Born in Hunters Hill, New South Wales (Australia)
Ancestors 
Daughter of Michael Dowdall
and Mary Jane (Hatton) Williams
Wife of
William Irvine
— married
21 Nov 1868 in Great Western, Victoria (Australia)
Wife of
William Smith
— married
1888 in Victoria (Australia)
Descendants 
Mother of
Arthur Smith
Died after
after age 44
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Dec 2017
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Biography
Emma Eliza Dowdall was born on 25th June 1851 in Hunter's Hill, New South Wales (Australia). She was the younger daughter of Michael Dowdall and Mary Hatton. [1] She was christened in All Saints Church of England (Anglican Church), North Parramatta.
As Emma Williams and aged seventeen years, Emma married Scottish emigrant, William Irvine, on 21st November 1868 in Great Western, Victoria (Australia). [2] William died in 1885.
Emma married William Smith in 1888 in Victoria (Australia). [3]
Emma is an enigma to family members researching her line. Questions yet answered include: Why did she marry at 17 in Victoria when her family remained in Sydney? Why did she marry as Emma Williams? Where and when did she die? Can you help answer these and other facts to record and honour Emma's life?
Sources
- ↑ New South Wales Birth Index #1203/1851 V18511203 38A; registered at Parramatta; last name spelled Dowdell
- ↑ Victoria Marriage Index #3730/1868; as Emma Williams
- ↑ Victoria Marriage Index #8374/1888; as Emma Irvine nee Williams
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emma by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Emma:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emma by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Emma:
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~12.50%
Michael Cooper
:
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Phil McMahon :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H763631 [compare]
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John Falvey
Dowdall-183 and Dowdall-135 appear to represent the same person because: same name, DOB, mother
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by John Falvey
Rejected matches › Emily Dowdall (1849-)
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