George Pyke Dowling Whittaker (1853 - 1901)

Born 15 Apr 1853 in Brooklyn, Green, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Louisa (Crowell) Whittaker — married 25 Mar 1880 in Cunningham, South Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1901 at age 47 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

George Pyke Dowling Whittaker was born in Brooklyn, Green County, Wisconsin, USA, on 15 April 1853.^[1]

His family then lived in Mill Creek, Washington County, Kansas Territory, USA at the time of the 1860 census.^[2]

The family migrated to Australia from New York - parents and three sons (his sister is believed to have died before the journey). They arrived in Melbourne on 15 March 1864 (George was eldest, aged 10) and travelled to South Australia.

George Pyke Dowling Whittaker took up a selection of land in what is now the Dowlingville Area. He took section 151, Hundred of Cunningham in August 1882, transferred from previous selector Alfred Rutter, Jun.^[3] and Section 138 in October 1883, transferred from previous selector Alfred Rutter.^[4] His brothers had nearby selections.

He married Louisa Crowell at her mother's residence on 25 May 1880.^[5]

George and Louisa had sixteen children:^[6]

1. Elizabeth May Whittaker, 29 June 1881 Ardrossan - 10 May 1954 Ardrossan married John Augustus Charles Hyde
2. Olive Louisa Whittaker, 11 September 1882 Dowlingville - 7 January 1961, married Hezekiah Simmons
3. Maybel Eliza Whittaker, 10 March 1884 Dowlingville - 8 September 1949 Port Wakefield, married Alfred Thomas Mudge
4. William James Whittaker, 24 February 1885 Dowingville - 20 October 1959 married Janet Helena Walker
5. John Frederick Whittaker, 18 August 1886 Dowlingville - 3 December 1935 married Muriel May Watkins
6. George Pyke Dowling Whittaker, 10 November 1887 - 29 July 1936 Kadina, married Euphenia (Effie) Alice Walker
7. Myrtle Laura Whittaker, 28 October 1888 Dowlingville - 9 November 1932 Wallaroo, married Warren Hasting Wilson
8. Henry Crowell Whittaker, 2 December 1889 Dowlingville - 1978, married Ethel Lily Ella Walker
9. Stanley Harold Whittaker, 14 November 1890 Dowlingville - 5 May 1901 (killed in a wagon accident)
10. Crystal Rose Whittaker, 30 December 1891 Dowlingville - 29 July 1984
11. Ruby Pearl Whittaker, 10 July 1893 Dowlingville - 18 October 1973 Ardrossan, married Douglass Lindsay Dowling Rowntree
12. Reginald Varney Whittaker, 21 April 1896 Dowingville - 27 August 1956 Eastwood, married Vera Malvina Waters
13. Victoria Evelyn Whittaker, 16 May 1897 Dowlingville - 11 January 1970, married George Hand
14. Joy Gwendoline Whittaker, 7 May 1898 Dowlingville - 30 October 1969 Karrakatta WA, married Frederick Penberthy Waters
15. Lancelot Gordon Whittaker, 24 October 1899 Dowingville - 10 December 1962, married Agnes Maria Violet Powell
16. Alexandra Lillian Whittaker, 23-24 March 1901

George died on 7 March 1901 at Adelaide Hospital, aged 48 years,^[7] and was buried at Price.^[8]

WHITTAKER.—On the 7th March, at the Adelaide Hospital, George Pike Dowling Whittaker, dearly beloved husband of Louisa Crowell Whittaker, aged 48. At rest. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Beard, Mary, The Whittaker Saga ISBN 0 9593675 0 0
2. ↑ 1860 US Federal Census Roll M653_352 page 805
3. ↑ Transfer from previous selector, approved 14 August 1882; Source: South Australian Government Gazette, No. 14, 6 April 1882 p 1123, South Australian Government Gazette, No. 34, 24 August 1882 v 2 p 2637
4. ↑ Transfer from previous selector, approved 9 October 1883; Source: South Australian Government Gazette, No. 28, 7 June 1883 v 1 p 2046, South Australian Government Gazette, No. 48, 25 October 1883 p 1459
5. ↑ Ancestry.com Australian Marriage Index
6. ↑ Whittaker Saga Committee, Australian Generations of Whittaker Families 2015
7. ↑ Genealogy SA death index Given Name(s): George Pike Dowling Last Name: WHITTAKER Death Date: 07 Mar 1901 Gender: M Age: 48y Approx. Birth Year: 1853 Marital Status: N Residence: Dowlingville Death Place: Adelaide District: Adelaide Symbol: H Book/Page: 276/122
8. ↑ Genealogy SA memorial inscriptions database Given Name(s): George Pyke Dowling Surname: WHITTAKER Death Date: 7 Mar 1901 Age: 48y Relations: Husband of Louisa Cemetery: Price
9. ↑ The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Wed 13 Mar 1901 Page 4