Alfred Francis Dowsing

Brief Life History of Alfred Francis

When Alfred Francis Dowsing was born in 1855, in Paddington, Middlesex, England, his father, Samuel Dowsing, was 32 and his mother, Jane Elizabeth Balls, was 27. He lived in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 29 December 1913, in Kensington, Middlesex, England, at the age of 58.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Dowsing
1824–1879
Jane Elizabeth Balls
1828–1900
Samuel James Dowsing
1853–1908
Alfred Francis Dowsing
1855–1913
Amy Dowsing
1857–1933
Frederick William Dowsing
1860–1888
Jane Elizabeth Dowsing
1862–1947
Henry Arthur Dowsing
1864–1955
Lucy Septima Dowsing
1866–1947
Martha Emily Dowsing
1868–1959
Albert Edwin Dowsing
1870–1870

Sources (9)

  • Alfred H Dowsing in household of Jane E Dowsing, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Alfred Francis Dowsing, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Alfred F Dowsing, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"

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Name Meaning

Huguenot: relationship name, probably from the Old Danish personal name Dūsi + the suffix -ing, denoting ‘son of Dūsi’. There appears to have been some confusion with Dowson : John Dowsyng, 1584, John Dowsen, 1589 in Parish Registers (Ickworth, Suffolk).

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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