Post-war
After the war Bridget and her son settled in Long Island under the assumed name of Stuart-Houston. She died there on 18 November 1969 and is buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Coram, Long Island alongside her son, who died on 14 July 1987.
The family of Bridget Dowling Hitler remained a mystery until the Irish censuses for 1901 and 1911 were digitalized and released online. The names of the family members, including Bridget, are given in the 1901 census under the name William Dowling of Flemings Place, near Mespil Road, Dublin. The family later moved to Denzille Street, Dublin, now named Fenian Street, according to the 1911 census. Bridget's name is not included in this census, as she was allegedly in England at that time. Curiously, the 1911 census in Dublin was filled in by Bridget, based on samples of her handwriting.
According to author David Gardner, who discovered the "Hitler family" in the United States, Adolf Hitler visited the Dowling family in Dublin, presumably in Fenian St. Gardner was unable to find any other living relations willing to admit a direct relation to Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler's closest known relations, the Long Island Hitler brothers (who have since changed their surname to Stuart-Houston), have renounced all claims to the Hitler fortune controlled by the Bavarian Government, meaning that any surviving Dowlings would be the only remaining heirs. William Dowling is generally associated with Kilnamanagh, Dublin, but he was born in Kildare; his parents were Martin and Elizabeth Dowling, Crookstown, Co Kildare.
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