Subject: Luke Dowling (110) (1841 - 1885)
Father: Charles Dowling (108) (b. 7 May 1802, d. 20 Apr 1885)
Mother: Mary Ann Curtis (109) (b. 24 Feb 1804, d. 6 Jan 1887)

Events

Ages

Timeline

TypeDateDetailsAge
Birth1 Jan 1841Combe Down, Widcombe, Bath, Somerset; at half past 9 a.m. [1]0
Baptism1 Jan 1841Combe Down, Widcombe, Somerset. [2]0
Census6 Jun 1841Adjacent to Jews Burial Ground, Lyncombe & Widcombe, Somerset; shown aged 2 months. [3]0
Census30 Mar 1851Combe Down, Lyncombe & Widcombe, Somerset; shown as Scholar, aged 10. [4]10
Census7 Apr 1861Turnpike Gate, Combe Down, Lyncombe & Widcombe, nr Bath, Somerset; shown as toll collector, aged 20. [5]20
Occupation__ ___ ____Assistant Overseer at Hinton Blewett.
Census2 Apr 1871Hinton Blewett, Somerset; shown aged 30, a farmer of 18 acres, living with his father, Charles. [6],[7],[8]30
Occupation__ ___ 1872Hinton Blewett, Somerset; a farmer. [9]30
Census3 Apr 1881Hinton Blewitt, Somerset; shown as Farmer's son, aged 40, unmarried. [10]40
Misc9 Nov 1882Hinton Blewett, Somerset; he advertised a house, stable, garden, barn & piggery to let. [11]41
Misc2 Jan 1883Temple Cloud, Somerset; it was reported in the Bristol Mercury that he was one of the appointed Income Tax Collectors. [12]42
Witness20 Apr 1885Death; Charles Dowling (108); Hinton Blewett, Somerset; of old age. [13]44
Death26 Aug 1885Hinton Blewett, Somerset; shown on his will as farmer. [14],[15]44
Burial30 Aug 1885Hinton Blewett, Somerset; shown aged 47. [16],[14]44
Will9 Sep 1885Wells, Somerset; had his will proven. Thomas Uriah Ferris of Camely was the Executor. Personal estate valued at £224 18s 11d. The land that he had recently purchased, Stocking Land, was to provide an income, from rents and profits, for his mother, Mary Ann Dowling, until her death, then his sister, Eve Gould, until her death, then her son, George Benjamin Gould. [15]44

Sources

1. S0014: LukeD 2 (birth certificate), birth registration of Luke Dowling, GRO record (1 Jan 1841); Repository: General Register Office, PO Box 2, Southport, Merseyside PR8 2JD.

2. S0388: Widcombe baptisms, Transcription from fiche, various people, (various dates), Somerset Record Office, Brunel Way, Langford Mead, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset TA2 6SF.

3. S0287: Census 1841 Charles DOWLING, Fiche of original record, 6 June 1841, ref: Fiche MC344, Lyncombe & Widcombe, household of Charles Dowling; Repository: Somerset Record Office, Brunel Way, Langford Mead, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset TA2 6SF.

4. S0027: Census 1851 Charles DOWLING, 1851 census, 30 Mar 1851, ref: H.O. 107/1942, Page 6 /215, Lyncombe & Widcombe, Combe Down, Somerset, household of Charles Dowling; Repository: Beavington 1851 Census transcription, Gordon Beavington.

5. S0387: Census 1861 Luke DOWLING, Image of Enumerator's book, 7 Apr 1861, ref: RG9/1680/p.6, Combe Down, Lyncombe & Widcombe, nr Bath, household of Luke Dowling; Repository: Ancestry website, www.ancestry.co.uk.

6. S0112: Private communication.

7. S0136: Private communication.

8. S0773: Census 1871 Charles DOWLING, Image of Enumerator's book, 2 April 1871, ref: RG10/2467/p.10, Hinton Blewitt, Somerset, household of Charles Dowling; Repository: Ancestry website, www.ancestry.co.uk.

9. S0235: 1872 Morris Directory of Somerset & Bristol, publisher: Morris, 1872; Repository: Bath Central Library.

10. S0029: 1881 Census entry for Charles & Mary Dowling and Temperance Dowling, 1881 Census, 3 Apr 1881, ref: Piece 2425 Folio 76 Page 5, Hinton Blewett, household of Charles Dowling; Repository: 1881 British Census and National Index, Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS).

11. S1187: Bristol Mercury, Hinton Blewett, 9 Nov 1882, page 2, titled "To Be Let", Repository: British Newspaper Archives, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.

12. S1186: Bristol Mercury, Temple Cloud, 2 Jan 1883, page 3, titled "Income Tax Collectors", Repository: British Newspaper Archives, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.

13. S0015: Charles Dowling (death certificate), GRO death certificate, death registration of Charles Dowling, 20 Apr 1885; Repository: General Register Office, PO Box 2, Southport, Merseyside PR8 2JD. Hereinafter cited as Charles DOWLING death cert.

14. S0054: Private communication.

15. S0832: Will of Luke DOWLING, will of Luke Dowling, date 9 Sep 1885, , repository: Ancestry website, www.ancestry.co.uk.

16. S0031: Private communication.