Alexander Dowie (4 September 1827 – 18 July 1909)[1] was an 1851 emigrant from Scotland to South Australia.
He is known as a businessman, who developed a major footwear manufacturing, tannery, and retail store in Adelaide.
In April 1851 Dowie married Jane Cockburn (c. 1831 – 28 October 1910) and they emigrated to South Australia on the Blundell in May that year, partly sponsored by Caroline Chisholm.
[3] Alexander Dowie (4 September 1827 – 18 July 1909) married Jane Cockburn (c. 1831 – 28 October 1910) in April 1851.
His brother John Murray Dowie (c. 1826 – c. October 1908) emigrated c. 1861 aboard Shah Jehan; active Hindmarsh Square Congregational Church, left for Chicago 1896.