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DOWSON family. With you permis- The Dowson Family "The Dowson Family Dear Editor:» Some time ago I had the pleasure of sending you some information with regard to thd early history of the sion, I should like to add to that now. The two words forming the name, Dow and son represent very ancient sounds that go back into the pre-his- tory of the peoples Celt and Saxon, and Angles, from whom we are des- cended. It appears that this combina. tion was used to designate persons, from a very early time and that from this usage a further outgrowth of the name occurred. it Following the Norman invasion of' 1066 and the conquest of the North THEATRE - UXBRIDGE 'MONDAY to THURSDAY « AUGUST 4-7 THE TOWN... JERRY WALD'S ; THE PEOPLE... 'EVERYONE'S : TALKING ABOUT Tin Places - it Uo Li Ps Ni Vi lifetime or perhaps not at all of England, Northumbria (which was an independent kingdom) was over- run by the Normans with slaughter and pillage concluding about the year 1085 when the choice estates were given by William the 1st to men of his choice. Among the deeds of ownership went, with a few, a peculiar right, the right' of avoesson;" the right of the land holder to make appointments to posi- tions in the various churches in his estate, The estates were of course mostly quite large and contained whole villages and towns. As the years went by the old French word, avoesson, becanie the English word advowson a word with a familar sound and with an ancient and familiar meaning to the conquered people. In a very ordinary way the person who was appointed by the land owner to a position in the church became known as a dvowson. It was the custom in those days to give only one name to a baby. Wil- liam, John, Thos., Richard, etc. his se- cond name was acquired during his Wil- liam who inherited an estate, they all had names in the tax records, would be designated by the name of his estate as William of Forestbrook; ohn of Hills, ete. The tradesmen became known hy their trade, John the smith; David the Drover; Thomas the Tailor and so sir names began to evolve our own Dow- son among them. Plain Richard who by education and design, both hard to come by in those early days, received an appointment from his lord to read {in the 'village church, upon receiving his advowson (appointment) became and villages, on the farms and in some the year 1492, the year Columbus dis- covered America. The town of Barnard Castle appears to be our ancient family center any wishing to delve further into our clan history could get some direction by writing to The Clerk of the Municipal Council Barnard Castle, County Dur- ham, England. The families of both branches of the Dowson clan in the Port Perry area might be interested to know that there is some indication of fairly recent relationship. I have not been able to discover the relationship with any degree of definitness as no one seems to know or remember the birthplace of Mr. Ralph«Dowson nor does it ap- pear in the parish records of the Hut- ton-Cranswick (Yorkshire England) Church,-~If anyone has this informa- tion and would like to sénd it to me I should be pleased to do what is pos- sile to find a definite record. However the founder of the Hutton- Cranswick branch of the Clan was Robert Dowson, believed born in Co. Durham - England in the year 1748. He died in Hutton-Cranswick July 14th, 1836. As there is no record of his baptism in that parish church, it is presumed he was born elsewhere and came to his home parish as a young. man seeking employment. His strength and ability is attested by his great age in a period when life was of against marauders. which people come and to which few go to settle, Here in the small towns cities, our family name appears. It appears in records going back before about 30 years expectancy, and when a mans strength was his only defence North country A grand old man who raised a large family. He would appreciate letters Richard Dowson of Little Britain. Those interested in family histories usually note that where families re- malin in settled areas they tend to intermarry until the entire population is more or less related. Something like this happened in Co. Durham in England and people from there can usually depend upon this to indentify themselves with the history and at least some of the historic figures of that place. That is, when reading. the history .of that place, people from there can be reasonably sure they are reading accounts of events in which some of their ancestors took part. The accepted history is The Victoria History of County Durham, England. I understand there is also a History of County Durham Canada, but have not been able to find a copy as yet. If anyone has one, I should be pleased to hear about it. Yours very truly, William DOWSON, 68 Parkview Avenue, Willowdale, Ontario. Obituary MRS. A. 8. MILNE In her 89th year Martha Campbell Milne entered into rest at her home, Blackwater, Ontario, Saturday, July 26th after on illness of one month. Daughter of the late William and Ann Campbell, Scott Township, she THE PORT PERRY STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 81st, 19585 ------ heart. she was President for 16 years; she from Canada. He is & nephew of late| Was a 8. 