am i going blind? can not find ....

[AJPD]

Thanks, and sorry I know so little about your side of the family.  Wish I had asked my Dad for more detail! I know a fair amount about Edmund Senior, and that the only daughter, Emily, was a nun in Rome.  Alfred was a fruiterer, too, and had a sub-post office in Reading.  There is a definite link to Canada, but I don't know which brothers went there, and whether they stayed.
It's nice to hear from you and to know I have a cousin in Nottingham!

[Teresa Palmer]

i have only just found my dowding side ... my father and mother (brenda godber) split when i was very young ... if you would like to add me on facebook tess dowding please feel free there is a few dowdings on there x

[AJPD]

Thanks, Teresa, I will chat on Facebook.
Would be nice if any of those other Dowdings you mention are related to us!
Rosemary x

[doidy]

I am struggling to find a death for Henry Edward Dowding born 1871, married to Annie.
All I can find is this on Familysearch:
Henry Edward Dowding
Principal
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957

Death4 July 1911
Probate4 November 1959
Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Other:Annie Elizabeth Willmot Dowding

One contributor mentions the possibility Henry went to Canada, but that doesn't account for above?

My interest is really with the Crossman's.

[mckha489]

If you look at the actual probate index

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar#calendar. For 1959.

The date of death is after 4th July 1911 at a place unknown.

So..they didn’t know in 1959 (and presumably 1925 as it says there was a former grant) where or when he died.
There is another admin in 1960 too.  Different names attached.


It might just mean that he had property in England that had to be dealt with. Not that he actually died there.  Sometimes when someone else dies it means paper work has to be done to tidy up their estates which sometimes involves previous estates if they were previously unadministered.

Added. Here’s the 1925

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=Dowding&yearOfDeath=1925&page=2#calendar. With Annie’s name

[doidy]

Sincere thanks. Very interesting, remains a mystery though?

[Annette7]

I think you'll find that '4th July 1911' is probably the day the family last saw him.

Found a Henry Dowding plus a Mrs Dowding left Liverpool on the 'Osterley' on 7th July 1911 going to Freemantle, Australia.  Was thrown off at first by his given occupation of Bricklayer!

'Mrs' turns out to be a Sarah Dowding arriving August 1911 (exact day not shown).  Bizarrely, cannot find an arrival entry for Henry in lists.

From electoral rolls he was a Henry Edward Dowding with wife Sarah in Swan, WA in 1920's and 30's.   Occupation 'Orchardist' which would tie in with his previous occupation of Fruiterer.

Henry Edward Dowding b.1871 buried 20/12/1950 Karrakatta, Nedlands City, WA (no parents names shown for him) and Sarah Dowding bc.1889 bur. 31/5/1977 same place (parents George and Ellen but no surname shown).

I then found some trees on Ancestry and it seems that Sarah was a Sarah Hardy born 19/3/1888 Deptford, Kent, dau. of George Henry Hardy and Ellen Torr.

Fact: there was no Henry Dowding bc.1871 who was a bricklayer in 1911
Fact: there is no marriage between a Henry Dowding and Sarah Hardy
Fact: there was only one Henry Edward Dowding born 1871 in UK (Bishops Stortford)
Fact: Sarah Hardy was a servant in Hornsey in 1911 (2nd April).

It would appear that Sarah was heavily pregnant when she and Henry arrived in Freemantle as trees I found show a daughter Florence Ellen Dowding was born there 13/8/1911!! just days after they arrived.   Talk about cutting it fine!

So, it seems Henry Edward Dowding had been up to no good with Sarah Hardy and on 7th July 1911 they sailed for Australia.   As I said earlier, I'm guessing that '4th July' is the date when his family here last saw him.

Annette 

[doidy]

WOW!!!!!! Sincere thanks. What we stumble on when we do this research never ceases to amaze. Doidy