Thomas Dowling

Male8 April 1861–25 October 1947

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Dowling was born on 8 April 1861, in Huon, Victoria, Australia, his father, Edward Dowling, was 34 and his mother, Catherine McGuire, was 23. He married Ellen Talbot on 28 May 1896, in Victoria Huon, Tasmania, Australia. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Tasmania, Australia in 1861. He died on 25 October 1947, in North Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, at the age of 86, and was buried in Huonville, Tasmania, Australia.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Dowling
1861–1947
Ellen Talbot
1868–1936
Marriage: 28 May 1896
Vera Elizabeth Gwendoline Dowling
1897–1976
Grace Mary Vivian Dowling
1899–1980
Leslie William Dowling
1900–1902
Wallace Edward Ashton Dowling
1901–
John Gordon Dowling
1904–1981
Gladys Valerie Rosa Isabella Dowling
1907–
Thomas James Dowling
1909–1917

Sources (14)

  • Dowling, "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
  • Newspaper death and funeral notices for Thomas Dowling
  • Thomas Dowling in entry for Vernon Charles Billing and Gladys Valerie Rose Isobel Ritchie, "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration (District Registers), 1839-1938"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    28 May 1896Victoria Huon, Tasmania, Australia
  • Children (7)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1867

    Age 6

    End of transportation to Western Australia.

    1870

    Age 9

    British troops withdraw from Australia.

    1892

    Age 31

    Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.

    Name Meaning

    Irish (Leinster): variant of Dolan 1, or a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dúnlaing, a North Leinster name meaning ‘descendant of Dúnlang’, an early personal name. Anglicized forms can be indistinguishable from those of Ó Dubhlainn and Ó Dubhláin.

    English: variant of Dolling, probably a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English word, dolling, douling ‘dull fellow’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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