Although this is called the ROWBERRY One-Name Study it also includes many variants, such as my own maiden name RUBERY. In fact these are the two most common variants found today, closely followed by ROWBURY and RUBERRY. Others still extant include REWBURY, ROBERY, ROEBURY, ROVERY, ROWBERY, ROWBORY, ROWBREE, ROWBREY, ROWBURREY, RUBBERY, RUBBRA, RUBRA, RUBREY and RUBURY.
In the past many other variants have been noted, but as far as I am aware they are not still in use. In most cases it is impossible to say that present day variants are only linked to others using the same spelling as, due to inconsistencies in recording, changes were still occurring up to the beginning of the twentieth century. So if you are possessed of, or have an interest in, any of the above surnames I hope that you will find something of interest within these pages.
For a musical backgound while you read please click here. This is an arrangement of Elgar's Enigma Variations - a particularly appropriate piece. It is included by permission of Robert S Fidley © 1998. Click here for further details.
My name is Polly RUBERY, although the
name on my birth certificate reads Patricia Mary RUBERY. For twenty-five
years I was known as Polly LAWRENCE, but in 2000 I reverted to my maiden name. I came
by the name LAWRENCE in the normal way, when I married Francis
Colin LAWRENCE in 1975; but Polly is a nickname that has become
established through long usage! When our first son, John Francis
Frederick LAWRENCE was born in 1976 my cousin Sheila in Toronto sent me
a "Baby Album". One of the pages was a beautifully
drawn Family Tree with spaces for the
baby's ancestors back to his great-grandparents. As both Francis
and I were born to parents who were aged over 40, neither of us
had known all our grandparents. Therefore I started asking
questions to fill in the gaps - and somehow I've never stopped
since! The ROWBERRY One-Name Study was registered with
the Guild of One-Name Studies in 1980, only one year after the
founding of the Guild in 1979. My membership number is 278. The
Guild has its own Website,
visit it to see if any of your other surname interests are the
subject of an ONS. You will also find a definition of what a
One-Name Study is. But don't forget to come back! Since 1996 I have been helped by Nicky ROWBERRY
and since 1997 by Linda AMES, who
is a descendant of Bishop John ROWBERRY who emigrated to America
from Herefordshire in the early 1840's. I would like to
acknowledge the great debt that I owe, not only to the efforts of
Nicky and Linda, but also to many others who have helped in the
course of my research. However all mistakes are mine! If you wish to
contact me please send an email by clicking on the following link, or the one which you should find on most pages of this site: Polly Rubery RONS Mini Family Gathering 2020 Click here for details Or use the email link below to contact me for further details:
RONS Mini Family Gathering 2020
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There is a ROWBERRY Group Y DNA Project |
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There is a free email list for the ROWBERRY ONS which you are warmly invited to join. |
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Or if Facebook is more your thing then I have created The ROWBERRY One-Name Study Group that you can join. |
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Births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales |
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Now read on
Enter and explore the world of the ROWBERRY family by choosing
one of the following links. To continue, each page gives you the
choice of returning here, or moving on to the next item in a
particular theme.
But please read this NOTE first!
This addresses privacy concerns and possible downloading problems associated with the trees on this web-site.
Family Trees
At present only a small part of the many Family Trees that have been built up from the researches of the ONS are on the web-site, so if you cannot find yourself now, please check regularly to see if your branch has been added. Alternatively, please contact Polly Rubery for further details.
The RUBERRY Family of Chicago, USA, which has Irish origins.
Name Variants
As many of the different variants of the surname appear on different trees I am also working on a set of pages linking each different variant with the trees that it appears on today. (Most variants can be found on most trees in the past!). Again it is hoped to build up this suite of pages as quickly as possible, so if you cannot find your own particular variant now, please check regularly to see if your branch has been added. Alternatively, please contact Polly Rubery for further details.
Maps
In any voyage of exploration it is necessary to have a good map to guide you. Malcolm Farmer
placed a wonderful map of Herefordshire dated 1880 on his web site and granted me
permission to link to it. Sadly this part of his website has disappeared so while I have left the non-working links for sometime, hoping that the problem would be resolved, I have now been forced to remove them. I hope in the future to add links to another online map, so that you will once again be able to relate the history of the families to the places where they lived.
The origin of the name in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Confirmation of my theory is now included.
Distribution of the name in the 1881 census index.
A brief history of the USA ROWBERRY Family,
together with their family tree.
A brief tour of Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the Footsteps
of Wilford Woodruff.
Some of the RUBERYs of the USA.
For those of you awaiting details of the Family Gatherings held in Salt Lake City in May 2001 and in England in 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2012, I can only apologise! I hope to have them online one day! In the meanwhile details of the programmes are still available at:
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Some links which I have found useful or interesting.
URL= http://www.rowberry.org/index.html
Last revised: 22nd December 2021
© Polly Rubery 1998-2021
