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Joseph Dowson

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Joseph Dowson

Birth
Yokohama, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
Death
5 Oct 1926 (aged 54–55)
Kaimuki, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Burial
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 9
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NAME: Since Joseph was born and raised in Japan, he also had a Japanese name which was Chiyo Iso. As noted in the 1910 Federal Census and as shown below, he is enumerated under his Japanese name with the initials for his English name appearing in between as middle initials.

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Chiyo J[oseph] D[owson] Isa [Iso] in the 1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Chiyo J D Isa [Chiyo J D Iso]
Age in 1910: 38
Birth Year: abt 1872
Birthplace: Japan
Home in 1910: Ewa, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory
Race: Japanese
Immigration Year: 1892 [1890]
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ume Isa [Iso]
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: Japan
Household Members:
Name Age
Chiyo J D Isa 38, Head
Ume Isa 37, Wife
Chrichi [Charles] Isa 16, Son
George D Isa 2, Son
Skiyosaka Yoshikiye 41, Lodger

Note: Except for the lodger, the surname for all members of this household is ISO.

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Chiyo Iso in the Honolulu, Hawaii, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959
Name: Chiyo Iso
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1871
Birth Place: Japan
Port of Departure: Honolulu, Hawaii
Departure Date: 4 Oct 1926
Ship: Korea Maru

Note: Although his name appeared on this travel manifest, showing a departure date of 4 Oct 1926, he died on 5 Oct 1926, at his home in Kaimuki.

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JOSEPH DOWSON DIES AT HOME IN KAIMUKI; BURIAL TO BE SUNDAY
 Joseph Dowson of 1026 Koko Head Ave., Kaimuki, died at his home yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock after a three-months’ illness. The deceased was born at Yokohama, Japan, in 1871 and came to Honolulu in January, 1900, taking up a position with the Ewa mill as second engineer. He remained with that company for nine years, after which he went into business for himself.
 For the last 12 years he has been chief engineer of Libby, McNeill & Libby of Honolulu. Those surviving him are his widow, Ume I. Dowson; two sons, Charles Philip Dowson, a dentist of Maui, and George I. Dowson, a student at the University of Hawaii; his father, Maj. Phillip Sedgwick Dowson, royal army of England, of Santa Barbara, Cal.; a brother, Samuel Dowson of California, and three grandchildren, Margaret Catherine, Phillip Charles and Joseph Gordon Dowson of Maui.
 Services for the deceased will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, October 10, at the Nuuanu Japanese Congregational church. (Published in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 06 Oct 1926)
NAME: Since Joseph was born and raised in Japan, he also had a Japanese name which was Chiyo Iso. As noted in the 1910 Federal Census and as shown below, he is enumerated under his Japanese name with the initials for his English name appearing in between as middle initials.

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Chiyo J[oseph] D[owson] Isa [Iso] in the 1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Chiyo J D Isa [Chiyo J D Iso]
Age in 1910: 38
Birth Year: abt 1872
Birthplace: Japan
Home in 1910: Ewa, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory
Race: Japanese
Immigration Year: 1892 [1890]
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ume Isa [Iso]
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: Japan
Household Members:
Name Age
Chiyo J D Isa 38, Head
Ume Isa 37, Wife
Chrichi [Charles] Isa 16, Son
George D Isa 2, Son
Skiyosaka Yoshikiye 41, Lodger

Note: Except for the lodger, the surname for all members of this household is ISO.

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Chiyo Iso in the Honolulu, Hawaii, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959
Name: Chiyo Iso
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1871
Birth Place: Japan
Port of Departure: Honolulu, Hawaii
Departure Date: 4 Oct 1926
Ship: Korea Maru

Note: Although his name appeared on this travel manifest, showing a departure date of 4 Oct 1926, he died on 5 Oct 1926, at his home in Kaimuki.

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JOSEPH DOWSON DIES AT HOME IN KAIMUKI; BURIAL TO BE SUNDAY
 Joseph Dowson of 1026 Koko Head Ave., Kaimuki, died at his home yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock after a three-months’ illness. The deceased was born at Yokohama, Japan, in 1871 and came to Honolulu in January, 1900, taking up a position with the Ewa mill as second engineer. He remained with that company for nine years, after which he went into business for himself.
 For the last 12 years he has been chief engineer of Libby, McNeill & Libby of Honolulu. Those surviving him are his widow, Ume I. Dowson; two sons, Charles Philip Dowson, a dentist of Maui, and George I. Dowson, a student at the University of Hawaii; his father, Maj. Phillip Sedgwick Dowson, royal army of England, of Santa Barbara, Cal.; a brother, Samuel Dowson of California, and three grandchildren, Margaret Catherine, Phillip Charles and Joseph Gordon Dowson of Maui.
 Services for the deceased will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, October 10, at the Nuuanu Japanese Congregational church. (Published in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 06 Oct 1926)

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