We know little of James as he was the only family member to stay in Cornwall he appeared in the 1841 Census as a Tin Miner, with his parents and family.
1841 Census
Piece: HO107/149/2 Place: Pydar -Cornwall Enumeration District: 9
Civil Parish: St. Agnes Ecclesiastical Parish: -
Folio: 67 Page: 12
Address: Goonvrea
Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born
ROWE John M 45 Tin Miner Cornwall
ROWE Joanna F 45 Cornwall
ROWE John M 25 Tin Miner Cornwall
ROWE William M 20 Tin Miner Cornwall
ROWE James M 15 Tin Miner Cornwall
ROWE Alice F 15 Cornwall
ROWE Abel M 14 Tin Miner Cornwall
ROWE Joanna F 13 Cornwall
ROWE Nanny F 11 Cornwall
ROWE Francis M 8 Cornwall
ROWE Samuel M 5 Cornwall
SIMONS Alice F 85 Cornwall [Joanna's mother]
By 1851 he had moved to Liskeard where he appeared as a mine engine driver, with his first wife Thomasine Scantelbury Stephens (daughter of William Stephens and Thomasine Scantlebury Brewer) , whom he married in 1848 and their first and only, son John Rowe.
1851 Census
Piece: HO107/1902 Place: Liskeard -Cornwall Enumeration District: 3b; Civil Parish: Liskeard Borough Ecclesiastical Parish: -
Folio:206 Page: 44 Schedule: 176;
Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
ROWE James Head M M 29 Mine Engine Driver Cornwall - St Agnes
ROWE Thomasine S Wife M F 27 Cornwall - St Teath
ROWE John Son - M 2 Cornwall - Liskeard
By 1861 first wife Thomasine Scantelbury Stephens had passed away and James had remarried Elizabeth Growden Lark(daughter of John Caunter Lark and Mary Anne Growden) on 16 Jun 1853. He appeared with her and and their first two children Mary and Bessie
1861 Census
Piece: RG9/1529 Place: Liskeard -Cornwall Enumeration District: 7
Civil Parish: Liskeard Ecclesiastical Parish: -
Folio: 43 Page: 47 Schedule: 250; Address: Castle Lane
Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
ROWE James Head M M 38 Engine Man Cornwall - St Agnes
ROWE Elizabeth Wife M F 29 Cornwall - St Neot [James had remarried]
ROWE Mary L Dau - F 7 Scholar Cornwall - Liskeard Page: 43/48
ROWE Bessie Dau - F 7m Cornwall - Liskeard
HAWKEN David Boardr U M 31 Carpenter Devon - Dawlish
WILLIAMS Thomas P Boardr U M 19 Lead Miner Cornwall - Truro
James passed away abt 1866, sadly all his children appeared to also pass away before adulthood.
His wife Elizabeth appears in the 1871 census as follows
1871 Census
Piece: RG10/2237 Place: Liskeard -Cornwall Enumeration District: 7
Civil Parish: Liskeard Ecclesiastical Parish: -
Folio: 80 Page: 33 Schedule: 193
Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
ROWE Elizabeth Head W F 39 Dressmaker Cornwall - St Neot
ROWE Sarah Dau - F 7 Scholar Cornwall - Liskeard
ROWE Annie Dau - F 5 Scholar Cornwall - Liskeard
N.B [Mary 16 and James 8 with Grandparents Joh and Mary Lark]
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