McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Dowker, Vivian, 1864 or 1865-1923
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Description area
Dates of existence
1864 or 1865-1923
History
Vivian de Vere Dowker was born in 1864 or 1865, in Quebec.
He was a clothing manufacturer and managing director of the Crescent Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in Montreal. His father, Lieutenant-Colonel George Dowker immigrated to Canada from Salton, York, England in 1847 and a few years later came to Ste-Anne-du-Bout-de-l'Ile-Sud where he built "Throstle Lodge", today known as McGill Tadja Hall. Vivian Dowker became the first Mayor of Baie-D’Urfé, Quebec (1911-1917).
In 1889, he married Anna Veasy or Veasey. He died on March 2, 1923, in Quebec.