8. teacher for over 50 years, and for 60 years she contributed a naturally fine solo voice to choir work. Surviving are a brother, A. T. neth C. and Alice (Mrs. McLaren Mil- ler) Omemee, Donald F., Port Perry, Fraser and Ledgie (Mrs. Fred Milne) Blackwater; ten grand-children and six great grandchildren. i Services were held in Pinkham's Funeral Chapel, Sunderland, July 29, conducted by Dr. B., D. Armstrong, family. l tery, Wick. Port, Perry, a life-long friend of the Interment in McNeill Ceme- Obituary GARNET ROSS HEALEY The Community of Saintfield was greatly saddened by the sudden pass- ing, at the Sharon Gun Club on Tues-, day, July 22, 1958, of Garnet Ross Healey, who owned and operated the general store in that village. The late Mr. Healey was born at Ballantrae, Ontario, on January 17, 1896, a son of William and Isabulla Healey. On June 1, 1918 he was mar- ried to Irene Hooper of Blackstock and the young couple made their home at Maple, Ontario where he was Tele: graph operator, before going into business at Saintfield, where they have resided for the past 32 years. Besides his_sorrowing wife, he lea- ves three sons and one daughter. Jack {and Douglas at home, Bob of Port A life member of WMS, ' The funeral was conducted by the Rev. R. G. Holbert. of Uxbridge, from the Pinkham Funeral Chapel, Sunder- land on Friday, July 25th, 19568 Inter- Cemetery, ment Pine Grove I Albert. Prince Campbell, Regina; five children, Ken-' VO ZR DEVAN AA Staring in company is bad manners. Staring from behind the wheel is bad driving, points out the Ontario Safety League. A fixed stare blurs the eyes, reduces "| alterness and may allow danger from sides and rear to approach unnoticed. Seeing should be done in quick flashes in driving. The eyes should move constantly, never fixing on one "picture" for more than a couple of seconds. The eyes of a good driver are never satisfied--they are always on the move to another spot. There are two traps to watch for, 'to avoid a dangerous driving stare: either looking at something very in- teresting, or at something uninterest- ing. A fixed point of special interest --scenery, a pretty girl, an accident scene--can drag a driver's vision right away from the traffic picture where it belongs, A straight, momotonous. highway may hold the eyes on the road, but an unseeing stare soon de- on the move. velops if eyes and mind do not keep' known as William Advowson. Those | families are bound together by age old | was born at Leaskdale, where she' l'erry and Marion (Mrs, Murray Wal- Seeing in quick flashes, the eyes so receiving these appointments be-|ties of kindness and affection for each | ghont the early half of her life. Her! lace) of Ajax. Also left to mourn|build up an all-round picture of the coming known as advowsons. Sing-' other and as the years of Ralph and | husband, Andrew S. Milne, prede- his passing are two grandchildren, | traffic sceme. "All-round" includes \ ularly they soon became :dvowson, and "Robert overlap it is quite possible that Patsy and 'Faye Healey, and one in the spelling the unfamiliar v being | they. were known to each other. This brother, Delbert of Gananoque, Ont. ceased her 41 years ago. In 1910 the family moved to Wick the vear, of course; the rearview mir- row (s) should be checked regularly as supposition is enhanced by the fact dropped Dowson, a combination of "words already familiar to the people, appeared. ; County Durham, once ruled by a Bishop of the Church, up to our own time is a county to which few. people migrate, the old familiar remain and have remained for hundreds, perhaps that Richard also chose County Dur- ham Canada as his place of settlement. Richard was a descendent of Robert. The senior family member in York- shire England of the Hutton-Crans- wick family, is Thomas Dowson, Gran- amoor, Harpham, Driffield, Yorkshire, England, 84 years old on May 4th last. where she spent the remaining half of a long and useful life, character- ized by a rich faith, a radiantly hap- py nature, and a way of living never too full to help others. Her church life was close to her One brother, Bruce and a sister, Mar- garet predeceased him. He was an active member of the Port Perry Rod & Gun Club, and was greatly interested in all types of clean sport, a routine, particularly when there is traffic ahead and/or behind. And the mirror should be checked instinctively, immediately a situation develops that may demand braking, or changing lanes. 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