Sarah Thornton (1848-1914) and John Dowson

Sarah Thornton (1848-1914), daughter of Thomas Thornton and Susanna Powers, married John Dowson (1842-1914).  Dying within 3 weeks of one another, both are buried in Broadview, Saskatchewan.  They had two children:

• Ralph Dowson (1870-1913) [died of a lightening strike in Saskatchewan].  Married Margaret Campbell (1869-1953).  Margaret and Ralph moved to Broadview, Saskatchewan around 1904, apparently following uncle Ned [Edward] Dowson who had arrived a few years earlier.  They then moved to the Lynthorpe area of Saskatchewan, where Ralph died.  Their children all ended up around Broadview.
  • Frank Dowson (1896-1977).  Never married
  • Roscoe Dowson (1897-1986).  Never married
  • Evelyn Dowson (1899-1992).  Married Charles Tulloch (1886-1968) of Broadview area.  The Tulloch family moved from Scotland to Ontario in about 1832 and a son then moved to Manitoba in about 1876.  In 1881 he moved on to Broadview by ox-cart and his wife and children followed in 1882 on the first train out of Winnipeg to Broadview.
    • Alfred Tulloch (1925.)   Married Shirley Matchett.
      • Frances May Tulloch
      • Heather Elizabeth Tulloch
    • Gordon F. Tulloch(1930-1996).  Married Isabel Gormican (1930-2001).
      • Randy Tulloch, who still farms in Broadview.
    • Ralph Andrew Tulloch (1927-).  Married Lucille Greey (1930-).
      • Andrew Tulloch
      • Sylvia Tulloch.
      • Gordon A. Tulloch.
      • Donald J. Tulloch.
    • John Rattray Tulloch (1928-1935).
    • Alice Jane Tulloch (1932-).  Moved to the USA.
    • George Ernest Tulloch (1935-2007).  Married Giselle Faffard (1934-).
    • Hazel Lorraine Tulloch (1937-).   Married Floyd Berken (1933-).
  • Ulysses Samuel Dowson (1905-1973).   Married Saga Nelson (1910-2003) of the Broadview area in 1939.
    • Ronald Well Dowson (1940-1974).
    • Dale Murray Dowson (1942-).  Married Sharon Brown (1947-).
• Thomas William Dowson (1871-1940).  While he had come to Saskatchewan with his brother in 1904, I know little about him.  Died of Pneumonia in the Gravelbourg hospital and body returned to Broadview for burial.
• Arvilla Dowson (Died as infant?)

John Dowson & Sarah Thornton

Grave stone in Broadview, Sask.