6th Great Grandparents
Johannes (John) "Hannes" Roland
b� 1694 in Germany
d 27 Jan 1756 in Leacock twp, Lancaster Pennsylvania m
Anna Maria _____
b 1695 Lancaster county Pennsylvania
ch: 1. Catherine Roland m Wendep Seipers
2. Mary Rowland m
Joseph Grebill
3. Jacob Rowland m
Elizabeth May Martin (see below)
4. Feronica Roland b 1720 in Germany d 1789 m Hans
Witmer
5. Anna Roland b 1727 in Frederick county Maryland
d aft 1794 in Jefferson county Kentucky m Jacob Funk
in Maryland
6. John Roland Jr b 1735 in Germany d 10 Apr 1790
in Leacock twp Lancaster Pennsylvania
5th Great Grandfather
Jacob Rowland
b 1717 Washington, Maryland (also reported as Germany)�
d 1794 Washington, Maryland
m 1750 Lancaster county Pennsylvania to
The children Philip, Eva, Melchor, and Catherine are additions from the genealogy of Edward Toy tinker45@prodigy.net. The rest were in his genealogy and were passed down to me in my family genealogy. It is possible that the four belong in another family
ch: 1. Philip Rowland d
1764� 4th Great Grandparents Joseph Rowland b� 20 Oct 1760 in Leacock twp Lancaster Pennsylvania
2. Henry Rowland b 24
May 1750 in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania d 30 Jan 1833 in Washington, Maryland
m in 1776 to Mary Snively
3.� Eva Rowland b
1750 m in 1770 to Henry Foltz
4. Melchor Rowland b
1751
5. Jacob Rowland Jr b
1753 in Lancaster county Pennsylvania m in 1773 to Elizabeth
Wolfe m 2) in 1780 to Mary
Zembower
6. Jonathan Rowland b
in 1754 in Lancaster county Pennsylvania d 1834 m in 1775 to Barbara
Gray
7. Christian Rowland b
1755 in Lancaster county Pennsylvania d 1814 in Washington, Maryland m in 1775
to Elizabeth Zimmerman
8. John Rowland b bef
1755 in Leacock twp Lancaster Pennsylvania d 10 Sep 1834 in Washington, Maryland
9. Abraham Rowland b
1757 in Lancaster county Pennsylvania d 21 Oct 1821 in Washington, Maryland m in
1777 to Barbara Gray
(according to Edward Toy this is a different Barbara Gray that his brother,
Jonathan, married.)
10. Barbara Rowland b
1758 in Lancaster county Pennsylvania d in 1810 in Washington, Maryland m in
1778 to Rev. John Funk
11. David Rowland b
1759 in Lancaster county Pennsylvania d 13 Oct 1818 in Washington, Maryland m in
1779 to Ruhannah Hoover m
2) in 1790 to Barbara MacDonald
12. Elizabeth Rowland
b 11 Aug 1759 in Lancaster county Pennsylvania d 27 Oct 1792 in Washington,
Maryland
13. Joseph Rowland m Christina
Lehn/Lane (see below)
14. Ann Rowland b 1761
in Washington, Maryland b 1809 in Washington, Maryland m in 1781 to Andrew
Grey
15. Catherine Rowland
b 1763 m in 1783 to Michael Kissinger
16. Isaac Rowland b
1764 in Lancaster county Pennsylvania d in Washington, Maryland
d 27 Jan 1756 in Leacock twp, Lancaster Pennsylvania
bur Rowland Cemetery, Kirby, Wyandot, Ohio
m in 1780 to
Christina Lehn/Lane
ch: 1. Jonathan Rowland b in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania d 9 Feb 1837 Ashland, Ashland, Ohio
2. Nancy Ann Rowland m
3. Isaac Rowland b abt 1800 in Washington Co, Maryland d near Doylestown, Wayne, Ohio m Christiana Avey
4. Susan Rowland m Cyrus Klawson
5. Peter Rowland m Elizabeth Heffner (see below)
6. Samuel Rowland b 29 Mar 1802 in Hagerstown, Fredrick, Maryland d 10 Aug 1894 in Ashland, Ashland, Ohio m (1) Elizabeth Closson (2) Rebecca Isman
7. Christina Rowland b in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d in Medina, Ohio m Abel Wood
8. John Rowland b 4 May 1804 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania d 13 Apr 1857 in Mifflin twp, Wyandot, Ohio m Catherine Ady
From the account of my grandmother, Clara Rowland Shaffer:
�Peter Lane Rowland�s grandfather, Joseph came to America when
he was four years old. They located first at Hagerstown, Maryland
for a few years before moving to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Joseph�s
father operated a grist mill there during the Revolutionary War.
