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    1. [DOR] Robert FOWLER (1865 - 1927) migrated from Dorset to New South Wales
    2. Peter Ferreira
    3. I seek to make contact, or to share FOWLER family history notes, with any descendant or researcher of the family of my cousin, Robert FOWLER. Robert FOWLER junior, was a son of Robert FOWLER senior and Mary Ann Phelps SYMES, farmers and land owners in Winterborne Whitchurch, Dorset. He was baptized in Winterborne Whitchurch, Dorset, on May 21, 1865. For the census of 1881, Robert 16 was a scholar in Kings School, Sherborne, Dorset. Family tradition has it that Robert served in the cavalry in the Boer War. Robert does not appear in the English 1891 or 1901 censuses. About 1908, he migrated to Australia, where he married Isabel MORTON, in Sydney, NSW, about 1909. He worked as a watchman in the NSW Railway Department. Robert died in NSW, Australia on Nov 15, 1927, and was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Rockwood, Sydney, NSW. Robert and Isabel had issue: (1) Alan Robert FOWLER, born about 1910, in Newtown, Sydney, NSW. Alan married Hilda Jean ANSHAW. Alan died in 1988 and Hilda in 1995; Alan and Hilda had issue. (2) Cecil Morton FOWLER, born on April 16th., 1913, in Marrickville, Sydney, NSW, Australia. On March 25th., 1933, in Hurstville, Sydney, NSW, Cecil married Mary Ann CLEAR. During W. W. II, he served in the Navy as a lieutenant (engineering). He retired from the Electricity Commission as an engineer. Mary Ann died in 1986 in Sydney and Cecil in 2003, also in Sydney; Cecil and Mary Ann had issue. (3) Henry (Harry) FOWLER, born about 1916; Harry died in 1988. Best wishes. Peter Ferreira Toronto, Canada.

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