Alfred Dowding (1860 - 1937)

Born 1860 in Bilston, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Elizabeth (Bird) Dowding — married 31 Dec 1888 in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 1937 at about age 77 in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

This profile is part of the Dowding Name Study.

The birth of Alfred Dowding was registered in the Wolverhampton district in the 1st quarter of 1860 with his mother's maiden name recorded as Murphy.^[1]

1871: At Penkridge Street, Walsall Foreign, Walsall, Staffordshire:^[2]

George Dowding Head Male 36 ?Reston, Dorsetshire

Mary Dowding Wife Female 35 Ireland

Alfred Dowding Son Male 11 Bilston, Staffordshire

Elias James Dowding Son Male 8 Walsall, Staffordshire

Elizabeth Dowding Daughter Female 6 Walsall, Staffordshire

William Dowding Son Male 0 Walsall, Staffordshire

Alfred Dowding, a fireman aged 27, married Elizabeth Bird, aged 21, at Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States on 31 Dec 1888 with his parents named as Elias and Mary Dowding and hers as George and Maria Bird.^[3]

1901: At 57, Brindley Heath, Brereton, Lichfield, Staffordshire:^[4]

Alfred Dowding Head Married Male 41 Collier Surface Boiler Minder Bilston, Staffordshire

Elizabeth Dowding Wife Married Female 34 - Bridgetown, Staffordshire

Alice Dowding Daughter Single Female 11 - United States

George Dowding Son Single Male 10 - Staffordshire

Samuel Dowding Son - Male 7 - Bromley Heath, Staffordshire

Agnes Dowding Daughter - Female 5 - Bromley Heath, Staffordshire

Alfred Dowding Son - Male 2 - Bromley Heath, Staffordshire

1911: At High Mount St Hednesford Staffordshire, Cannock, Staffordshire:^[5]

Alfred Dowding Head Married Male 49 Boiler Minder Staffs Bilston

Elizabeth Dowding Wife Married Female 44 - Staffs ;Bridgeton Cannock

Alice Dowding Daughter Single Female 21 - America Pennsylvania

George Dowding Son Single Male 20 Coal Miner Hewer Staffs Hednesford

Samuel Dowding Son Single Male 18 Coal Miner Hewer Underground Labouer Staffs Hednesford

Alfred Dowding Son - Male 13 School Staffs Hednesford

James Dowding Son - Male 10 School Staffs Hednesford

Harry Dowding Son - Male 7 - Staffs Hednesford

Leonard Dowding Son - Male 4 - Staffs Hednesford

Horace Dowding Son - Male 2 - Staffs Hednesford

Sources

1. ↑ GRO Reference: 1860 M Quarter in WOLVERHAMPTON Volume 06B Page 551
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDD8-X72 : 26 April 2019), Alfred Dowding in entry for George Dowding, 1871.
3. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF3J-B4Y : 5 August 2020), Alfred Dowding and Elizabeth M. Bird, 31 Dec 1888; citing Marriage, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSQN-L4Q : 21 May 2019), Samuel Dowding in household of Alfred Dowding, Brereton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Rugeley subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW75-3RH : 4 July 2019), Samuel Dowding in household of Alfred Dowding, Cannock, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.