When 17 years old, Joseph was transferred to the Commissary
Department of the Army and detailed to supply flour from his
father�s mill at Lancaster to the Camp at Valley Forge." 3rd Great Grandfather �Elizabeth
Heffner Mary
Saunders Archer 1) Lyle
Bryon Shaffer� (2) Roy
Arden Blythe �
Peter Rowland
b 31 Dec 1791 in Hagerstown, Frederick, Maryland
d 1876 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa
bur. at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, West Union, Fayette, Iowa
m bef 1816 to
ch: 1. Jacob Rowland b 1816 in
Pennsylvania m Mary Stickler
2. Joseph Rowland b 1818 in
Pennsylvania d 29 Apr 1880 in Iowa m Rachel
Jump
3. David C Rowland b 22 Sep
1820 in Pennsylvania d 22 Nov 1900 in Amboy, Michigan m Eva
Heckel
4. Samuel Rowland b 1822 in
Pennsylvania d 1905 m Mary Ann Peters
5. Christina Rowland b 1824
in Ashland, Ashland, Ohio d 1916 in Iowa never married
6. Peter Lane Rowland b 1828 in
Ashland, Ashland, Ohio d 21 Nov 1903 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa
7. John Miller Rowland b 19 Sep
1830 in Ashland, Ashland, Ohio m Elsie
Wheeler b 1841 in Lacolle, Quebec, Canada
After their marriage Peter and Elizabeth lived in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Between 1822 and 1824 they moved to Ashland, Ashland,
Ohio. Between 1850-1855 they lived near Amboy, Michigan. Then they moved on to
Iowa. According to my grandmother they were well-to-do farmers.
2nd Great Grandfather
Peter Lane Rowland
b 4 May 1828 in Ashland, Ashland, Ohio
d 21 Nov 1903 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa
bur Mt Pleasant Cemetery West Union Fayette Iowa
m on 18 Jun 1857 in West Union, Fayette,
Iowa to
Elvira
Wheeler
ch: 1.� Lincoln Rowland
b Clermont, Fayette, Iowa d young
2. Ida Rowland b Clermont,
Fayette, Iowa m Joseph Bisbing
3. Elvira Rowland b
Clermont, Fayette, Iowa d in infancy
4. Albert Rowland b Clermont,
Fayette, Iowa d in West Union, Fayette, Iowa bur. at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, West
Union, Fayette, Iowa m Bertha E Chambers
b 1871 d 1971 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa bur. at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, West
Union, Fayette, Iowa
5. Malcolm Lane Rowland
m Clara Almina Rowland (see below)
6. David L Rowland b 1865 in
Clermont, Fayette, Iowa d 1930 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa bur at Woodlawn
Cemetery, West Union, Fayette, Iowa m Luella
May Grimes b 1877 d 1949 West Union, Fayette, Iowa bur
at Woodlawn Cemetery in West Union, Fayette, Iowa
7. John A Rowland b 1871 in
Clermont, Fayette, Iowa d 1928 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa m Clara
E Smith
8. Ezra L Rowland b 6 Dec 1874 in
Clermont, Fayette, Iowa d 1964 m (1) Emilia
Vasby (2) Augusta
M______ (3) Bertha
E Wirz
Clara Rowland Shaffer: "My grandfather, Peter Lane
Rowland, came to Dover twsp, Fayette, Iowa in 1850. He married Elvira Wheeler
and became a well-to-do farmer, unordained minister, and a creamery operator.�
Great Grandfather
Malcolm Lane Rowland
b 11 Nov 1858 in Clermont, Fayette, Iowa
d 11 Nov 1943 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa
bur. at Woodlawn Cemetery in West Union, Fayette, Iowa
m 11 Aug 1887 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa to
ch: 1. Clarence Ray Rowland
b 24 Jul 1888 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa d 1975 m 16 Apr 1913 to (1) Emma
Frances Grimes (2) 25 May 1916 Juanita
Munger
2. Ethel Blanche
Rowland b 22 Mar 1890 West Union, Fayette, Iowa d 22 Mar
1893 of appendicitis on her third birthday
3. Earl Zoller Rowland b 17 Jan
1892 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa d 1 Feb 1892 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa
4. Elsie Gladys Rowland b 3 Mar
1894 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa d 25 Jan 1984 in Maquoketa, Jackson, Iowa m Lester
George Meyer 1894-1984
5. Lorenzo Vern Rowland b 9 Oct
1895 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa d 16 Jul 1971 m Nov 1920 (1) Milred
Bills (2) ______ ______
6. George David Rowland b 7 May
1897 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa d 21 Apr 1960 in Pinedale, Wyoming m Margurite
Peterson
7. Clara Almina Rowland
b 3 Aug 1900 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa d 31 Jul 1985 in Mesa, Maricopa,
Arizona
Grandmother
Clara
Almina Rowland
b 3 Aug 1900 near West Union, Fayette, Iowa
d 31 Jul 1985 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona
m 25 Nov 1920 in (1) West Union, Fayette, Iowa to
My grandmother was a special woman. Always aware that she
came from good people, she was the one who interested me in preserving a family
history beginning when I was a small child. She would be pleased with the what
can be accomplished on the web. After I was born my grandparents lived on the
farm near Guttenburg. Grandma returned to Upper Iowa University to update her
teaching credentials. She taught in a one room school house near Guttenburg,
grade one through eight. Her students thought the world of her and she
influenced a great many lives with her wonderful teaching skills and personal
example. Later on she moved into the Guttenburg school in town.
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