Theresa Rowe Kelley murder

[*Sandra*]

Napoleon Rivet (who died 1909) wife Marie remarried to Onesime Fisette  (second marriage for both)


Marie L Rivet Terrian - Marie Louise Theriault - 1863 - marriage 20 November 1910 (aged 47 years)

Marriage Place   Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Father   Aristide Terrian Mother    Delima Levesque
Spouse    Onesime Fisette

1920 census Elwell Street Lowell Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Onlsime Fisette   61   Head. Stone Mason.
Marie Louise Fisette 57   Wife. Imm 1894. AL. Weaver.

Still at same address in City Directory 1922 - no sign of those two adopted children living with the Rivets in 1900.

Sandra

[Lisa in California]

…Immigrating with her son William Henry Rowe in 1886 she then was briefly married to William H Rhodes in 1888 in Lowell, however it transpired he already had a wife in England, and third marriage to William H F Kelley in 1896 who was convicted of her murder 3 years later, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Thanks

Has anyone looked for Cathrine with other surnames?  Perhaps Rhodes or Rowe or there was someone between the 1888 marriage and the 1896 marriage? 

[NooshieW]

I am interested in Lizzie Ward in the 1900 census with Catherine Roarke. She doesn't seem to belong with any of the male boarders. As we don't know her name, could she be the missing girl? Maybe too old? Maybe the child with the Rivets is a red herring and just another random child named Kelley.
Such a mystery, it may never be solved sadly.

[NooshieW]

If Catherine Kelley, living with the Rivets, is the correct girl, where is she? Did she marry? I've looked and can't find anything, but as I've said before I can only do limited research , so I may have missed something. She shouldn't disappear, she should be in marriage or death records somewhere.
Thanks everyone.

[Lisa in California]

1900 census 39 Concord Street. Lowell. Massachusetts.  (no Kelley daughter)

Catharine Roarke   43   Head
Harriet Roarke 16   Daughter
Patrick Dolan 29   Boarder
James Cosgrove 30   Boarder
Andrew McCaffrey 36   Boarder
Lyman F Dodge 57   Boarder
Lizzie Ward 9   Boarder

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9T7-HV6

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DCYR-YJ?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM9T7-HV6&action=view

Sandra

I am interested in Lizzie Ward in the 1900 census with Catherine Roarke. She doesn't seem to belong with any of the male boarders. As we don't know her name, could she be the missing girl? Maybe too old? Maybe the child with the Rivets is a red herring and just another random child named Kelley.
Such a mystery, it may never be solved sadly.

According to the 1900 census that Sandra found, Lizzie was born in September 1890.

This could be Lizzie, born 6 September 1890, parents William and Catherine. 

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-D97M?i=563&cc=2061550&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFH9L-QMN

[*Sandra*]

If Catherine Kelley, living with the Rivets, is the correct girl, where is she? Did she marry? I've looked and can't find anything, but as I've said before I can only do limited research , so I may have missed something. She shouldn't disappear, she should be in marriage or death records somewhere.
Thanks everyone.

The child was quite young, perhaps she was adopted and the name changes, which makes it even more difficult to find her.

Yes Lisa, I did search for Rowe/Roe/ Rhodes/Rodes/Roads/Kelley/Kelly.  Also looked at her Uncle Samuel C Rowe to check the family hadn't taken her in.  Samuel married twice.

1900 census Palmer, Hampden, Massachusetts.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9RK-3JG

1910 census Lowell Ward 9, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2VN-F2D

1920 census Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX1S-DVN

1930 census Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQPC-SCH

1940 census Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4VB-45J

FIND A GRAVE  (with photograph)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191616607/samuel-c-rowe

Also tried to find Patrick Murphy born 1889 also with the Rivets as an adopted child. No luck as yet.

No luck with Lizzie Ward -maybe Lizzie was an orphan child ?
There was an ancestry tree which said Elizabeth V Ward married James Kearney 21 August 1918.  However, the parents do not agree with a Lizzie Ward birth date 6 September 1890 - William and Catherine. (although the mothers surname is the same Welch ?)  The age would be way out as well if she was only 21 years old.
The parents were given as William Ward and Mary Welch. So discounted as not quite accurate enough.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YZQ-VJK?i=245&cc=1928860



Catherine Rourke and her daughter Harriet Greaves appear on the 1920 census together on Penny Street. Lowell Massachusetts.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX1M-8V2

Wasn't sure if this was the same Catherine in 1910 on Dummer Street. Lowell MA (no daughter with her. No sign of a Kelley either.) Spelling as Rorke on this entry and Roarke on ancestry.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2V6-GQ9

There was more searches need to look back at paperwork

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

Did the youngster go to the Kelley family ?? Nothing to suggest that.


Kelley/Rowe Marriage gave his parents as Michael and Margaret Kelley.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMM-C1D

William seemed to have one brother Eugene. Nothing materilized on that line.

1870 Hartford Ward 6, Hartford, Connecticut.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN74-5PX

1880 census Charles Street Hartford Connecticut.

Michael Kelley 45   Self (Head)
Margaret Kelley 51   Wife
William Kelley   19   Son
Eugene Kelley 16   Son

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFCF-2HR

Sandra

[NooshieW]

Thanks to everyone who is helping with this, it's much appreciated.
To recap:
William Henry Rowe b 1882 son of Theresa Rowe(Rhodes/Kelley) came to the USA 1886 , disappears after WW1 Draft registration .
Unknown Kelley female child , taken in in 1898 by Catherine Rourke, then disappears.

Samuel Rowe uncle of William Henry is his next of kin, implying he wasn't married by 37 years of age.
Possible adoption of missing child named Catherine Kelley by the Rivet family .
Thanks again

[*Sandra*]

You never mentioned that there were a few other Rowe family members in the USA ?

William John Rowe 1855 - 1937

Anthony Rowe  1857 - 1909 Lewiston Maine.

Henry Rowe  1862 - 1933

Samuel C Rowe  1867 - 1949 -  we know about him now.  Have you found an obit for Samuel to see if there is a mention of William Henry Rowe.  They seem to have contact with each other much earlier.  Perhaps contacting the local library or historical society.  Looked and couldn't see anything.

Have you checked those families out for a link to William Henry Rowe (1882) ?

Sandra