouse's name:William Henry Martin; Registration details:1894/C/1785
7. ↑ Qld BMD Death registration: Name: Emily Philippa Martin; Death date:27/01/1944; Mother's name:Catherine O'Brien; Father/parent's name:Charles Seville Rowe; Registration details:1944/B/64973.
8. ↑ Qld BMD Birth registration: Name: Alice Farrnet Rowe; Birth date:28/11/1872; Mother's name:Catherine O'Brien; Father/parent's name:Charles Seville Rowe; Registration details:1873/C/3857
9. ↑ Qld BMD Marriage registration: Name: John Douglas Earl; Marriage date:23/03/1898; Spouse's name:Alice Vignette Rowe; Registration details:1898/C/2060
10. ↑ Qld BMD Death registration: Name: Alice Vignette Earl; Death date:18/09/1943; Mother's name:Catherine O'Brien; Father/parent's name:Charles Severill Rowe; Registration details:1943/C/4767.
11. ↑ Qld BMD Death registration: Name: Catherine Rowe; Death date:07/02/1873; Mother's name:Catherine Byrne; Father/parent's name:James O'Brien; Registration details:1873/C/1484
12. ↑ "TOWNSVILLE LAND COURT. - The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) - 25 Sep 1875". 2021. Trove. The Queenslander, Sat. 25 Sep 1875, Page 8, Townsville Land Court
13. ↑ Qld BMD Marriage registration: Charles Seville Rowe; Marriage date:25/05/1881; Spouse's name:Fredricka Sophia Wilhelmina Grimmann; Registration details:1881/C/1165.
14. ↑ Qld BMD Birth registration: Name: Mary Dora Rowe; Birth date:03/03/1882; Mother's name:Fredericka Sophia Wilhelmina Grimmann; Father/parent's name:Charles Seville Rowe; Registration details:1882/C/6449.
15. ↑ Qld BMD Birth registration: Name: Florence Evelyn Rowe; Birth date:22/01/1884; Mother's name:Wilhelmina Sophia Fredericka Grunmann; Father/parent's name:Charles Seville Rowe Registration details:1884/C/5279.
16. ↑ Qld BMD Marriage registration: Name: Florence Evelyn Rowe; Marriage date:03/04/1907; Spouse's name:Richard William Rees; Registration details:1907/C/2829
17. ↑ Qld BMD Birth registration: Name: Gertrude Violet Rowe; Birth date:06/02/1886; Mother's name:Fredericka Sophia Wilhelmina Grimmann; Father/parent's name:Charles Serville Rowe Registration details:1886/C/9328.
18. ↑ Qld BMD Birth registration: Name: Ruby Mabel Rowe; Birth date:22/03/1887; Mother's name:Fredericka Sophia Wilhelmina Maria Grimmann; Father/parent's name:Charles Seville Rowe Registration details:1887/C/10189.
19. ↑ Qld BMD Death registration: Name: Charles Seville Rowe; Death date:12/06/1900; Mother's name:Philippa Curtis; Father/parent's name:George Rowe; Registration details:1900/C/4299.
20. ↑ Citing this Record "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4KK7-DHN2 : 11 December 2019), Charles Seville Rowe, ; Burial, West End, Townsville City, Queensland, Australia, West End Cemetery; citing record ID 205068226, Find a Grave,

See Also:

• Find A Grave, database and images  : accessed 17 January 2020), memorial page for Charles Seville Rowe (Apr 1842–12 Jun 1900), Find A Grave: Memorial #205068226, citing West End Cemetery, West End, Townsville City, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by John Edwards (contributor 49577555) .
• Charles Rowe, story, Townsville Bulletin
• Heritage Tea Rooms