Thursday, March 02, 2006
Dennington: Headstone of Jonathan Dorling of Dennington, Ipswich and Laxfield in Suffolk
Jonathan was born in Dennington in 1714. He was married 3 times, lived in Ipswich where his son William was born, and buried in Laxfield in 1786 His headstone was erected by his son William in 1844. William was born in 1775 Ipswich, son of Jonathan's 3rd wife Elizabeth Thurlow. Laxfield Headstone Entries Book:
Entry 126 "Johnathan Dorling son of Nicholas and
Sarah Dorling or Dawling thus of Dennington, 19 Jan 1786 age 68.
Elizabeth his wife daughter of John and Maria Thurlow of Stonham Aspall of this
county 14 Deb 1817 age 83, Elizabeth daughter of the above 24 Nov 1799 age 22
headstone erected 1844 by their son W Dorling of Epsom, surrey. S.E.
corner from South Gate round to N.E. corner"
William's older brother Jonathan moved to Surrey, and he and his son Jonathan, who died age about 27, are buried in Leatherhead.
William appears to have trained as a printer and did well for himself as a stationer and book seller. The book "Epsom and the Dorlings" describes him riding over the Sussex downs and falling in love with Bexhill. William moved to Bexhill, where his children were born and brought up. William's children all did very well and they and their descendants are among some of the most well known Dorlings.
Monday, February 27, 2006
West Stow: Frederick James 1913 in 1934
Frederick began tracing his family history when he retired and we were in touch in the 1980s, but at that time we couldn't link him to a particular Dorling branch. His family had 4 generations in the Cold Stream Guards.
Many years later, about 2008, when Fred would have been very elderly if still living, I suddenly found information to link him to the West Stow branch. I found his name and address in the telephone directories and rang. His wife anwered and he was still living but couldn't come to the phone as he was too deaf to use the phone. I wrote to him with the information and later sent him his ancestor's military records from The National Archives. Fred then became one of the first members of the Dorling DNA Project helping to identify the YDNA signature of the West Stow branch.
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