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Another adventure my brother and I (Charles Rowe) would like to hear Father tell. The ship he was sailing in had long been becalmed, no wind came to fill the sail and the ship just drifted. They were running short of food and their water had all gone. Father had...
It had not been my father’s plan to go to Jersey when he did, they had intended to emigrate to Australia, taking advantage of an easy emigration, but after they had packed all their goods, and were all ready to go, the emigrations stopped, so we just crossed over to...
Charles LeBoutillier Rowe as told by his daughter Eva Mary Rowe Salway. Charles LeBoutillier Rowe, was born 18 July 1865 in Jersey, Channel Island. Probably in the town of Grouville, his father was Thomas Rowe, son of Benjamin and Mary Doncaster Rowe of Tavistock, Devonshire, England. His mother was Mary...
Alfred Edward Salway By Eva Mary Rowe Salway Alfred Edward Salway was born 4 November 1880 at Plympton Devonshire England. His mother was Sarah Holman of Cornwall, his father Edward Salway of Devonshire. At an early age he traveled in a sailing ship to Jersey Channel Islands with his family,...
I was born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada just a few minutes after midnight on October 18, 1922. The town lights were shut off at midnight so mum said I started my life out in the dark. The house we lived in was partly made out of logs which dad...