Life History
2nd Nov 1911 |
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6th May 1932 |
Married Laura Edith SNEAD.6 |
7th Sep 1933 |
Birth of son Walton Maize ROWLAND in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.11,12,13 |
5th Aug 1937 |
Birth of son Derell Ray ROWLAND in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.8,14,15,16 |
17th Mar 1942 |
Birth of daughter Shirley Ann ROWLAND in Brasfield, Prairie, Arkansas.17 |
16th Oct 1942 |
Resident Registered for th WWII draft; residence 2609 Pike Ave, North LIttle Rock. Born in Ethel, Arkansas; Wife's address in 1942 reported as Brasfield, Prairie County, Arkansas (a little east of North Little Rock). in North Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas |
20th Aug 1971 |
Notes
- 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 4 February, Prairie Township, District 13, Ethel & Chute Rd, p 7A, Hse #122, Fam #126
Rowland, Maggy E Head Widow F W 45 AR NC NC Farmer [born abt 1875]
Rowland, Roberta Daughter F W 14 AR KY AR Farm Laborer
Rowland, Walton Son M W 8 AR KY AR
In 1930, Walton is living with his mother's cousin James M McSwain in Ethel. Walton is 18, and listed as a cousin of James. He is a farm laborer.
1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 22 April, District 25, page 6B, Prairie Township, Ethel & Point Rd, Hse #125, Fam #126
McSwain, James M Head M W 45 AR NC NC Farmer
McSwain, Mattie A Wife F W 43 AR NC TN
Rowland, Walton Cousin M W 18 AR KY AR Farm Laborer
"My father was Walton Rowland, son of Maggie McSwain and Bedford Forrest Rowland. My mother was Laura Sneed Rowland, from Cabot Arkansas. I married a Mitchell and there are no connections in that line. Ken [McSwain]'s mother, Connie [Jones], was my first cousin. Connie's mother, Sarah Elizabeth, (I called her Aunt Lizzie) was my father's sister. Aunt Lizzie was named after her grandmother, Martha Elizabeth [Padgett] McSwain, married to Philip McSwain"
-- Shirley Rowland Mitchell, Facebook message to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 25 July 2013
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Walton Mathew Rowland
Birth 2 Nov 1910 Ethyl [sic], Arkansas County, Arkansas
Residence 2609 Pike Ave, North Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
Unemployed
Wife Mrs Laura Edith Rowland, Box 23, Brasfield, Prairie County, Arkansas
Signed Walton M Rowland
(on back)
5'7" 170 lbs
Hazel Eyes, Brown Hair, Ruddy Complexion
Registered 16 Oct 1942 North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Social Security Death Index
Walton Rowland
Born 2 Nov 1911
Died Aug 1971
SSN 428-18-9232 issued Mississippi (Before 1951)
Walton's marital state at death is reported as Single. One would think from this that Walton never married. Buit his wife lived longer than he did. His daughter Shirley reports his wife and her mother as Laura Edith Snead.
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Walton Rowland Sr
Death 20 Aug 1971 Brazoria County
Gender Male
Marital Status Single
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Walton M Rowland
Birth Date 2 Nov 1911
Death Date Aug 1971
Claim Date 9 Oct 1969
SSN 428-18-9232
In her undocumented genealogy, Shirley reports that Walton died in Angleton, the county seat of Brazoria County.
Walton M Rowland
Birth Nov 1911 in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Death about 1972 in Angleton, Texas
Parents:
Bedford Forrest Rowland 1875 - 1917
Maggie Ella McSwain 1885 - 1952
Wife Laura Edith Snead [spelled Sneed in private communication to me]
Birth 8/2/1913 in Cabot, Arkansas
Death 1985 in DeWitt, Arkansas
-- Shirley Rowland Mitchell, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/45756079/person/6415525273
"Walton Maize Rowland, born November 2, 1911, married Laura Snead May 6, 1932, and died August 21, 1971."
-- Shirley Mitchell, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, April 07, 2015
"Greetings! I'm not sure how we are related. Saw your comments to Ken [McSwain] so decided to contact you. My grandmother was Maggie McSwain Rowland. Her parents were Phillip McSwain and Martha Padgett."
-- Hall, FB message to George McSwain, forwarded to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 11 February 2018
"I am the son of Oliver and Bertie McSwain. My grandfather and Ken's grandfather were brothers and my grandmother and Ken's grandmother were sisters, making my Dad and Ken's dad, Wirt McSwain, double first cousins, which is genetically equivalent to being half-brothers.
"When I was growing up, I used to go fishing with Wirt McSwain when he came to Ethel to sport fish on the White River Wildlife Refuge near Ethel.
"I grew up in Ethel, Arkansas. I am not sure that I knew your grandmother Maggie McSwain Rowland, but I do remember a Maggie Porter who lived near Ethel and that a man named Walton Rowland used to visit my dad from time to time. Maybe he is kin to you, possibly your dad?"
-- George McSwain, FB message to Linda Hall, forwarded to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 11 February 2018
Sources
- 1. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 22 April, District 25, page 6B, Prairie Township, Ethel & Point Rd, Hse #125, Fam #126
- 2. Social Security Death Index
- 3. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 4 February, Prairie Township, District 13, Ethel & Chute Rd, p 7A, Hse #122, Fam #126
- 4. Ancestry Trees
- 5. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
- 6. Email Sources
- 7. Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
- 8. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
- 9. Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
- 10. Facebook Messaging
- 11. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
- 12. Essex Funeral Home
- 13. U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current
- 14. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
- 15. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
- 16. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- 17. Find a Grave Memorial Registry