-one of the oldest residents of Yonkers, died yesterday afternoon at her home, Warburton Avenue, following an illness of one week. Mrs. Dowling, who had not been in rugged health since the time when, seven years ago, she was struck by a bicycle on Warburton Avenue, suffered a partial paralysis of the throat which was the immediate cause of her death. Mrs. Dowling came from notable ancestry. she was 10th direct descandent of John Alden and Priscilla Mullens, who came to America in the Mayflower and were married in Plymouth, Mass. in 1623. Her great, great great grandfather was Chief Justice to Frederick the Great. His name was Dr. Johan Gustav von Storch. The name originally was spelled Staerck, until the prefix of von was given it, a sign of nobility. Mrs. Dowling, nee von Storch, was born in Scranton, Pa. on Jan. 9, 1850.
The von Storch family was one of the oldest in the Scranton section. Mrs. Dowling's grandfather, Henry Ludwig Christopher von Storch, having settled there in 1810. He was the first man to discover anthracite coal in the Lackawanna Valley and to realize its commercial value.
On Jan. 29, 1883, Mrs. Dowling was married to George Boyd Dowling in Tarrytown. For 66 years she had resided in Yonkers and had been a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Getty Square.
The Dowlings were the first to build a modern home in the Greystone section of the city. Mrs. Dowling herself designed the building, where the family has been living for the past 26 years. She is a graduate of School 6, and attended St. John's Church as a little girl. Getty Square at that time had the old hand pump in its centre, remembered only by the oldest inhabitants. For many years, Mrs. Dowling was associated with her sister, Mrs. Ellen V. Sawyer, in the dry goods business in this city. The establishment, which was known as the Bee Hive Dry Goods Store, was located on the present site of Pops' Pharmacy. The business was given up in 1906 and since that time Mrs. Dowling had lived a quiet and retired life.
She is survived by her husband, George B. Dowling, a son, Robert L. Dowling, a grandson, John R. Dowling and her daughter-in-law, the former Miss Josephine F. Parsons. Funeral services at the home tomorrow afternoon; interment in Woodlawn.
-obituary in the Yonkers Statesman And News, Thursday, 2/14/1924-0566
The von Storch family was one of the oldest in the Scranton section. Mrs. Dowling's grandfather, Henry Ludwig Christopher von Storch, having settled there in 1810. He was the first man to discover anthracite coal in the Lackawanna Valley and to realize its commercial value.
On Jan. 29, 1883, Mrs. Dowling was married to George Boyd Dowling in Tarrytown. For 66 years she had resided in Yonkers and had been a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Getty Square.
The Dowlings were the first to build a modern home in the Greystone section of the city. Mrs. Dowling herself designed the building, where the family has been living for the past 26 years. She is a graduate of School 6, and attended St. John's Church as a little girl. Getty Square at that time had the old hand pump in its centre, remembered only by the oldest inhabitants. For many years, Mrs. Dowling was associated with her sister, Mrs. Ellen V. Sawyer, in the dry goods business in this city. The establishment, which was known as the Bee Hive Dry Goods Store, was located on the present site of Pops' Pharmacy. The business was given up in 1906 and since that time Mrs. Dowling had lived a quiet and retired life.
She is survived by her husband, George B. Dowling, a son, Robert L. Dowling, a grandson, John R. Dowling and her daughter-in-law, the former Miss Josephine F. Parsons. Funeral services at the home tomorrow afternoon; interment in Woodlawn.
-obituary in the Yonkers Statesman And News, Thursday, 2/14/1924-0566
-one of the oldest residents of Yonkers, died yesterday afternoon at her home, Warburton Avenue, following an illness of one week. Mrs. Dowling, who had not been in rugged health since the time when, seven years ago, she was struck by a bicycle on Warburton Avenue, suffered a partial paralysis of the throat which was the immediate cause of her death. Mrs. Dowling came from notable ancestry. she was 10th direct descandent of John Alden and Priscilla Mullens, who came to America in the Mayflower and were married in Plymouth, Mass. in 1623. Her great, great great grandfather was Chief Justice to Frederick the Great. His name was Dr. Johan Gustav von Storch. The name originally was spelled Staerck, until the prefix of von was given it, a sign of nobility. Mrs. Dowling, nee von Storch, was born in Scranton, Pa. on Jan. 9, 1850.
The von Storch family was one of the oldest in the Scranton section. Mrs. Dowling's grandfather, Henry Ludwig Christopher von Storch, having settled there in 1810. He was the first man to discover anthracite coal in the Lackawanna Valley and to realize its commercial value.
On Jan. 29, 1883, Mrs. Dowling was married to George Boyd Dowling in Tarrytown. For 66 years she had resided in Yonkers and had been a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Getty Square.
The Dowlings were the first to build a modern home in the Greystone section of the city. Mrs. Dowling herself designed the building, where the family has been living for the past 26 years. She is a graduate of School 6, and attended St. John's Church as a little girl. Getty Square at that time had the old hand pump in its centre, remembered only by the oldest inhabitants. For many years, Mrs. Dowling was associated with her sister, Mrs. Ellen V. Sawyer, in the dry goods business in this city. The establishment, which was known as the Bee Hive Dry Goods Store, was located on the present site of Pops' Pharmacy. The business was given up in 1906 and since that time Mrs. Dowling had lived a quiet and retired life.
She is survived by her husband, George B. Dowling, a son, Robert L. Dowling, a grandson, John R. Dowling and her daughter-in-law, the former Miss Josephine F. Parsons. Funeral services at the home tomorrow afternoon; interment in Woodlawn.
-obituary in the Yonkers Statesman And News, Thursday, 2/14/1924-0566
The von Storch family was one of the oldest in the Scranton section. Mrs. Dowling's grandfather, Henry Ludwig Christopher von Storch, having settled there in 1810. He was the first man to discover anthracite coal in the Lackawanna Valley and to realize its commercial value.
On Jan. 29, 1883, Mrs. Dowling was married to George Boyd Dowling in Tarrytown. For 66 years she had resided in Yonkers and had been a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Getty Square.
The Dowlings were the first to build a modern home in the Greystone section of the city. Mrs. Dowling herself designed the building, where the family has been living for the past 26 years. She is a graduate of School 6, and attended St. John's Church as a little girl. Getty Square at that time had the old hand pump in its centre, remembered only by the oldest inhabitants. For many years, Mrs. Dowling was associated with her sister, Mrs. Ellen V. Sawyer, in the dry goods business in this city. The establishment, which was known as the Bee Hive Dry Goods Store, was located on the present site of Pops' Pharmacy. The business was given up in 1906 and since that time Mrs. Dowling had lived a quiet and retired life.
She is survived by her husband, George B. Dowling, a son, Robert L. Dowling, a grandson, John R. Dowling and her daughter-in-law, the former Miss Josephine F. Parsons. Funeral services at the home tomorrow afternoon; interment in Woodlawn.
-obituary in the Yonkers Statesman And News, Thursday, 2/14/1924-0566
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