William Dalkin Howson

William was born in 1884 in Fremantle. William's father was Robert (Spinaway) Howson and his mother was Amelia (Emma) Briggs. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Howson and Jane Dankin. He had two brothers and five sisters, named Edmund, Henry, <Unknown>, Eva, Olive, Adeline and Gladys. He was the fourth oldest of the eight children. He had five half-brothers and a half-sister, named Thomas, Urn, James, Alfred, Edward and Mary.