Not sure what might be out there, but I would be thrilled to find some actual records or hear any further information to add to the following family:
John “Jack” Alexander Rowand was a Canadian mine owner who came to Montana, USA, in the late 1800s. He married a woman named Bertha Hauswirth and had two daughters in Butte, Montana: Edith Kingold Rowand (born October 10th, 1880) and Dora Kincaid Rowand (born sometime between 1880 and 1886).
In 1884, the daughters were sent to live with family in Canada, where they stayed until 1898. In 1898, the relocated from Canada to Cheltenham where they are said to have lived until 1904. I’m not completely sure, but I believe the girls might have attended school in Cheltenham during this time frame. According to the 1901 census, the headmistress of Cheltenham’s Ladies College is a Letitia Rowand who might be of some relation.
On 16 Oct 1907, Dora married Arthur Sampson Jameson in York, Ontario, Canada. Arthur was a civil engineer born about 1874 in Belquam, Karnataka, India, to English parents Thomas Loughnan Jameson and Elizabeth Colthurst. His was said by more than one account to have been a very well-off family with titles among the extended family (haven’t been able to track down the specifics on this yet).
Dora and Arthur returned to England where they lived in Reigate, Surrey, until Arthur died there on 26 Feb, 1941. Dora followed in 1966. I’ve been told they had three sons: 1. Arthur Martin Colthurst Jameson who was born 1908 and died in a car accident on 16 Nov 1937. 2. Donald Alexander Jameson who was born about 1910 and died 23 Apr 1943 while flying a plane to the aerodome in Cambridgeshire. 3. A son named Thom who was born about 1913. Don’t know when he died, though it was after 1966.
I've well researched Dora's family back in North America, but I would like to hear a bit more about her husband's family, her sons, or the woman herself.
