Irene May McCrae

  General Notes:

Irene wrote two books that were published. One was the first biography about Prime Minister John Curtin. It was well liked by Mrs. Curtin whose daughter Elsie MacLeod kept in touch with Irene right up until her death.

  Noted events in her life were:

• connection. My connection to Pat & Rowland Smith is as follows:

Rowland Smith (1933) married Ann (Pat) Dowsing (1936)
Her father was Horace Dowsing (1903) who married Irene McCrae (1903)
Her father was William McCrae (1879) who married Mary Stephens (1874)
Her father was John Stephens (1840)
His father was Charles Stephens (1809) & he also had Martha Stephens (1850)
She had William Stephens (1877)
She had Elsie Stephens (1919) who married Frank Hiscock (1873)
His father was Frank Hiscock (1873) who married Emily Wallis (1875)
Her father was William Wallis (1849) who married Victorine Groube (1851)
Her father was Rev Horatio Groube (1814) & he also had George Groube (1847)
He had Edith Groube (1880) who married Percy Howe (1866)
His father was Robert Howe (1833)
His father was Frederick Howe (1805)
His father was James Howe (1777)
His father was George Howe (1741) & he also had Sarah Howe (1775)
She had Alexander Moss (1811)
She had James Moss (1846)
He had Laura Kershaw Waldock or Moss (1864)
She had Winthrop Larkinson (1889)
He had Dulcie Larkinson (1926) who married Colin Davies (1925)
She had me- Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

• Birth Certificate: (20886).

Irene married Horace Balfour Dowsing, son of Oliver Dowsing and Mary Catherine Cooke, on 12 Nov 1932 in Mont Albert, Victoria Australia. (Horace Balfour Dowsing was born on 29 Nov 1903 in Port Fairy, Victoria Australia, died on 10 Feb 1961 in Melbourne, Victoria Australia and was buried on 14 Feb 1961 in Springvale Crematorium, Victoria Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Certificate: (11322).