Seymour
Clarence
Rowley
Born in Howell, Livingston, Michigan, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Adoniram Judson Rowley
and Adeline E. (Ware) Rowley
Brother of
Helen Elizabeth (Rowley) Bratt, Judson Eugene Rowley, Seward D Rowley, Viola A Rowley, Calvin Ernest Rowley and Ida Adell (Rowley) Moore
Husband of
Lorena Jane (Bratt) Rowley
— married
13 Feb 1886 in Tuscola, Michigan
Descendants 
Father of
Abigail E (Rowley) Neahusan, Orpha A Rowley, Leona Rowley, George Thomas Rowley, Helen M Rowley, Gertrude (Rowley) Salsbury, Seward Rowley, Lester Seymour Rowley and Norris B Rowley
Died
at age 54
in Vassar, Tuscola, Michigan, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Nov 2011
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Biography
Seymour and his twin brother Seward were born in Howell, Michigan in 1958, the sons of Adoniram Judson Rowley and Adeline Ware.[1]In 1860, his family lived in Burns Twp., Shiawasee Co.[2]
He married Lorena Jane Bratt on 13 Feb 1886 in Tuscola, Michigan,[3].
Seymour died in Vassar in 1912[4] and is buried there in Riverside Cemetery.[5]
From the Tuscola County Pioneer and Vassar Times, September 27, 1912:
- "Seymour C. Rowley, who has been a resident of Tuscola county for the past forty-nine years, died very suddenly at his home north and east of town, last Monday, after only one day of illness.
- Mr. Rowley was born in Howell, Livingston County, 54 years ago and came to this county with his parents when five years of age. He had lived on the place where he died for the past fifteen years. Besides the widow there are nine children, five girls and four boys, that survive.
- The funeral will be conducted at the home Friday and the burial made in Riverside cemetery."
Research Notes
Spouse/marriage record
Sources
- ↑ Rowley Family Bible Date unknown. Pages from the Bible with names and dates in possession of Judy Long Grant. Copies of those pages in possession of Sharon Rowley Piersma. Includes names, birth and death dates of family members from 1779 to 1865.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, (FamilySearch Record: MWDB-MT6: 12 October 2022), Lzman C Rawley in the entry for A J Rawley, 1860.
- ↑ Tuscola County Marriage Record
- ↑ https://michiganology.org/uncategorized/IO_4a487943-cff9-4861-8eec-a012fbe5dedd
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 June 2020), memorial page for Seymour Clarence Rowley (8 Mar 1856–28 Sep 1912), Find A Grave: Memorial #71390683, citing Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Tuscola County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by s schmidt (contributor 47478545) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Seymour by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Seymour:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Seymour by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Seymour:
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~6.25%
Sharon (Rowley) Piersma
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A702605 [compare], Ancestry member sharonmpiersma
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A702605 [compare], FTDNA kit #340366
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~0.78%
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Judy (Flamer) Bramlage
Judy (Flamer) Bramlage
Sharon: I'm curious to see what is on those Rowley Family Bible pages you talk about above. The title Rowley Family Bible is in red because it doesn't point to the correct page. When you create it, please put it under the Rowley Name Study.
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