PFC Robert C Rowland, F Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12 Marines 3rd Division, USMC, World War II. A California native, killed in action, Battle for Guam. Enlisted 26 Aug 1942. [1]
Robert C Rowland (age 22, son of Robert Rowland and Romona Yorba) married Francisca Rameriz (age 18, daughter of Faccundo Rameriez and Josefa Bowman) on 13 Feb 1923 at Los Angeles, California, United States. [2]
1910 census, Puente, Los Angeles, California, United States
Robert P Rowland Head M 40 California, Farmer
Ramona Rowland Wife F 35 California. md 14 yrs, mother of 5 (all living)
Filberto Rowland Son M 13 California
Sofia Rowland Daughter F 10 California
Robert Rowland Son M 6 California
Lorando Rowland Son M 5 California
Anselmo Rowland Son M 3 California
1920 census, Rowland Heights, Los Angeles, California, United States
Romana Y Rowland Head F 45 California, widowed
Robert Rowland Son M 16 California, Farm Laborer
Lorando Rowland Son M 15 California, Farm Laborer
Anselmo Rowland Son M 13 California
1930 census, Rowland, Los Angeles, California, United States
Robert Rowland Head M 27 California, Laborer, Ranch Work
Francis Rowland Wife F 23 California
Lucille Rowland Daughter F 6 California
Sources
↑ "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1Z-X413 : 15 March 2018), Robert C Rowland,
↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NS-XYQ : 8 December 2017), Robert C Rowland and Francisca Ramirez, 13 Feb 1923; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,419.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVL4-QFJ : accessed 21 January 2019), Robert Rowland in household of Robert P Rowland, Puente, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 320, sheet 1B, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 85; FHL microfilm 1,374,098.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7X-KL7 : accessed 21 January 2019), Robert Rowland in household of Romana Y Rowland, Rowland Heights, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 547, sheet 1B, line 18, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 119; FHL microfilm 1,820,119.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC8T-XVF : accessed 21 January 2019), Robert Rowland, Rowland, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1307, sheet 10A, line 41, family 273, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 170; FHL microfilm 2,339,905.
"United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1Z-X413 : 15 March 2018), Robert C Rowland, .
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