Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

Hi I wonder if anyone can assist!

I'm from the Isle of Man and have recently discovered that my great grandfather Joseph Dawson worked on the Liverpool docks in the early 1900's and in the 1911 cencus he is down as living with the family in 46 Northcote Street, Everton? He was living there with his wife and 4 children, 2 of whom I never knew until I pulled up the census! The schedule number of the particular page is 302. I'm particularly keen to see if:

a) I can track down birth certificate copies for Sydney Dawson (1907) and Edith Mona Dawson (1910)
b) What possibly became of the 2 children I wasn't aware of (Joseph Dawson Jnr - Born 1902) and David Dawson - Born 1904)

It may be a case that I have family in Liverpool I never knew about!

Cheers

Nick

Hi

This is the only Sydney Dawson birth in Liverpool around that time but it is 1906. he would have been 4yrs old in 1911 hence them showing a 1907 birthyear

Births September qtr 1906
Sydney Edward Dawson West Derby 8b 547

Births September qtr 1909
Edith Mona Dawson West Derby 8b 530

Births March qtr 1904
David Alfred Dawson West Derby 8b 556

Births December qtr 1901
Joseph Frederick Dawson West Derby 8b 514



http://www.freebmd.org.uk

This is the only David Dawson marriage in Liverpool in the likeliest time fram

Marriages December qtr 1924
David Dawson/Elizabeth L Hughes WestDerby 8b 868

http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk show it as a registry office/registrar attended marriage so you would have to buy a copy of the cert to obtain further details

If you search freebmd for Dawson births with mothers maiden name Hughes - there are 2 possibilities

Wills - David Dawson of 31 Broad Square Liverpool 11 died 24.10.1954
Widow Elizabeth Louise Dawson
Effects £1095 11s 8d

There is only one Joseph Dawson marriage in Liverpool - again Registry office or registrar attended as per Lancs BMD

Marriages September qtr 1922

Joseph Dawson/Alice McAteer Liverpool 8b 88

2 births showing on freebmd in 1929 and 1939 - names cannot be given here in case they are still living

Wow that is amazing news thanks very much Carole! I certinaly have some lines to go down, worth at least getting some copies of birth / marriage certs etc to see if the family tie in.

The IOM BMD and burials index is great and free - usually the bigger sites want a subscription etc

Cheers again, with this searching I get more questions than answers!
Nick

Hi, welcome to the forum Nick, I see our Carole has boxed everything off nicely there, including the suggestions about which free sites to use, well done.

I wonder how Joseph turned out when he grew older, I'd be curious to know if the marriage to Alice McAteer is the correct one since it is noted that Joseph was "feeble minded" at 3 years.