May Dorling, daughter of Amelia Dorling and Granddaughter of Alfred Dorling = Mary Campion. Emigrated with her mother and family to Australia. Photo kindly provided by relative. 
Thursday, July 06, 2006
BSE: May Dorling 1892 BSE
May Dorling, daughter of Amelia Dorling and Granddaughter of Alfred Dorling = Mary Campion. Emigrated with her mother and family to Australia. Photo kindly provided by relative.
BSE: Amelia Dorling
Amelia Dorling, born 1867, daughter of Alfred Dorling = Mary Campion. . Amelia married Arthur Robert Gardner, brother of her sister Agnes's (see photo below) husband and they moved to Australia with daughters May and Ann Margaret (Dolly). Photograph kindly proveded by a descendent .
BSE: Agnes Dorling
Agnes Dorling born 1875 BSE the daughter of Alfred Dorling = Mary Campion, kindly provided by her Great Granddaughter Jacqui Meekins. Agnes married William James Meekins in 1893 and had 2 sons. During WW1 she was recorded as "whereabouts unknown" on her sons army papers, so any possible information on what became of her would be appreciated. 
Monday, June 26, 2006
Bedfield: Rev William Dorling 1931-1912
Rev William Dorling, born 1831 Framlingham, school teacher in Framlingham 1851, married Elizabeth Ann Colbourne 1857 Buckhurst Hill Essex. Congregational Minister & Writer, died 1912, obituaries in the Congregational Year Book and The Literary Review. 3 sons and 3 daughters. Photo and obituary kindly provided by Leonard and Ruth Caspick.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Bedfield: Frederick Charles 1872, with his wife and children
Frederick Charles Dorling born 1872 Ipswich and his wife Alice nee Hayward, with their 6 children: at the back left to right - 
Cecil, Evelyn, Ivy, Leslie, middle - May, front - Arthur, Mary. This photograph kindly provided by Ruth Kaspick, daughter of Cecil Dorling. 
Cecil, Evelyn, Ivy, Leslie, middle - May, front - Arthur, Mary. This photograph kindly provided by Ruth Kaspick, daughter of Cecil Dorling.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Bacton: Betsy Lemon, 2nd wife of William 1843 Bacton
Betsy Dorling nee Lemon, mother of Ready 1880, William Right 1882, Horace 1885, May 1887 and Lily 1890, kindly provided by Mike Bareham, descendant of May nee Dorling and James Diaper.
Bacton: May 1887 & Lily 1890
The daughters of William 1843 Bacton and May's husband James Diaper. Photo kindly provided by Mike Bareham, a descendant of May & James.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Bacton: Horace 1885
Hap Dorling of Bacton, father of Joy and Phyllis. Joy still lives in Bacton and has been a point of contact for many Bacton descendents over the years. Photo kindly provided by Mike Bareham, descendent of Hap's sister May.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Bacton: Charles Ernest 1892-1916, son of Charles.
Charles, pictured on left on photo, died when a stoker on the Queen Mary in the 1916 Battle of Jutland."The Queen Mary, a 28, 000-ton ship blew up after being struck by a salvo of shells abreast of one of her turrets. The ship seemed to collapse inwards, the masts and funnels falling together, the side of the ship being blown outwards, and the armoured roofs of the turrets being hurled 100 feet high, in the wink of an eyelid 57 officers and 1,209 men had gone to their deaths."
From "Endless Story" by Captain Henry Taprell
Dorling D.S.O Royal Navy.
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.
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