When Albert Francis Dowling was born on 28 January 1902, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Ernest Louis Dowling, was 34 and his mother, Emily Elizabeth Cross, was 32. He married Hazel Burnett on 1 October 1921, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Birch Creek, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1910 and Oakland, Alameda, California, United States in 1930. He died on 24 August 1937, in Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.