Highfield

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Inscriptions

Gravestone 1

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
GEORGE WEEKS DOLING
WHO DIED MARCH 21ST 1866
AGED [4]6 YEARS
BLESSED ARE THE DEAD [WHO]
DIE IN THE LORD

Gravestone 2

G.W.D.
1866

Other Information

Marriage recorded for George Weeks Doling to Lucy Lapham, Apr-Jun 1842, Southampton, Vol 7, page 231.

In the 1851 census, George Weeks Doling (b.1821, Romsey) was living in Highfield with his wife Lucy (b.1825, Upton Gray). George worked as a Plumber and Painter journeyman. He had an adopted son, George Dore (b.1845) who was a scholar. They had one servant.
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1670; Folio: 170; Page: 56; GSU roll: 193578.

In the 1851 and 1853 Post Office Street Directories ofr the neighbouring areas of Southampton, G. Doling was listed as a painter, living in Highfield.

In the 1861 census the family were recorded as Dowling. They lived at 1, Inn. (Inner?) Belmont Place, South Stoneham. George worked as a painter. They now had two children, George Dore and Lucy Doling (b.1854). Lodging with them was a clergyman, Arther Barnett.
Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 682; Folio: 57; Page: 57; GSU roll: 542684.

Death recorded for George W Doling (aged 46), Jan-Mar 1866, South Stoneham, Vol 2c, p.44.

George Weeks Doling (aged 46) of Highfield, was buried on 24 March 1866.
Source: Burial Register for Christ Church, Portswood 1850-1899