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| Type | Date | Details | Age |
| Birth | __ ___ 1853 | Bath, Somerset. [1],[2] | 0 |
| Census | 7 Apr 1861 | Bourn's (?) Cottages, Glass House Farm, Odd Down, Lyncombe & Widcombe, Somerset; shown as scholar, aged 8. [2] | 8 |
| Census | 2 Apr 1871 | Glass House Cottage, Lyncombe & Widcombe, Bath, Somerset; shown as farm labourer, aged 18. [1] | 18 |
Sources
1. S0384: Census 1871 William DOWLING, Image of Enumerator's book, 2 April 1871, ref: RG10/2485/f.36, Glass House Cottage, Lyncombe & Widcome, Bath, household of William Dowling; Repository: Ancestry website, www.ancestry.co.uk.
2. S0391: Census 1861 William DOWLING, Image of Enumerator's book, 7 Apr 1861, ref: RG9/1689 folio 58, Lyncombe & Widcombe, Bath, Somerset, household of William Dowling; Repository: Ancestry website, www.ancestry.co.uk.