Summary of Main Events in the life of William Rowe
1819, 10 Oct – Born in St Agnes, Truro, Cornwall, England
1842, 20 Nov – Married Susanna Cocking in St Agnes, Truro, Cornwall, England
1845, 23 Jul- Emigrated from Falmouth, England aboard the Agostina
1846, 14 Jan – Immigrated to Kawau Island, New Zealand, from Sydney, aboard the Isabella Anna
1846, 12 Nov – Death of father, John Rowe, aged 56 yrs. old
1847, 26 Jun - Member of Kawau Total Abstinence Society
1848, Mar - Addressed Wesleyan Missionary Meetings held at Kawau
1852 – Relocated from Kawau to Wakefield St, Auckland
1854 – Stood unsuccessfully for the Provincial Council
1855 – Brother, Francis Rowe arrived in Auckland from Australia
1856, 5 Feb - Living in Wakefield St, Auckland, contracted as a carter for the City Board Commission
1856, 3 Apr - Leased mine on Great Barrier with Captain James Ninnis
1860 – 1863 – Mine Manager of Waihoihoi Coal Company at Drury
1861, 29 Nov – 13 Sep 1865 Member of the Auckland Provincial Council, Newton
1862, 27 Aug - Death of mother, Joanna Rowe, in Adelaide, age 73 yrs. old
1864 - Engaged by Government to organise roading for the Waikato Coal Mines
1865, 11 Dec – Jun 1868 - Member of the Auckland Provincial Council, Newton
1867 – Arrived at Thames Goldfield shortly after its opening
1867, 14 Dec - Mine Manger for the Kuranui Company, Barry‘s Claim, Kuranui Reef, Thames
1868, 8 Sep – Manager and Shareholder of the Star of the South Gold Ming Company
1868, 13 Oct – Manager and Shareholder of the Poverty Gold Ming Company
1869 – Brothers Abel and Samuel Rowe and families joined him in Thames from Adelaide
1869, 30 Jun – Manager of the Eureka Gold Mining Company
1869, 17 Aug - Manager of the North Devon Gold Mining Company
1869, 26 Sep - Manger of the Sea Lion Gold Mining Company
1869, 19 Oct – Manager of the Harp of Erin Gold Mining Company
1869 - Dec 1871 - Manager of the celebrated Caledonian Gold Mining Company
1871, 15 Jul – Chairman and Vice President of the Mechanics Institute, Thames
1874, 14 Sep - 1875 - Councillor for Thames
1874 - Manager of the Moanataiari Gold Mining Company
1875 - Manager for the Thames Gold Mining Company
1876, 12 Jun - Manager of the Bright Smile Gold Mining Company
1876 - 1879 Member of House of Representatives for Thames Borough Council
1876 – Manager & Director of ―The Auckland and Coromandel Steam Packet Company Ltd‖
1879, 1 Jul – Death of Capt. James Ninnis, late of Thames & Onehunga in his 69th year
1881, Feb - Stole 2 shillings while intoxicated and was sentenced to 48 hours imprisonment
1882 - Travelled to Lord Howe Island to investigate commercial exploration of tin ore
1884, 28 Jan – Death of daughter Joanna (Comer) in childbirth aged 29yrs
1886, 1 July – Contracted pneumonia while developing a new mine at Waihi and died
1886, 3 July – Buried at Tararu Cemetery, Thames
Note:
In many cases William was mine manager, as opposed to manager of the Company.
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