Thom's Irish Who's Who/Dowse, Very Rev. William

DOWSE, Very Rev. William, MA. (T.C.D.), Dean of Connor since 1910; Incumbent of St. Thomas, Belfast, since 1892. Ordained, 1879; Curate of St. Patrick, Newry, 1879-81; St. Mary, Enniscorthy, 1881-84; Gorey, 1884-86; Monkstown, 1886-92; b. 10th Jan., 1856; son of Very Rev. John R. Dowse, Dean of Ferns, and dau. of John Boyce, J.P., Carnew Castle, Co. Wicklow; m. 1884, S. J. Ellen, dau. of Joseph Edmundson, M.D., of Carrick-on-Suir; two sons, one dau.; m. 2nd, Helen Frances, dau. of James T. Ward, Cherryhill, Belfast. Res.: St. Thomas Parsonage, Lisburn Road, Belfast.