Wesley Ridgeway Rowland (1885)

Born 13 Jun 1885 in Green, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Fatha M (Livengood) Muldoon — married 6 Nov 1914 (to before 1930) in Durango, La Plata, Colorado, United States

Biography

Westley was born in 1885. He is the son of Everett Rowland and Emily Jane Smith.

A famous photographer, some of whose early photos of Navajo and Utes are in the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Son of Everette Woodhul Rowland (born NY) and Emily Jane Smith . Brother of Royal and Lillian. First wife Fatha Livingood. Second wife Edith Cobb. Buried with Edith. Son Everette by first wife. In Durango by 1914, as proved by some of his more famous photos. Does not show up in the 1911 City Directory. His sister was born in Monroe,Wisconsin in 1889. But by 1900 his mother has remarried and is living in New York.

Wesley R Rowland (age 29) married Fatha M Livingrood (age 24) on 06 Nov 1914 at Durango, La Plata, Colorado, United States. ^[2]

Married Edith Cobb

World War I Draft Registration, La Plata County, Colorado, United States, 12 Sep 1918

Wesley Ridgway Rowland, born 13 Jun 1885

Photographer, self-employed

Residence: 125 9th St, Durango, La Plata, Colorado, United States

World War II Draft Registration, Durango, La Plata, Colorado, United States, 27 Apr 1942

Wesley Ridgway Rowland, age 57, born 13 Jun 1885, Monroe, Wisconsin

Self-employed

Residence: 1503 3rd Ave, Durango, La Plata, Colorado

Contact: Mrs H. E. Davis, Port Jefferson, NY (sister)

1900 census, Brookhaven Township, Election District 4, Suffolk, New York, United States

Brewster Head Male 46 New York, Yacht Captain

Emily J Brewster Wife Female 35 New York, md 3 yrs, mother of 3 (all living)

Royal W Rowland Stepson Male 17 Wisconsin, Drug Clerk

Westley R Rowland Stepson Male 15 Wisconsin, at school

Lillian R Rowland Stepdaughter Female 11 Wisconsin, at school

1920 census, Durango, La Plata, Colorado, United States

Wesley R Rowland Head M 34 Wisconsin, Retail Merchant, Kodak Store

Fatha Rowland Wife F 29 Colorado

Everett W Rowland Son M 3 Colorado

Bertha Young Servant F 21 Colorado, servant, private family

1930 census, Durango, La Plata, Colorado, United States

Wesley R Rowland Lodger M 44 Wisconsin, divorced, Civil Engineer

John L Boast Boarder M 55 England, Miner, Quartz Mine

1940 census, Ward 2, Durango, Election Precinct 4, La Plata, Colorado, United States

W R Rowland Head M 52 Michigan, Civil Engineer, Private Practice

Edith Rowland Wife F 45 North Carolina

Edwin Cobb Brother-in-law M 41 Missouri, Principal, Public School

Howell W Cobb Brother-in-law M 37 Missouri, Lawyer, Private Practice

Sources

1. ↑ Photographs of Navajo Indians, Library of Congress copyright registrations filed by William J. Carpenter in 1915 and by joint claimants Pennington (William M.) and Rowland (Wesley R.), in 1914 and 1915.
2. ↑ "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQ2-Z6R : 10 December 2017), Wesley R Rowland and Fatha M Livingrood, 06 Nov 1914, Durango, La Plata, Colorado, United States; citing no. 71060, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,129.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSGF-4BY : accessed 10 January 2019), Westley R Rowland in household of Brewster, Brookhaven Township, Election District 4, Suffolk, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 741, sheet 4A, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,165.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZKN-N4B : 13 March 2018), Wesley Ridgway Rowland, 1917-1918; citing La Plata County, Colorado, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,561,834.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX21-WF7 : accessed 10 January 2019), Wesley R Rowland, Durango, La Plata, Colorado, United States; citing ED 64, sheet 7A, line 11, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 165; FHL microfilm 1,820,165.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X74C-C8G : accessed 10 January 2019), Wesley R Rowland, Durango, La Plata, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 8A, line 49, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 244; FHL microfilm 2,339,979

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR6X-XC9 : 13 March 2018), W R Rowland, Ward 2, Durango, Election Precinct 4, La Plata, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34-6, sheet 2B, line 65, family 43, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 466.

• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-C668 : 7 November 2017), Wesley Ridgway Rowland, 27 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JT76-JJD : 20 May 2014), Wesley Rowland, Jul 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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