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Joseph Dowey 1834 - 1898

Joseph Dowey of Heidelberg, City of Banyule County, VIC Australia was born on July 20, 1834 in Antrim, Antrim and Newtownabbey County, Northern Ireland United Kingdom to Henry Dowey and Sarah (Tate) Dowey. He had siblings Sarah Jane (Dowey) Wilson and Catherine (Dowey) Johnstone. He married Elizabeth Fletcher Dowey in 1858, and had children William Henry Dowey, Ernest Joseph Dowey, Violetta Elizabeth Dowey, Catherine Sarah Dowey, Edward Dowey, and Anna Maria Dowey. Joseph Dowey died at age 63 years old on June 21, 1898 in Heidelberg, City of Banyule County, VIC Australia.

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Heidelberg, City of Banyule County, VIC 3084, Australia
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July 20, 1834
Antrim, Antrim and Newtownabbey County, Northern Ireland, BT41, United Kingdom
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Heidelberg, City of Banyule County, VIC, 3084, Australia
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In 1834, in the year that Joseph Dowey was born, on August 14th, the Poor Law Amendment Act was enacted in the United Kingdom. The Act stated that no able-bodied British man could receive assistance unless he entered a workhouse (a kind of poorhouse). The Act was intended to curb the cost of relief for the poor since workhouses were designed to be unpleasant. Many workhouses used the men as free labor and employed them in such tasks as breaking stones, crushing bones to produce fertilizer, or picking oakum - tarred fiber used between planks on ships -using a large metal nail known as a spike.
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In 1845, he was just 11 years old when on December 29th, Texas was admitted as the 28th state. Formerly part of Mexico, then an independent Republic, Texas consisted mainly of American settlers - English speaking - in the north and former Mexican citizens - Spanish speaking - in the south and west when admitted to the Union.
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Dowey, Addie (Sep 30, 1887 - Dec 1977) Dowey, Thomas (Nov 14, 1933 - Jan 24, 2011) Dowey, Michael (Mar 20, 1982 - Jun 11, 2007) Dowey, Thomas (Jun 20, 1908 - Jun 1969) Dowey, Edna (Feb 28, 1928 - Jun 25, 2002) Dowey, Elvirah (Jan 4, 1902 - Jul 19, 1992) Dowey, Richard (Nov 12, 1905 - Jun 21, 1989) Dowey, Francis (Aug 25, 1929 - Feb 28, 2001) Dowey, Arlyne (Apr 16, 1919 - Sep 26, 2008) Dowey, George (Apr 28, 1895 - Sep 1978)
Dowey, Kathleen (May 18, 1896 - Sep 22, 1997) Dowey, Amelia (Feb 1, 1914 - Jul 2, 2008) Dowey, James (Oct 2, 1924 - Apr 23, 1993) Dowey, Ellen (Apr 29, 1890 - Mar 1976) Dowey, Deborah (Nov 11, 1949 - Dec 13, 2005) Dowey, Edith (Feb 15, 1926 - Nov 7, 2002) Dowey, Vincent (Sep 2, 1925 - Dec 27, 2007) Dowey, Bertha (May 28, 1897 - May 1986) Dowey, Lucille (Aug 19, 1927 - Dec 27, 2003) Dowey, William (Dec 31, 1923 - Apr 26, 2003)
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