Thomas (Rawlings) Rowling (abt. 1817 - 1894)

Born about Jun 1817 in Camborne, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Pascoe) Rowling — married 15 Mar 1839 (to 1885) in Camborne, Cornwall England

Husband of Sarah (Browne) Rowlings — married 1890 (to 1894) in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1894 at about age 77 in Riwaka, Nelson, New Zealand

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Biography

1843/1844 Riwaka Settler

Birth

Thomas Rawlings was born in 1817 to William Rawlings and Mary Williams. On 22 June 1817 he was christened at Camborne, Cornwall. ^[1]

Marriage - 1

His father William Rawlings was a Butcher at the time of Thomas's marriage . Thomas, full age, mason of Back Lane Town, son of William Rawlings, butcher; married 4 Mar 1839 by banns to Elizabeth Pascoe, full age, Miner, daughter of Nicholas Pascoe (deceased) miner. Witnesses Nicholas Pascoe and John Duckham. ^[2]

Emigration

Thomas and two brothers William and Richard Rawlings left Gravesend 2nd May 1841 sailing for New Zealand on the Expedition ship "Will Watch", arriving in Nelson, New Zealand November 1841.

Will Watch. Arrival Date 4/11/1841. Tonnage 251. Departure Port Gravesend Destination Port Nelson. NZC Ref 34/2, pp.27. Examiner Ref. Voyage Information Captain Walker master. Mr Becks surgeon. Sailed from Gravesend 27 April 1841.
Rawlings, Richard, miner, 27; Rawlings, Thomas, mason, 23; Rawlings, William, mason, 30

Preliminary Expedition. Register of emigrant labourers who have received a free passage.

1. Rawlings Willm, Mary, mar, mason, 30, 21, recommended by W Budge, engaged by NZ Co before emigrating, weekly allowance to wife 18, Will Watch, I H & C Budge, same as below monthly;
2. Rawlings Richd, Mary, mar, miner, 27, 21, W Budge, engaged by NZ Co before emigrating, weekly allowance to wife 18, Will Watch, I H & C Budge, same as below monthly;
3. Rawlings Thos, Eliza, mar, mason, 23, 22, 2 boys, 2 & 9 mo, W Budge, engaged by NZ Co before emigrating, weekly allowance to wife 18, Will Watch, I H & C Budge Cambourn Cornwall - this Lubbocks Bank - on a/c Miners Bank - monthly. ^[3]

Their wives came out on the ship " Lloyds" in 1842. (Elizabeth, Thomas's wife lost two children on the trip out. Edward aged 2 and Eliza 9 months were buried at sea)

Residences

The family. Census of Nelson 1845 shows Thomas Rawlings occupied a town acre in Bronti street and Erin Street, occupation - Miner.

1849 Census of Nelson shows Thomas Rawlings, wife and 4 children are tenants on 3 acres of land in Bronti Street. 1856 was the final time the name Rawlings was used and changed to Rowling.

In 1860 Thomas ROWLING did some of the stone work on the Staples Brewery in High Street, Motueka. When the family finally moved to Riwaka, Thomas built a house on 17 acres of land.

New Zealand Chronicle, Saturday 17 Feb 1844. Nelson eligible Jurors list. Rawlins Thomas, Manuka Street, Stone mason

1865 ROWLING Thomas, Electoral Rolls: Motueka

Marriage - 2

On 1 November 1890 Sarah Cummings and Thomas Rowlings were married. ^[4]

1893 Voting qualification

Surname ROWLING

Given Name Thomas

Electorate Waimea-Sounds

Voting Qualification Freehold

Residential Address Riwaka

Occupation Farmer

Property Detail Part sec. 10, Riwaka

On 20 June 1894 Thomas Rowling passed away, aged 75. ^[5]

Thomas Rowling, farmer; 75; fatty degeneraton of the heart, died suddenly, Henry C B Deck mb bs, five years ago; William Rowling, Rowling, butcher; 22 Jun 1894, Riwaka; R Harker, presbyterian; Cornwall, 53; Penzance Cornwall, 19, Elizabeth Pascoe, Nelson, 70, Sarah Cummings; M 51, 45, 38, 36, F 50, 40; William Rowling, son, farmer, Riwaka. Death cert

• NZ death registration 1894/3064

Motueka and Districts Index. ROWLING Thomas, 1894, Died, Reference 78

^[6] RIWAKA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Yet another of the old Expedition men in the person of Thomas Rowling has passed into the eternal silence, and was buried on June 22nd in the Riwaka Cemetery, being followed to the grave by about two hundred people, almost all of whom were personally acquainted with him in his life time. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. Mr Harker, who delivered a short impressive, and most appropriate address. The deceased having lived and died a good Oddfellow, the service of the Order was read at the grave, and at its termination the brothers, who were present in full force, and who had accompanied the cortege in procession, dropped the sprigs of thyme on the coffin as their last mark of esteem for the departed. He came to Nelson in the Will Watch in 1841, and though a tradesman, soon settled down on the land, and was ever a most intelligent and industrious farmer. For some time previous to his death, which occurred at the age of 75, he had been in excellent health, though his friends had been warned by his medical adviser Dr. Dunn, that he might drop dead at any moment and such indeed it proved, as on the morning of the 20th, having eaten a hearty breakfast and being about to commence shaving, he suddenly and without any premonitory symptom fell forward dead. He was preceded some years by his first wife, but leaves a second, and also four sons and two daughters, and forty grandchildren. During his long life he had seldom ailed, and though somewhat infirm of late, the news of his death created much surprise. He was of the tough old Cornish stock, characteristically English in his ways, of the stuff that good colonists (of which he was one) are made.

Buried Blk 46 Thomas Rowling d 1894 In loving memory of Thomas Rowling, native of Camborne, Cornwall arrived Nelson 1841, on Will Watch

NZSG Cemetery Fiche, ROWLING Thomas, 1894, B/R, Riwaka Cemetery N04.29

Probate Thomas ROWLING (elder), Riwaka, farmer, dod 20 June 1894, will, Nelson Court. AAOO 17072 W5140 184.

Probate. Yesterday, in the Supreme Court, in Chambers, before the Registrar, in the matter of the will of Thomas Rowling, the elder, late of Riwaka, deceased, on the motion of Mr Pitt, probate was granted to William Rowling and Thomas Inglis, the executors named in the will. ^[7]

His tombstone inscription reads " In Loving Memory of Thomas Rowling, Native of Camborne, Cornwall. Arrived Nelson 1842 on the Will Watch."

Sources

1. ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

   Thomas Rawlins

   Name: Thomas Rawlins

   Christening Date: 22 Jun 1817

   Christening Place: Camborne, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

   Christening Place (Original): Camborne, Cornwall, England

   Father's Name: William Rawlins

   Mother's Name: Mary

2. ↑ Church record BDM index, Mar qtr 9 270 Redruth.
3. ↑ Find My Past
4. ↑ NZBDM marriages 1/11/1890 1890/3137 Sarah Cummings, Thomas Rowlings
5. ↑ NZBDM deaths 20/6/1894 1894/3064 Rowling, Thomas, 75Y
6. ↑ Newspaper, Colonist, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7986, 9 July 1894, Page 5.
7. ↑ Newspaper, Colonist, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7985, 7 July 1894, Page 3.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #140435837