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Antrim / Re: william john rowney 1875
« on: Friday 03 July 20 17:34 BST (UK) »
The Samuel Rowney who was murdered on 28 February 1961 was the son of Samuel Rowney (1870-1934) and Catherine Daly (1871-1954). His father had been a colour sergeant in the British army before WW1 and the family had spent a lot of time out in India. In fact two of his children died young out there. Samuel never married but he had two brothers: William Thomas Rowney (1899-1963) and and a Charles Harold Rowney (1913-1980). They both reached adulthood and have left descendants in the Manchester area where Samuel and Catherine moved after army life.