Brief Life History of Thelma Elizabeth
When Thelma Elizabeth Dowling was born on 29 July 1935, in Louisbourg, Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Albert James Dowling, was 31 and her mother, Rosella Sarah "Rose" Lahey, was 26. She married George James Schaller on 6 November 1957. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 4 April 2021, in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 85.
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Family Time Line
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- Obituary for Thelma Elizabeth Schaller
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World Events (5)
1945 · HMCS Esquimalt Torpedoed
On April 16, 1945, the HMCS Esquimalt was torpedoed by German U-Boats. Thirty-nine men died, some due to the attack others to exposure to cold. Those that survived were rescued by the Sarnia.
1955 · Canso Causeway Completed
The Canso Causeway was completed on April 13, 1955. It is a bridge across the Strait of Canso connecting Cape Breton Island. It is constructed in a S shape.
1976 · Ruling Against Censorship
In 1976, it was determined by the Supreme Court that Nova Scotia did not have the right to censor movies.
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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