Born in Ireland around 1831, he and wife Hannah had eight children: Hill W. Rowan (c1864-?), Mary E. Rowan (c1866-?), Martha W. Rowan (c1868-?), William B. Rowan (c1869-?), Lillie E. Rowan (c1870-?), Devonsher Rowan (c1872-?), James G. Rowan (c1875-?), and Madalien Rowan (c1877-?). A founding member of the Manitoba Historical Society, Rectors’ Warden of Holy Trinity Anglican Church (1881), and a participant in the 1878 ceremony to mark the opening of the first railway to Winnipeg, he moved to Chile in late May 1892.
His architectural works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
246 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1880
Demolished (1904)
123 Middle Gate, Winnipeg
1882
Bannatyne House (A. G. B. Bannatyne)
158 West Gate, Winnipeg
?
Demolished (?)
His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:
On Energy
Unpublished MHS address, read 23 February 1882.The Red River
MHS Transactions Series 1, No. 13, read 24 April 1884, Winnipeg: Manitoba Daily Free Press.
1891 Canada census, Ancestry.
“City and country,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 May 1892, page 8.
We thank Randy Rostecki for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 September 2024
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