William Dowling 1924–1999
Catalog ID p.2255 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/2255/
William Dowling was probably born in 1924. He married Dorothy Cooper. He probably died in 1999 and was probably buried at Newton Cemetery, Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey.
Also recorded as: William J. Dowling G.622
Facts
| Event | Date | Place / detail | Certainty | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 1924 | probable | G.622 | |
| death | 1999 | probable | G.622, J.410 | |
| burial | Newton Cemetery, Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey | probable | G.622 |
Family
Parents
Not identified.
Spouses
- Dorothy (Cooper) Dowling 1925–2009 J.410, G.215
Children
None recorded.
Family tree
Solid lines and outlines: certain. Dashed: probable or weaker. Open the full tree (four generations)
In the documents
Every published document that names William Dowling, in date order, with what that document itself records.
| Date | Document | Role | What it records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | G.623 cemetery memorial Find a Grave memorial 63697508, 'Dorothy C. Dowling' (1925-), Newton Cemetery, Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, with a photograph of the Clark C. Cooper famil… |
spouse as "William J. Dowling (1924-1999)" |
|
| 26 May 1950 | D.717 census population 1950 1950 U.S. census, Newton (Township), Sussex Co., New Jersey, ED 19-30, sheet 15, lines 23-28 (serial 141) - NARA |
head as "Dowling, William" |
residence: 1950, Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey occupation: 1950, Laborer, creamery |
2 further documents not published (they may name living people).
Still unknown, and where we have looked
- Parents not identified.
- Birthplace not established.
Searches recorded
ancestry all 2026-10-19 · HER MARRIAGE TO William Dowling WILLIAM J. DOWLING - the gap the sweep's worklist carried at 'no search recorded'. Ancestry 'New Jersey,...
Searched for: HER MARRIAGE TO William Dowling WILLIAM J. DOWLING - the gap the sweep's worklist carried at 'no search recorded'. Ancestry 'New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016' (coll. 61253), SIGNED IN - the collection that dated four other marriages in this family today ([C.160]-[C.164]).
Searched on the RARER of the two surnames:
?name=William_Dowling&count=50 - 79 rows, BOTH PAGES READ, i.e. the whole of the engine's answer. The set is a fuzzy surname match and includes Dehling, Dahling, Dilling and Dooling, so a true 'Dowling' row cannot have been excluded by spelling.
Reciprocal check from her side: ?name=Dorothy_Cooper&count=50 - 277 rows over 6 pages, page 1 scanned for a Dowling spouse. Pages 2-6 not read, and nothing is claimed for them; the Dowling read is the one that carries the result.Result: NULL, AND IT IS A COMPLETE READ ON THE SURNAME THAT MATTERS. No William Dowling marriage to any Cooper appears anywhere in the New Jersey index, 1901-2016.
AND BOTH DIRECTIONS ARE COVERED BY THAT ONE SEARCH, which is worth stating because it is what makes the null worth anything: Ancestry indexes BOTH PARTIES out of these volumes - [C.162]'s Carl O Cooper row is drawn from a Bride index - so a marriage entered under the bride's name still returns when the groom is searched.
WHAT IT BOUNDS. She was born 1925 and was at Newton, Sussex Co. in 1950 [D.717]; he was born 1924 and died 1999; they lie together in Newton Cemetery on the Clark C. Cooper family stone [G.622], and her 2009 obituary calls her 'predeceased by her husband, William' [J.410]. ⇒ A marriage certainly happened; New Jersey has no indexed record of it.
NEXT: the New York and Pennsylvania indexes (Sussex Co. is forty miles from Port Jervis, N.Y. and borders Pennsylvania at the Delaware), and pages 2-6 of the Dorothy Cooper list to make that side complete too.
One row noted and NOT pursued: 'Jason W Dowling | Aug 1952 | Newton, Sussex | Jennie M Reilinger' - a Dowling marrying at Newton in the right decade. Possibly his kin; nothing here connects them, and it is recorded so it is not re-noticed as new.
findagrave 2026-10-11 · William Dowling, d. 2008 +/-10, New Jersey (state filter).
Searched for: William Dowling, d. 2008 +/-10, New Jersey (state filter).
Result: Memorial 63697545, William J. Dowling (1924-1999), Newton Cemetery, spouse Dorothy C. Dowling -> [G.622].
Documents
- G.623 Find a Grave memorial 63697508, 'Dorothy C. Dowling' (1925-), Newton Cemetery, Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, with a photograph of the Clark C. Cooper family stone