Joseph Smart Rowley (b 1875 Yackandandah Vic, m Eircell Paulina
Broome 1909 Albury NSW, d 1957 Bethanga)
m Avis Sirl 1922 Albury
Eircell Paullina Broome (b 8 Jun 1884 Talgarno, d 26 Jun 1917, in
Albury (in Childbirth))
Avis May Sirl (b 1896 Scrubby Hills, d 1973 Melbourne)
(Parents John Goldsworthy Sirl, Emily Crisp)
Claude John Rowley (B 1909 Bethanga, m
Elsie Adelaide
Mitchell 1939 Albury, d 1995 Wodonga)
Frederick Joseph Rowley (b 1911 Bethanga, d 1913
Bethanga)
Reginald William Rowley (b 1914 Bethanga, d 1944
RAF Germany)
Dorothy Marie Rowley (b 1915 Bethanga, m Colin
Milton (Mick) Mills 1945 Albury, d 1986 Barmera SA)
children with Avis
June Margaret Rowley (b 1925 Bethanga, m Franz
Adolf Philipp 1948, d 2010 North Fitzroy)
Beatrice Eileen (Di) Rowley (b 1926 Bethanga, m ?
Randall, d abt 1997 Adelaide)
Josephine Smart Rowley (b 1931 Bethanga, m 1960
Albury, d 2017 Albury)
Joe and Eircell spent their married life in Bethanga,
where they had a farm. For interest some
early Bethanga photos are included here
Their son Reg Rowley was killed in
action flying a Lancaster over Berlin in 1944.
Link to Reg,s page
Eircell and Joe Rowley
Research Notes
Damien Willey in Genes Reunited has lots of material on the
Goldsworthy family in England, and their connection to the Sirls
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